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Band 5+: You recently visited a friend who lives in a different city and had a great time exploring the area. Write a letter to your friend thanking them for their hospitality and sharing your favourite memories from the trip. In the letter: Express gratitude for your friend's hospitality during your visit Describe the highlights of your trip and the places you enjoyed visiting Suggest planning another trip or visit in the future

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Hi Tony,

I am writing to thank you for your warm reception. It was a really exciting trip and I enjoyed your company. Moreover, I would love to have further adventures with you shortly.

Firstly, I am very thankful to you for taking care of me during the trip. Especially the food was especially amazing and I wasn’t able to stop myself from conserving a lot.

Secondly, I would like to remember some of the epic moments of our trip. To begin with, I was out of the blue when we tried the pool game and it mesmerized me a lot.

To conclude, I want to know about your thoughts on having one more advantage trip next summer to the wonderland. That will help us to blast again on our peaks.

Please let me know.

Your friend,

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Overall Band Score

5.5

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Vocabulary Complexity:
A2 - Upper Beginner
Consider using more varied and advanced words.

Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:
No noticeable repetition! Great job!

Task Response

5.5

The letter adequately expresses gratitude for the friend's hospitality and briefly describes the highlights of the trip. However, the content could be more detailed and specific to fully address all aspects of the task. Additionally, the suggestion for planning another trip is included, but it could be more enthusiastic and specific. The letter falls short of the required 150 words.

Coherence & Cohesion

5.5

The letter is generally coherent and cohesive, with ideas presented in a logical order. However, there are some lapses in coherence and cohesion, such as the abrupt transition between expressing gratitude and describing the trip highlights. Additionally, the paragraphing could be improved for better organization of ideas.

Lexical Resource

5.5

The vocabulary used is fairly varied, but there is room for improvement in terms of more sophisticated and natural word choices. Additionally, some expressions are not used accurately, affecting the overall lexical resource.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

5.5

There is a mix of simple and complex sentence structures used, but with some errors in grammar and punctuation. More complex structures and greater accuracy would enhance the overall score in this criterion.

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