One of your friends has asked you to be a partner in his new business. Write a letter to reply to your friend's offer. In you letter give your opinion of your friend's business idea tell him whether or not you have decided to accept his offer and explain your reasons for this decision

Dear Farhad, I hope you and your family are all doing really well. It's been

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a long time since we saw each other. I'

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writing

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letter about your business offer. As I know, running a cafe comes with a lot of responsibilities,

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any

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other field,

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, cafes have been very popular these days, and people spend a long time hanging out and having reunions there.

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, in

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as Toronto, many have a habit of remote working with laptops in cafes. So I guess that was a good idea to open a new cafe, cause it makes so much money. Since you are one of my best friends and I like

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job, I'

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so excited to tell you that I've decided to take part in

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project, and I'd like to help you with that. These days I'

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very tied up with my work

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as busy as a bee, so I'd like to quit

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job and join you to work together. If there's additional information about that, I'll be thankful to know. Best, Parimah

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Jan 25, 2026

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coherence

Your letter covers the task, but the reasons are not very clear and ideas run together. Try breaking into short ideas with 2-3 small paragraphs and use simple links.

task response

Give clear reasons for joining that a friend can read easily, like plans, time, money, or how you would help the business. This makes the choice clear.

tone

Keep a friendly tone but tidy the grammar in places; use short, simple phrases and check spelling.

greeting and closing

Warm and friendly opening for a friend letter

task response

Clear wish to join the project

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Shows interest in the cafe idea

greeting and closing

Kind closing with best wishes

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 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: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 7.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

181 words

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