You play a team sport with some friends. Last week a member of the team had an accident and wasn't able to play with you. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: · tell him/her which team won · describe the weather conditions that day · say how you felt about the match

Dear Zen, I hope

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letter finds you well. I am writing

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letter to show my concern towards your health and to tell you about the match which you were unable to play on that day. The final match was held on 21st November 2025 on our school playground. If I talk about the match,

then

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the King Academy won

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time. I know, it may hurt you, but believe me, all our team members were upset because your arm was badly injured in that accident. The weather was quite cloudy on that day. Every player enjoyed the weather

while

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playing. The seating arrangements were good, and refreshments were available separately for players.

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match

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the match

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was good. King Academy played well and set a huge target of 300 runs. We lost three wickets in a row

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and were unable to beat their high score.

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, we lost the match. We do not hesitate to accept our mistake. But how could we manage the team without your captaincy? I hope you will lead your team after a quick recovery. Take care! Warm wishes, Sam.

kaurjagdeep2097

Nov 25, 2025

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Task response

Task response: The letter covers who won and some weather and feelings, but it could say more about how you felt and what you learned from the match.

Coherence

Coherence and cohesion: Use clear paragraph breaks and simple joins (and, but, then). Some sentences are long or odd; fix grammar and keep one idea per sentence where possible.

Coherence

Greeting and closing: Keep the 'Dear ...' line and the sign-off. A short, kind closing helps.

Coherence

Single idea per paragraph: Try 4 short paragraphs: intro, winner and match, weather and feelings, closing.

Task response

Complete response: Add a line about your own feeling more, and what you will do next time to support your friend.

Task response

Suitable writing tone: Be warm and friendly. Use simple words and be helpful.

Content

Clear who won and clear weather details.

Tone

Warm tone and care for friend.

Structure

Appropriate greeting and closing.

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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: 7.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 7.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

184 words

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Topic Vocabulary:

Dear
friend
hello
hi
last
week
we
our
team
won
match
injured
hurt
accident
play
game
weather
sunny
rain
wind
warm
field
dry
feel
felt
happy
tired
miss
hope
well
soon
take
care
see
you
next
week
and
but
so
because
your
sign
name

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