Letter

Band 7+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. You saw an advertisement asking for people to help with a project to clean up the local environment. Write a letter to the project organizer. In your letter * Say where you saw the advertisement * Explain how you can help * Give details about when you are available Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir or Madam,

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I hope this message finds you well. I recently came across your advertisement and I am writing to express my interest in the project which focuses on improving environmental protection.

My name is Jenna Harward and I am pursuing a four year degree program in environmental studies. At present, I am in the last year of college and we are asked to undertake volunteering work in protecting environment as a part of our internship training. Therefore, I am quite very to help you in this project.

I have generated several presentations and reports which have a number of statistical data and it could contribute a lot in your project. Moreover, I have also researched a number of ways in which challenging issues like global warming and ozone layer depletion have been addressed.

To work in this project, I could dedicate my whole weekend and every Wednesday as we have classes off on those days. I would like to work from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm as I have to complete my academic work at night.

Thank you for taking my application into consideration. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Harward

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Overall Band Score

7.5

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B2 - Upper Intermediate
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Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:

project: 3

which: 3

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Task Response

The letter addresses all parts of the task effectively. You have introduced yourself, explained your motivation, detailed your potential contributions, and provided specific availability. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter. To improve and reach a higher band, ensure greater grammatical precision; for example, the phrase 'I am quite very to help you' is ungrammatical and should be replaced with something like 'I am very eager to help you.' Additionally, refining the phrasing in the third paragraph (e.g., 'I have generated several presentations' could be 'I have experience creating presentations') would make the contribution sound more professional.

Coherence & Cohesion

The letter is well-organized and follows a logical progression. Each bullet point from the task is addressed in a separate paragraph, which makes the message easy to follow. The use of cohesive devices like 'Therefore', 'Moreover', and 'To work in this project' helps guide the reader. To improve, ensure that transitions between sentences within paragraphs are even smoother to achieve a more natural flow.

Lexical Resource

You have used a good range of vocabulary related to the topic, such as 'environmental studies', 'global warming', and 'ozone layer depletion'. However, there are some awkward phrasing issues. For example, 'I am quite very to help you' is grammatically incomplete and lacks a clear adjective (e.g., 'eager' or 'keen'). Additionally, 'I have generated several presentations' is understandable but 'I have prepared' or 'I have developed' would sound more natural in a professional context.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The letter demonstrates a good mix of simple and complex sentence structures. Most sentences are clear and serve their purpose. However, there are some minor errors that prevent a higher score. For instance, 'protecting environment' should be 'protecting the environment', and 'statistical data and it could contribute' should ideally be 'statistical data, which could contribute'. Pay close attention to article usage (a, an, the) and subject-verb agreement to enhance precision.

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