You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
You are going on a short course to a training college abroad. It is a college that you have not been to before.
Write a letter to the accommodation officer. In your letter
give details of your course and your arrival/departure date
explain your accommodation needs
ask for information about getting to and from the college
Write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear ................. ,
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to inform you that I will be attending the Advanced Life Insurance course, being held from Tuesday 24th April until 27th April, at the University of Hartford.
I will be arriving on the afternoon of Monday 23rd and will be leaving on the morning of Saturday the 28th of April, so I will require a single room for this time. I would prefer my own bathroom, if this is possible, but do not mind sharing if I have to; however, as I am wheelchair bound, the room will have to be disability friendly. Could you please tell me how much this will cost and how I should make...
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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: 11 10
No. of Words: 185 200
No. of Characters: 773 1000
No. of Different Words: 113 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.688 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.178 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.397 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 43 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 34 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 21 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 13 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 16.818 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 11.598 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.364 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.356 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.674 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.192 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 4