You are going to organise a family party next week at your home. You want to invite a friend to this party. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to attend the party. In your letter: - explain why you are organising the party - describe what you are planning to do - say why you want your friend to come to the party
Sample Response
Dear Carl,
Hope all is well at your end with you and your family. I know that you don’t really enjoy attendingdon’t really like to attend any kind of party, but I still have taken the liberty of invitingtook the liberty to invite you to one as it will mostly involvesince it's going to involve mostly members of my extended familythe family members of my extended family. After all, I'm aware thatwell aware of the fact that you don’t really feel comfortable socialising with strangersbeing around strangers.
In case you are wondering,Oh, in case you are wondering, my family has decided to organiseorganize this party in order to congratulate my youngest uncle who has recently receivedrecently has received his licence to practise medicinelicense to practice medicine after struggling for almost two years! This party is going to be a casual gatheringmore like a casual party, it won’t include too many things except enjoying some freshly made dinnerfreshly-made dinner, and light music, both of which my uncle especially enjoyedwhich were especially enjoyed by my uncle when he still was a student.
The party is going to be held on 23rd August, this month, and I'd very much like you to join it since this is going to allow you an opportunity to take a break from the pressurerecuperate from the boredom of some tough engineering lessons and mid-term examinations.
Warm regards,
Mario
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter has a warm, convincing voice and covers the reason for the celebration, the planned activities, and the personal benefit of attending. Its main limitation is that several long sentences contain awkward links, repetition, or unclear reference, which weakens control despite a clear message. The highest priority is to divide comma-spliced sentences and refine phrasing so the invitation remains natural and precise.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All three bullet points are clearly addressed with relevant detail, and the friendly tone suits an invitation to a close friend.
Make the practical plan slightly more concrete by giving a start time or another useful attendance detail.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response follows a logical sequence and uses clear paragraphing, but some long sentences join ideas too loosely.
Split the comma-spliced sentences so each reason, activity, and invitation point has a cleaner progression.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is varied and expressive enough for the informal purpose, though several phrases are awkward or repetitive.
Use more natural wording for expressions such as join it and family members of my extended family.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The letter attempts a varied range of complex sentences, but recurring comma splices, agreement problems, and unclear relative clauses reduce accuracy.
Use full stops or conjunctions between independent clauses and check agreement in phrases such as music, which was enjoyed.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You are going to organise a family party next week at your home. You want to invite a friend to this party. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to attend the party. In your letter:
- explain why you are organising the party
- describe what you are planning to do
- say why you want your friend to come to the party
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