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Last month you had a holiday overseas where you stayed with some friends. They have just sent you some photos of your holiday. Write a letter to your friends. In your letter: thank them for the photos and for the holiday explain why you didn’t write earlier invite them to come and stay with you

Dear Ajay and Sunita, Thanks so much for your kind letter, with the lovely photos of my holiday in Mumbai. Sorry for the delay in replying, but your package arrived as I was about to leave town on a business trip. I’ve just returned to Toronto today. Looking at the photos brings back so many happy memories of the times we spent together and the wonderful hospitality you extended to me. I felt completely pampered by both of you! You surrounded me with warm friends, tasty food, amazing sights, great shopping, unforgettable cultural events and laughter-filled evenings. I would have been lost without you! I can’t thank you enough. These good memories gave me an idea. I know you’ve always wanted to visit Canada. Why don’t you plan a holiday and stay with me this summer? The weather is great at that time of year and I could take two weeks off from work. Aside from seeing Toronto, we could drive to Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Montreal, Ottawa, and Quebec City. I would be thrilled if you could make it. Thank you both again for the beautiful holiday and the photos, which are already up on my wall. Now, I’m really looking forward to hearing from you. Warm wishes, Carol
Dear Ajay and Sunita,

Thanks
so
much for your kind letter, with the lovely photos of my holiday in Mumbai. Sorry for the delay in replying,
but
your package arrived as I was about to
leave
town on a business trip. I’ve
just
returned to Toronto
today
.

Looking at the photos brings back
so
many
happy memories of the times we spent together and the wonderful hospitality you extended to me. I felt completely pampered by both of you! You surrounded me with warm friends, tasty food, amazing sights, great shopping, unforgettable cultural
events
and laughter-filled evenings. I would have
been lost
without you! I can’t thank you
enough
.

These
good
memories gave me an
idea
. I know you’ve always wanted to visit Canada. Why don’t you plan a holiday and stay with me this summer? The weather is great at that time of year and I could take two weeks off from work. Aside from seeing Toronto, we could drive to Niagara Falls,
Thousand
Islands, Montreal, Ottawa, and Quebec City. I would
be thrilled
if you could
make
it.

Thank you both again for the
beautiful
holiday and the photos, which are already up on my wall.
Now
, I’m
really
looking forward to hearing from you.

Warm wishes,

Carol
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IELTS letter Last month you had a holiday overseas where you stayed with some friends. They have just sent you some photos of your holiday. Write a letter to your friends. In your letter: thank them for the photos and for the holiday explain why you didn’t write earlier invite them to come and stay with you

Letter
  American English
7 paragraphs
209 words
6.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.0
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Lexical Resource: 6.5
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Grammatical Range: 6.5
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Task Achievement: 6.5
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