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Band 4+: You are planning to host a potluck dinner party at your home and need to invite your neighbors. Write a letter to your neighbors inviting them to the potluck dinner. You should include: - The date, time, and location of the party. - Explain that it is a potluck, and ask them to bring a dish to share. - Suggest types of dishes they could bring and mention any dietary restrictions.

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Dear my neigbors

I am writing this letter to invite you join my dinner party at my home, I really hope you can join us since this will enhance our mutual bonds.

This party will be held next week on 21st August at 8 p.m. which is actually this an event to celebrate my move to a new house. My house was previously at number 23, but now it is at number 55 that is more large and calmfull, so, this dinner will be organised at my new home.

The dinner will be speciall because this is not just usual but potluck. As we know it requires all of you to bring different dish to share with each other. I will provide pasta as the main meal so make sure you not bring the same food.

I recomend you to bring your traditional food from your originally hometown so we can carry different food. Please if you bring savoury food don’t put so much chili on in since we have different tolerance about taste.

I await for your arrival,

Millar family

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4.5

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Vocabulary Complexity:
A2 - Upper Beginner
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Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:

bring: 4

dinner: 3

different: 3

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Task Response

The letter adequately addresses the task by inviting neighbors to a potluck dinner and including the necessary details. However, there are some areas for improvement. The tone is generally friendly, but could be more consistently neighborly and inviting. The letter includes most of the required information, but the suggestions for dishes could be more specific and varied. To improve, focus on enhancing the overall tone to be more welcoming and providing more detailed and helpful suggestions regarding the potluck contributions.

Coherence & Cohesion

The letter's organization could be improved for better flow. Consider dedicating a paragraph to each key point: the invitation, details about the potluck, and dish suggestions. Transition words can help connect ideas more smoothly. For example, using 'Furthermore' or 'In addition' can enhance the connection between sentences and paragraphs.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task, but there are opportunities to use more precise and varied language. For instance, instead of 'enhance our mutual bonds,' you could say 'strengthen our relationships.' Using 'tranquil' instead of 'calmfull' would also improve the lexical quality.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Grammatical accuracy needs improvement. There are several errors in sentence structure, verb tense, and punctuation. For example, 'Dear my neighbors' should be 'Dear Neighbors.' Also, 'I recomend you to bring' should be 'I recommend you bring.' Proofreading carefully and focusing on basic grammar rules will help increase accuracy.

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