ou should spend about 20 minutes on this task. It is ten years since you left college. You'd like to organise an event to celebrate this anniversary with all your friends and classmates from college. Write a letter to one of your college friends. In your letter • say what kind of celebration event you'd like to organise • explain why you think it would be good to celebrate in this way • describe what help you need to organise this event You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear ....................................,

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Dear Archie, I hope you're doing well. I can't believe it has been 10 years since we left

college

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! I'm planning to organise a

reunion

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party

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on 15th August with our old classmates and friends, and I would love you to join us and relive some of our favourite

college

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memories. I'm thinking of

organizing

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reunion

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party

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at our

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campus cafe, as we made so many wonderful memories there. We could spend some time playing board games and catching up before going to a nearby restaurant for lunch. I

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have plenty of old photographs from our freshers'

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, convocation ceremony and farewell

party

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. I though we we could use them to create a short video and play it during the

reunion

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. I think

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would be a wonderful way to remember our

college

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days and reconnect with friends we haven't seen for years. I could use your help with the invitations. I lost several classmates' contact details when I changed my phone, so I would really appreciate it if you could contact them and share the details of the

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. I'm sure we will have an amazing time together. Hope to see you there! Best

wises

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wishes

, Taylor

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Aug 9, 2026

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task response

You answer all three parts well. Add one clear line about why 15th August is the best day, or ask Archie if that day is good for him.

coherence and cohesion

Your ideas are in a clear order. Use a few more link words, such as “also”, “then”, and “because”, to make the flow even smoother.

coherence and cohesion

Check small word errors: write “I thought we could...” and “Best wishes,”.

task response

You clearly say what event you want, why it will be good, and what help you need.

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The tone is warm and right for a letter to a close college friend.

coherence and cohesion

The letter has a clear start, middle, and end. Each part has one main idea.

coherence and cohesion

The use of photos, games, and lunch makes the plan easy to understand.

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: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 7.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

7 paragraphs

200 words

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