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Band 4+: You stayed at your friend's house during a trip. Write a letter to your friend: Thank them for their hospitality Describe what you enjoyed Invite them to your place

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Dear Selam,

I am writing to express my sincere gratitiude for you and your beloved family for allowing me to stay at your beautiful place it has been first experiance for me to spend abroad and i enjoyed the most especially your warmest welcome, love, kindness. especial thanks goes to Jani for sharing your bedroom, laugh. I had spend un forgetable vacation and enjoyed the bluellagon bath, the colorfull northen star and the volcano site its is really senic enviroment and topography of Iceland, it was over the moon.

In addition, I would like to invite you in my country Ethiopia there are many tourist attraction site mainly the rock hewin church, obliscs, the wildlife the Naile rever around bahirdar it is interesting places. In January there are several outdoor religious festival available I wish if you could attend or In september 27th the finding of the true cross many tourist will heading to attend this religious event. please let me know which time is more convinante for you? I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Hirut

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Vocabulary Complexity:
C1 - Intricate
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Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:
No noticeable repetition! Great job!

Task Response

The letter addresses all three bullet points required by the task. The candidate successfully expresses gratitude, mentions specific details about the trip (the Blue Lagoon, the scenery), and extends an invitation to Ethiopia. However, the response would benefit from better organization and more consistent development of ideas. To improve, ensure that the transition between thanking the friend and inviting them is smoother, and pay closer attention to sentence structure and punctuation to avoid run-on sentences, which currently impact the clarity of the message.

Coherence & Cohesion

The letter follows the required structure and addresses all parts of the prompt. However, the flow of ideas is hindered by poor punctuation. Many sentences are run-on sentences (e.g., the first paragraph is essentially one long sentence), which makes it difficult for the reader to follow the progression of thoughts. To improve, use full stops to separate distinct ideas and use transition words more effectively to link your sentences.

Lexical Resource

You have attempted to use some descriptive vocabulary, such as 'scenic environment' and 'unforgettable vacation,' which is good. However, there are several spelling errors (e.g., 'gratitiude', 'experiance', 'bluellagon', 'convinante', 'hewin') and some awkward phrasing (e.g., 'it was over the moon'). Try to focus on accuracy in spelling and ensure that idiomatic expressions are used in the correct context.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Grammatical errors are frequent and occasionally impede communication. There are issues with subject-verb agreement, tense consistency (e.g., 'I had spend' instead of 'I had a' or 'I spent'), and sentence structure. Additionally, capitalization is inconsistent (e.g., 'i' instead of 'I'). To improve, practice using a variety of sentence structures correctly and pay close attention to basic grammar rules such as verb tenses and capitalization.

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