You have recently heard that a friend of yours has had some problems as a result of some unusual weather. Write a letter to your friend.
In your letter
express concern (i.e. say you are sorry to hear what has happened)
tell them about a similar experience that you once had
give some advice or offer help
You should write at least 80 words.
Allow yourself 15 minutes for this task.
Dear Anna and Leo,
We were shocked to hear from Lara about the storm that hit your city recently and the damage done to your house. How awful to come home from your holiday to find the roof blown off the house!
I understand how you must feel, as we had a similar experience a few years ago when there was a sudden electrical storm here in Sydney. I came home from work to find that a tree had fallen on top of the house and all the windows were broken. Fortunately the insurance covered the cost of the repairs, but it was still very upsetting.
I suppose you have to think positively in situ...
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flaws:
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: 10 10
No. of Words: 159 200
No. of Characters: 634 1000
No. of Different Words: 104 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.551 4.0
Average Word Length: 3.987 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.119 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 26 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 20 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 12 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 9 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 15.9 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.431 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.3 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.337 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.774 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.154 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4