In your school, one of your friends has been feeling down and demotivated. You take it as your responsibility to cheer him/her up and do this via a Birthday party invitation. Write to your classmates and talk about organizing the party. Please include • the reason behind the party • the location of the party • discuss any other arrangements You should write between 150-200 words.

Dear friends, I hope you guys are doing well. I'm writing

this

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letter because of Sam. I noticed something wrong

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Sam.

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, He is not working as before

seems he

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he seems

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has

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given up everything. I heard that he broke up with his girlfriend , and I believe

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might be the reason for all of these lazy works and his demotivation. So I plan something that helps him get away from

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. Sam's birthday is next week 1st of July , and I'm organising a birthday party

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I expect help from you guys.

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, I have already chosen a location which is Yala National Park , and I know he used to visit there because I believe he into animals. We can use the children's park

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located on the west side of Yala National Park for the decorations. You won't have a difficult to finding that location since it's quite close to the lake.

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, I'm planning to give him a laptop to make him motivated for his studies

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along

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with gifts that you all bring.

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I invited you all to make a little surprise

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will be an emotional speech about him and his qualities. That's all for now. If anything changes, I'll let you guys know about it. Your Friend, Lakshan.

lakshan.menuka2020

Jan 7, 2026

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structure

Put one idea in each paragraph and start a new paragraph for new points.

grammar

Use good grammar. check big and small mistakes.

content

Make the date and place clear and easy to read.

vocabulary

Use simple words and short phrases.

content

The reason for the party is clear.

tone

The tone is friendly and kind.

content

Some clear details like date and place are given.

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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meeting the goal of 7 or more
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meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
6
Grammar mistakes
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 5.0

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: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

6 paragraphs

219 words

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