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Band 5+: Your friend invited you to his/her party, but you are unable to attend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter •explain why you cannot come •give your reason for not contacting your friend sooner •suggest another time to meet Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses

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Hello Alex,

How are you mate? I just wanted to say sorry, I was not able to get in touch with you due the busy schedule in my work life routine. I know you invited me in your birthday party with weekend.

I wanted to applogize, since I will not be able to come due to deployment of code in Production this weeked. All of my team member will do the overtime this weeked. You already know that manager asked me to work on few weekends in whole year. Unfortunately, it clashed with your birthday weekend. I requested to deplay to deployed during week, but due to pressue from higher management, it has be to done this weekend only.

I will be free next weekend, and we can meet our go to spot. Treat will be on me as gift for your belated birthday, and happy birthday wished in advance.

I hope you will party hard on your birthday.

Your Friend

William Cole

Word Count: 163

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Overall Band Score

5
(+/- 0.5)
Vocabulary Complexity:
A2 - Upper Beginner
Consider using more varied and advanced words.
Grammar Mistakes: N/A
Vocabulary Repetition:
birthday: 4
weekend: 3
Try using synonyms for the above words

Task Response

6
The letter successfully addresses all aspects of the task. The reasons for not attending the party and the delay in contacting the friend are clearly explained. A suggestion for meeting is also provided.

Coherence & Cohesion

4.5
The letter is generally coherent, but there are some minor issues with sentence structure and flow. The use of commas and conjunctions could be improved for better clarity.

Lexical Resource

5.5
The letter demonstrates a good range of vocabulary, but there are a few instances where more precise or idiomatic expressions could be used.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

4.5
There are some grammatical errors throughout the letter, which affect the overall clarity and fluency. The use of tenses and articles could be improved.

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