You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Your heighbours have recently written to you to complain about the noise from your houselflat.
Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter
explain the reasons for the noise
apologise
describe what action you will take
Write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear ................. ,
Dear James,
I was very shocked to get your letter saying that the noise from my flat has been spoiling your evenings and causing you some distress. I am really, really sorry about that. I had no idea that you would be able to hear so much, so I hope you will accept my apologies.
As you may have guessed, I am trying to refit my kitchen in the evenings when I get home from work. Unfortunately it is all getting longer than expected and I have been having problems with getting things to fit properly. This has meant to a lot of banging and hammering.
As the kitchen is still not finished, I have decided to call in a professional builder who will finish the work in the next day or two. He’ll work only during daytime hours, so you won’t be disturbed in the evenings again, I promis.
Sorry to have caused these problems,
Bill.
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Sentence: He'll work only during daytime hours, so you won't be disturbed in the evenings again, I promis.
Error: promis Suggestion: promise
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.0 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 11 10
No. of Words: 159 200
No. of Characters: 657 1000
No. of Different Words: 100 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.551 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.132 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.227 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 39 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 26 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 15 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 5 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 14.455 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.989 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.455 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.358 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.737 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.146 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4