You are living in a city in a foreign country, and a friend from your home country is soon coming to visit you for several days. Write an email to your friend. In your letter: Asking him or her to bring some things from home which you need Saying why you need them Making arrangements to meet

Dear

Ms.

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Ngoc, I hope you are doing well. I am very happy to hear that you will visit me for a couple of weeks. To be honest, I have lived in Canada for 2 years,

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and I

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find it comfortable and convenient to live here.

Firstly

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, I want to let you know that I need some things from Vietnam. My computer

was broken

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broke

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last

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week, and my father bought me a new one. May you bring it from home to Canada?.

Besides

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that, I need some local foods,

such

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as pancakes, traditional cakes and dried noodles. I have 2 days off

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next weekend, so it is good to see you

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that time. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Your sencerely, Van Anh

quynhtranhbh

Jan 30, 2026

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content

Make clear how you ask for things. Put each ask in its own sentence.

structure

Use a new paragraph for each main idea: greeting and visit, then request, then plan to meet, then closing.

tone

Check the time frame you give. If you tell two days, be clear which day and where to meet.

tone

It is polite and kind.

content

It shows you want to meet soon and to help.

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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Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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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

5 paragraphs

126 words

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