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You are Natasha, residing in Pune. Your cousin, from the same city, is hosting your grandmother’s eightieth birth anniversary and has extended an invite to you. He has also requested your assistance with the arrangements needed. Draft a reply of acceptance, in not more than 50 words.
Solution
Natasha,
Sector 22, Thakur Mahal Complex,
Pune
Dear Meera,
I am excited to be a part of our Grandmother's eightieth birth anniversary. I am delighted to formally accept the invitation and assure you of my presence for the festivities and help with all the arrangements required. It goes without saying that I'd arrive 2 days prior so all of us cousins can make this a night to remember.
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Yours truly,
Natasha
Notes
Guidance:
Value Points
- Reference to invitation
- Acceptance of invitation
- Confirmation of the date, time and venue
- Comment on extending assistance
Content (as listed in value points) -
½ mark *4=2 marks
Expression - 1 mark
use of appropriate functional language to show
- acknowledgement/gratitude for invites - thank you
- acceptance - would love to/delighted to/nothing can stop me from attending etc.
- confirming assistance - gladly/goes without saying/just let me know how I can help/goes without saying etc.
✓ full credit of 1 mark to be allotted if the functional language/expressions have/have been used consistently, throughout.
✓ Partial credit of ½ mark to be allotted if the functional language/expressions has/have been used generally, in most places.
✓ No credit of marks if the functional language/ expressions has/have been used sporadically/not at all.
Accuracy* - Deductions up to 1 mark from the overall score.
✓ Deduct ½ mark from total marks if all or either one of the following applies:
- the reply is not formatted correctly as an informal letter/ largely in informal letter format.
- has a few inaccurate spellings and grammatical structures.
✓ Deduct 1 mark from total marks if all or either one of the following applies:
- the reply is not in informal letter format/has a fair number of format inaccuracies.
- has a total of 3 or more spelling/grammatical errors.
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