A friend you met last year has invited you to visit them in their country.
You have never been there before and need some information before you leave.
Write a letter to your friend. In your letter
request advice about a gift for his/her family
ask about activities and clothing
find out about the food
You should write at least 150 words.
Allow yourself 15 minutes for this task.
you do NOT need to write your own address.
Dear Robert,
Hi there, I hope you're enjoying your college year. Thanks very much for asking me to come and visit you in Singapore. As you know, I haven't travelled to Asia before, so I though I'd write and ask you a few questions.
I want to bring a present with me and I wondered what would be appropriate. Perhaps you could let me know what your mum's hobbies are and then I could come up with an idea based on one of them.
Also, what sort of clothes should I bring? I know it's pretty warm where you live but do I need jumpers or a coat? what sort of activities are we likely to do while I'm there and should I bring things like swimming gear or trainers.
Lastly, I hate to be nuisance but I hope you remember that I'm vegetarian. I do eat fish and eggs but I don't eat red meat and chicken at all. Is that going to be a problem?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Barnaby
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 8.0 out of 9
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 13 10
No. of Words: 180 200
No. of Characters: 684 1000
No. of Different Words: 109 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.663 4.0
Average Word Length: 3.8 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.128 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 34 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 23 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 12 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 6 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 13.846 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 9.999 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.538 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.366 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.751 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.215 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 4