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 You should You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Pat,

Dear Pat, Hope you are having a great weekend! I am not sure if you remember that you told me about the restaurant, where you recently went with Jay

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if you do not mind giving more information about that restaurant, because I am planning to have my birthday party next week. I want to have the party under the theme of white dress and invite around 10-15 people, which I am not sure if the restaurant would accept

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I will need to call them. I actually think that Tapas would be a good idea, as it comes in small portions.

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, everyone can try different kinds of food. Can you tell me about the name of that place again and its location? If I am not wrong, it is in the CBD? What do they have for the food? Do you have any recommended dishes? Looking forward to hearing back from you. Love, Anna

patt.rusrin

Apr 8, 2026

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Task response: You answer all parts, but add one more clear line about asking for the way to get there.

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Task response: Say more clearly why the place may be good for your birthday party.

coherence and cohesion

Coherence and cohesion: Your ideas are in a good order, but some long lines should be cut into shorter ones.

coherence and cohesion

Coherence and cohesion: Do not use too many commas. Use full stops to make your meaning clear.

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Task response: You cover the main points in the question.

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Task response: Your tone is warm and right for a letter to a friend.

coherence and cohesion

Coherence and cohesion: The letter has a clear start, middle, and end.

coherence and cohesion

Coherence and cohesion: The greeting and closing are both good.

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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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

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: 7.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

6 paragraphs

169 words

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