Your friend recently came to your birthday party and bought you an expensive present. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • thank your friend • explain how useful the present is • arrange to meet up with your friend sometime soon You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear……………………,

Dear Sara, Hope you’re doing well , and thank you for joining my birthday party

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week. It was great to meet you after a long time. On party day, I couldn’t talk to you so much, so I decided to write and tell you how much I’m grateful for your precious gift. As you know, it was a

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since I

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was thinking about buying

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latest version of Apple Watch, and I was extremely thrilled when I found out you got it for me!

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watch will definitely help me in my weight loss process. Not only assists me

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in keeping

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track of my daily steps, but it

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gives me the chance to monitor my heartbeats during my workouts. If you’re free on

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Saturday evening, let’s catch up and spend some time together. There’s a newly opened bar on Belmonte Street, which I heard has a wide variety of cocktails with mouth-watering food. Let me know if you are free so that I can make the reservation. Thank you again, and look forward to hearing from you soon. Take care, Silla

tabans1992

Jul 17, 2025

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Try to add a personal touch in your thank you, like a specific memory from the party.

coherence

Make sure each paragraph has a clear main idea that connects smoothly to the next one.

coherence

Use simple linking words like 'first,' 'next,' and 'finally' to help the flow of your ideas.

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You expressed your gratitude clearly and genuinely, which is lovely.

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Your descriptions of how useful the watch is show an understanding of the gift's importance.

coherence

The invitation to meet your friend felt friendly and inviting, which is great.

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

7 paragraphs

185 words

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