You live in a room in college which you share with another student. You find it very difficult to work there because he or she always has friends visiting. They have parties in the room and sometimes borrow your things without asking you.
Write a letter to the Accommodation Officer at the college and ask for a new room next term. You would prefer a single room. Explain your reasons.
You should write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir/Madam,
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing you to express my dissatisfaction with my roommate and request for another accommodation next term.
My main problem is that I cannot study in my room because my roommate always has friends visiting. Even though, the weekdays come, his friends never stop visiting our room. While I have decided an agreement with my roommate about visiting hours, he does not have an aim to obey the agreement. Both he and his friends are always having parties which usually end early in the morning, several times a week. Furthermore, he often borrows my things without asking me.
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.5 out of 9
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 13 10
No. of Words: 169 200
No. of Characters: 772 1000
No. of Different Words: 109 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.606 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.568 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.47 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 53 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 41 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 18 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 10 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 13 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 5.897 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.308 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.363 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.691 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.198 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4