Writing task 1 (a letter)
Your friend wants to come and spend his/her holiday staying at your place for a week. Write an apology letter to him/her and say
- Explain why you can’t do it on those particular dates.
- Suggest some alternative dates and things to do.
Dear John Smith,
Hope you are doing well. I received your letter and you mentioned that you are coming to Chennai and stay in my place on July 1st to July 7th for a 1week vacation.
Unfortunately, I am going to New York on July 1st for two weeks office trip. I can’t skip this trip as I am representing my company in the business conference in New York on July 5th. So I regret that I would not be in Chennai when you visit for your holidays.
However, I will arrange you to stay with my friend Jackson. I already told about you to Jackson; he will help you to stay in his house. Jackson wil...
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flaws:
No. of Words: 148 200 //minimum 150 words wanted. More content, higher marks.
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 6.0 out of 9
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 13 10
No. of Words: 148 200
No. of Characters: 638 1000
No. of Different Words: 88 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.528 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.116 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.292 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 35 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 26 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 13 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 7 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 11.923 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.989 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.308 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.371 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.646 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.238 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 4