You recently read a newspaper article about someone you know personally and found that some information was wrong. Write a letter to the editor. In your letter: - describe the subject of the article - describe the error in the article - say what you expect the editor to do
Sample Response
Dear Sir or Madam, I like to read your newspaper as often as I can because of the objective reportingnews and informative articles you try to publish. HoweverBut, I am writing this letter to inform you that the article you published aboutarticle you wrote on Mr. Gaurav Patel, published on 25 August25th of August, containsunfortunately, has inaccurate informationsome wrong information. In that article, the article stated thatit was written that Mr. Gaurav became involved with political activitysome political activities after his retirement, whichafter his retirement which is not true. In fact, during that time, he was merely trying to help a particular political party in organising charitable worksome kind of charity works in his area to help the poor and distressed people. Moreover,By the way, I can say this because I have known Mr. Gaurav Patel personally for more than ten yearsI know Mr. Gaurav Patel personally for more than ten years and we both live in the same area. He is a very benevolent fundraiser and a wealthy and honest industrialista very rich but honest industrialist. Now that you have the correct information,So, as you know the truth now, please take appropriate actionsome appropriate actions to correct the mistake either by writing a follow-up article or by publishing an editorial correction, whichever you deem fit. Thanking you for your attention and consideration. Yours faithfully, Amit Agarwal
Why this response received Band 7.5
The letter fully addresses the correction request with a clear explanation of the error, credible supporting context, and an appropriately formal remedy. Its main limitation is presentation: the response is delivered as one dense paragraph, while several transitions and collocations sound slightly awkward. The highest-priority improvement is to organise the purpose, evidence, and requested action into distinct paragraphs and refine less natural expressions.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The purpose is clear, all three bullet points are developed, and the formal tone suits a letter to an editor.
Make the description of the article's broader subject slightly more explicit before identifying the inaccurate claim.
Coherence and Cohesion
The ideas progress logically from the article and error to supporting context and the requested correction, despite weak paragraphing and a few abrupt links.
Separate the purpose, factual correction, and requested remedy into distinct paragraphs and replace conversational transitions such as 'By the way'.
Lexical Resource
A good range of topic-specific vocabulary conveys the situation precisely, although expressions such as 'wrote on', 'charity works', and 'appropriate actions' are not fully natural.
Use more idiomatic collocations, such as 'article about', 'charity work', and 'appropriate action'.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The letter uses varied complex sentences with generally strong control, but a few tense, article, and punctuation lapses remain.
Improve accuracy in structures such as 'I have known Mr. Gaurav Patel for more than ten years' and punctuate relative clauses carefully.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You recently read a newspaper article about someone you know personally and found that some information was wrong. Write a letter to the editor. In your letter:
- describe the subject of the article
- describe the error in the article
- say what you expect the editor to do
Your response
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