You recently received an invitation to a dinner party at your friend’s house. Write a letter to accept the invitation. In your letter: explain why you are accepting the invitation describe why you are looking forward to the dinner party offer to bring a dish to share You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Dear Sara, Thanks for inviting me to the dinner
party
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. It has been ages since we
last
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met and I can't wait to meet you
this
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Friday.
Last
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time, I wasn't able to make it to your birthday
party
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since I was caught up with my assignments and I'm not going to miss it
this
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time. I've already postponed all my work and I'm ready to
party
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with you guys. Lately, I've been so occupied with my work and studies, I really didn't have time to meet you
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also
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that I'm too stressed out because of it. I hope
this
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dinner
party
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could
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be a stress-buster for me and
also
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I've got a lot to share with you about my new boyfriend. The one that excites me about
this
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party
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is the karaoke, it's going to be really fun. Is there anything that I can help you with? I can bake some cupcakes for you if you insist . Write back to me soon. Take care. Drop me a line soon. Best Regards,

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coherence and cohesion
Make sure each paragraph has a clearly focused idea and supports the main topic of the letter.
coherence and cohesion
Consider being more organized, with a clear opening, body, and closing to help the reader follow your thoughts better.
task achievement
Use a more polite and friendly closing that matches the warm tone of the letter.
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You expressed your feelings well about meeting your friend after a long time.
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Your excitement about the dinner party and karaoke is clear and engaging.

Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite
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