You play a team sport with some friends. Last week a member of the team had an accident and was not able to play with you at the weekend. You decide to write to him/her in the hospital, telling him/her about the match. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, • tell him/her which team won • say how you felt about the match • ask how he/she is doing You should You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear ……………….,

Dear Dhruvi, I hope you are feeling better. I am writing

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to our

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match and

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wanted to check on you

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you are at the hospital as you got injured during your

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match. Drumrolls, please! I would

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inform you that after a long and stressful match with DPP, we won the cricket match by 13 runs.

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, midway through the game we almost lost hope for winning,

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our team members played well and got everything under control. I cannot describe in words how I felt when we were into the

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two overs of the game. My heartbeats were beating like never before and was

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sweating, as I had been waiting for that moment to come true for many months. Enough about me and the game, tell me how are you

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at the hospital and how you are recovering on your left elbow

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I hope you get a speedy recovery and start playing cricket again soon. Kind regards, Ruchin Patel

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Try to add a bit more detail about what happened during the match to engage your friend more.

coherence and cohesion

Make sure to separate different ideas into clear paragraphs for better flow.

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You used a warm and friendly tone throughout your letter, which is great.

coherence and cohesion

The opening and closing lines are polite and thoughtful, creating a nice connection.

Use a variety of complex and simple sentences

You should use complex sentences in your writing, but it does not mean that you should try to make all of our sentences complex.

‘Complex’ sentences are not actually very complex; they are just two or more simple sentences put together. Putting them together makes the essay more coherent and cohesive.

Examples:

I really want to study but I’m too tired.

I wore a warm coat because the weather was cold.

If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 6.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 5.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

170 words

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