You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
You will move to a new city for work. You know some people who live there.
Ask them for help finding accommodation
Tell them where you would like to live
Tell them the type of place you are looking for
You should write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Sir,
Dear Sir,
I wanted to let you know that I am coming to live in (city) and I would like to ask if you can help me with a few things before I arrive and start my new job.
Do you think you could give me a hand finding somewhere to live? Ideally I would like to live close to where I am going to be working, or in the downtown district. If possible I would like to be near some shops, like a supermarket and a DVD rental place. As I really love sports it would be great to be near a park too.
I’m not too worried about the place itself. Obviously I will be looking for a flat, rather than a ho...
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.5 out of 9
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 12 10
No. of Words: 208 200
No. of Characters: 760 1000
No. of Different Words: 112 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.798 4.0
Average Word Length: 3.654 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.001 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 36 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 19 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 10 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 5 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.333 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 9.818 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.382 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.65 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.155 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 4