A friend who lives in another country has invited you to come and stay with him/her on your next holiday. You are too busy to accept the invitation. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: Thank him/her for the invitation. Explain why you cannot co

Submitted by Xel on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 05:03

Dear Liz,

I received the letter you wrote to me inviting me to come and spend the holiday with you in Ireland. Thanks for the invite but unfortunately, I won't be available for July because I have an upcoming examination.

You see, I have this International English Language Testing System examination to write in July. It's an exam that tests one's ability to communicate effectively in the English language and as you know, I always had difficulty coping with the language as a subject back in college. Remember how I failed woefully in grade three and you were sad while I cried all the way home so I need to be up and doing in order to ace this exam.

Nevertheless, I'd be free in October; would you mind shifting this holiday invite up until then? It'll be more fun to spend the whole time with you without having to think about any exam. If you're game on this then I'll see you in October.

Best wishes,

Xel.

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Average: 7.3 (1 vote)
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IELTS Writing Task I - IELTS General Training

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 98, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: It's; It is
...ng System examination to write in July. Its an exam that tests ones ability to comm...
^^^
Line 5, column 121, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...o write in July. Its an exam that tests ones ability to communicate effectively in t...
^^^^
Line 7, column 15, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: I'd
...rder to ace this exam. Nevertheless, Id be free in October; would you mind shif...
^^
Line 7, column 187, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...without having to think about any exam. If youre game on this then Ill see you in ...
^^
Line 7, column 190, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: you're
...hout having to think about any exam. If youre game on this then Ill see you in Octobe...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 214, Rule ID: ILL_I_LL[1]
Message: Did you mean 'I'll'?
Suggestion: I'll
...ut any exam. If youre game on this then Ill see you in October. Best wishes, ...
^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, nevertheless, so, then, while, you know

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 7.48453608247 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 4.92783505155 41% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 5.05154639175 99% => OK
Relative clauses : 1.0 3.03092783505 33% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 32.9175257732 73% => OK
Preposition: 25.0 26.3917525773 95% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 3.85567010309 52% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 758.0 937.175257732 81% => OK
No of words: 168.0 206.0 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.5119047619 4.54256449028 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.60020574368 3.78020617076 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56588357168 2.54303337028 101% => OK
Unique words: 110.0 127.690721649 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.654761904762 0.622605031667 105% => OK
syllable_count: 249.3 290.88556701 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.41237113402 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.13402061856 66% => OK
Article: 0.0 0.824742268041 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.83505154639 54% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.463917525773 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 1.44329896907 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 12.6804123711 71% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 18.0 16.3608247423 110% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.2597441933 44.8134815571 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.2222222222 76.5299724578 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6666666667 16.8248392259 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.33333333333 4.34317383033 123% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.29896907216 70% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 2.54639175258 236% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 7.41237113402 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 1.49484536082 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.94845360825 25% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.221424358872 0.216113520407 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0911469426884 0.0766984524023 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0629508594077 0.0603063233224 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.159870225785 0.12726935374 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0546599269021 0.0580467560999 94% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.1 8.37731958763 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 70.7449484536 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 3.82989690722 230% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 7.45979381443 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 8.88 8.71597938144 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.35 7.59969072165 97% => OK
difficult_words: 30.0 41.2886597938 73% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 8.62886597938 139% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 8.54432989691 108% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 8.15463917526 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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