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Band 5

A friend told you recently that he/she had gone to an excellent restaurant. You wonder if this restaurant will be suitable for your birthday party next week. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter tell your friend about your planned party ask what the restaurant is called and for directions to get there ask what kind of food it serves and if your friend has any particular recommendations from the menu

Hi
sam
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, I am writing to get some information about the wonderful restaurant you were talking about in
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class. As you may know, my birthday is coming up next
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Friday
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, so
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 was planning to throw a party
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i
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 am hopeless when it comes to choosing a place.
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, what is that restaurant called?
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 think you
metioned
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mentioned
 that, it is located in
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downtown
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 Toronto
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. Make sure to send me the exact details about their location
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i
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 want to make sure everyone is able to get to the restaurant easily.
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 you
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 tell me about their speciality?
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 was hoping to eat
chinese
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Chinese
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this
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 time
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its
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 usually spicy and sour.
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 you, you must have tried all of
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their
 food options and must have a favourite dish.
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 me know what
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,
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 want to
suprise
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surprise
 everyone. I will see you next week. Many thanks,
prabhjot singh gill
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Prabhjot Singh Gill
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task response
Task response: You answer all parts, but ask for the name and way to go there in a more clear way.
task response
Task response: Keep the tone a bit more polite for a letter to a friend about help.
coherence and cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: Your ideas are in a good order, but some lines are hard to follow because of long sentences.
coherence and cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: Start each new point in a clear new sentence or new part.
task response
Task response: You cover the party, the place, and the food.
coherence and cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: The letter has a clear start, middle, and end.
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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