A friend, who lives abroad, has invited you to come and stay with him/her on your next holiday. You are too busy to accept the invitation. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: thank him/her for the invitation explain why you cannot come give him/her other news

Dear Chris, I apologise for not being able to come to your home next holiday because I have so many issues to deal with.

First,

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I want to thank you for your invitation, and I look forward to joining you another time. I know that you are on holiday and you want someone to be with you in order to share moments of friendship with them, but I am really too busy to travel to your country, especially during

this

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busy time.

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the reason why I can't join you next week is that I have something to arrange, which is my wedding party, so it will be at the same time .So, in order to well prepare myself for

this

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celebration, I took a week off from my job.

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, I would be happy if you could come on Saturday to attend my wedding party, because all my friends will be here,

also

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they will be happy once they see you. Looking forward to hearing from you. Warm wishes, Issam Corin,

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Sep 9, 2025

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task response

You thank your friend, say you cannot come, and share a piece of news. This fits the task.

coherence cohesion

Some ideas are in one paragraph. Try to have one main idea in each paragraph and use simple links to join ideas.

tone

Polite tone and warm closing.

greeting and closing

Clear opening with thanks.

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meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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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: 9.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

172 words

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