In the GT Writing Module you may be asked to write a letter of application for a job. You will need to use a range of vocabulary, some quite specialised, in your letter.
Complete the letter by filling the gaps with a word from the box below.
CV post department developer interview experience qualified closing skills salary
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to apply for the .................... of Software Development Manager advertised on February 9th on the University of Kent vacancy database. I have worked for the past ten years as a senior .................... in a telecommunication company in the IT ..................... I think now is the right time to apply for a better position as I believe I have gained relevant .................... and skills.
As you can see from my enclosed ...................., I am a .................... engineer and believe I have excellent technical and management ..................... My current .................... is $55,000 a year.
I realize that the .................... date for applications was last Saturday, but I hope you will still consider my application. I will be available for .................... at any time, apart from the 12 - 24 March when I have arranged a holiday in Italy.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely
John Smith
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to apply for the post of Software Development Manager advertised on February 9th on the University of Kent vacancy database. I have worked for the past ten years as a senior developer in a telecommunication company in the IT department I think now is the right time to apply for a better position as I believe I have gained relevant experience and skills.
As you can see from my enclosed CV, I am a qualified engineer and believe I have excellent technical and management skills. My current salary is $55,000 a year.
I realize that the closing date for applications was last Saturday, but I hope you will still consider my application. I will be available for interview at any time, apart from the 12 - 24 March when I have arranged a holiday in Italy.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
John Smith
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 232, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'the' or 'IT'?
Suggestion: the; IT
...loper in a telecommunication company in the IT department I think now is the right tim...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 43, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... you can see from my enclosed CV, I am a qualified engineer and believe I have ex...
^^
Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
... I have arranged a holiday in Italy. I look forward to hearing from you soon. ...
^
Line 12, column 11, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ou soon. Yours sincerely, John Smith
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, look, so, still, apart from, i think
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 7.48453608247 53% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 4.92783505155 61% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 5.05154639175 79% => OK
Relative clauses : 2.0 3.03092783505 66% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 32.9175257732 64% => OK
Preposition: 15.0 26.3917525773 57% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 7.0 3.85567010309 182% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 720.0 937.175257732 77% => OK
No of words: 152.0 206.0 74% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.73684210526 4.54256449028 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.51124308557 3.78020617076 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96149842057 2.54303337028 116% => OK
Unique words: 102.0 127.690721649 80% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.671052631579 0.622605031667 108% => OK
syllable_count: 230.4 290.88556701 79% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.41237113402 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.13402061856 88% => OK
Article: 0.0 0.824742268041 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.83505154639 54% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.463917525773 216% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 1.44329896907 69% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 12.6804123711 63% => 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: 19.0 16.3608247423 116% => OK
Sentence length SD: 64.9615270756 44.8134815571 145% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.0 76.5299724578 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0 16.8248392259 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.625 4.34317383033 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.29896907216 93% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 2.54639175258 157% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 7.41237113402 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.49484536082 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.94845360825 51% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.156694845619 0.216113520407 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0648101183177 0.0766984524023 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0355717706724 0.0603063233224 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0920841314541 0.12726935374 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0255881144496 0.0580467560999 44% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 8.37731958763 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 70.7449484536 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 3.82989690722 230% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 7.45979381443 127% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.21 8.71597938144 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.32 7.59969072165 109% => OK
difficult_words: 36.0 41.2886597938 87% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 8.62886597938 127% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 8.54432989691 112% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 8.15463917526 123% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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More content wanted.
Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.