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Writing Samples
Band 6

A friend has agreed to look after your house and pet while you are on holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: give contact details for when you are away, give instructions about how to care for your pet, describe other household duties you would like your friend to undertake. When giving contact details, you do NOT need to write any addresses; something like the name of a friend you are staying with or a holiday destination is fine.

Dear Hind, Thank you for agreeing to house-sit. If you need to contact me, I will leave my phone on,
you
Correct word choice
and you
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 can call me whenever you want.
Also
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, I will be staying at
Résidence
Correct article usage
the Résidence
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 Hotel in Paris. If it's urgent,
however
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, please ring my mobile phone. I have
writtien
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written
 the number on my notebook that
i
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I
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 put on the top of the table in my room. My cat needs to eat twice a day
in
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, in
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 the morning and evening. I left his food in the kitchen
,
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;
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 you can find it in the second drawer in the corner.
Furthermore
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, he likes to drink a cold milk before sleeping. I would like you to water my plants, too. Inside the house, there are a small plants, they need water once a day, but the plants in the garden need to be watered daily. Do not forget to turn off the lights in the morning.
Last
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 but not least, check my
box mail
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inbox
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 every day. I look forward to seeing you on my return. Yours faithfully, Maryam

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organization
One idea per paragraph. Start a new paragraph when you switch to a new topic.
grammar
Some words are not right. Check spell and form like writtien and a few small plants.
content
Make contact info clear. Put how to call in one easy line.
tone
Keep a calm and formal voice all through the letter.
spelling
Spell names and place words so they are easy to read.
tone
Polite tone and proper Dear and Yours faithfully.
content
Covers all parts: contact, pet care, and chores.

The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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