Dear Mike,
How are you? I hope you are fine.
Well, here I am in England. Thank you for your (1) _______(kind / kindly) letter. You ask me what it’s like here. I must say, it’s really (2)_________ (good / well). The school is very (3) ________ (efficient / efficiently) organized. On the first morning we had to do a test, which I found rather (4) ________(hard / hardly). However, I got a (5)_________ (surprising/ surprisingly) good mark, so I’m in the top class. I didn’t talk much at first, because I couldn’t think of the words (6)__________ (quick / quickly) enough, but (7)________ (late/lately) I’ve become much more (8) _________(fluent/ fluently).
I’m staying with a family who live (9)________ (near/nearly) the school. They are very (10) ________(pleasant/ pleasantly), although I don’t see much of them because I’m always so (11)________ (busy/ busily) with my friends from school. I was surprised how (12) __________(easy/ easily) I made new friends here. They come from (13)________ (different/ differently) parts of the world. I really hope you will be able to join me here next term. I’m sure we’d have (14) __________(good/ well) fun together.
Best wishes,
Bob