You have recently been to stay with an old friend for a few days. You hadn't seen each other for a long time.
say how you felt about the visit
refer to something enjoyable that you did while staying with him/her
invite your friend to visit you
You should write at least 150 words.
Allow yourself 15 minutes for this task.
you do NOT need to write your own address.
Dear XX,
I'm writing to thank you for a really enjoyable visit. It was good to see you after so long, and to be able to spend some time with you, talking about old schoolfriends and teachers.
Now that I'm back home, I keep thinking about how good it was to be somewhere quiet and peaceful. I particularly enjoyed our trip to the wildlife sanctuary and appreciated the opportunity to see so many rare birds and animals. It's made me think that I should try and do more to protect them, so I'm having a look on the internet to see what sort of organisation there are.
Perhaps next time we get ...
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Sentence: It's made me think that I should try and do more to protect them, so I'm having a look on the internet to see what sort of organisation there are.
Error: organisation Suggestion: organization
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.5 out of 9
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 10 10
No. of Words: 163 200
No. of Characters: 653 1000
No. of Different Words: 106 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.573 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.006 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.325 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 30 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 24 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 15 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 9 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 16.3 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.161 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.6 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.383 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.728 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.247 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4