You have recently moved to a different house. Now you would like to notify one of your English-speaking friends that you have moved to a different house. Write a letter to this English-speaking friend. In your letter: - explain why you have moved - describe the new house - invite your friend to come and visit Dear...............,

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Sample Response

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Dear Simmons, Hope you're doing great. I'm still cherishing the memoriesstill relishing the pleasant memories we had together during our last trip—itlast trip - it was wonderful. I'm writing to let you know that we've moved into a house in Bath, a town in the rolling countryside of south-west Englanda town set in the rolling countryside of southwest England. I hope you would visit us soon. As you know, ourmy previous apartment was far away from my office and it was inconvenient for both Anna and meboth for me and Anna to make a long commute every daycommute a long distance daily. However, we could not move houseshift our house because of Julie's school locationconsidering Julie's school location. This summer I transferred her to Kingswood School in Bath and moved here soon after. Now the daily commute is no longer a cause of concern for us. We moved into this house at the beginning of February and we really like it. A small garden at the front makes it even more beautiful. We now have enough space to park 3 cars! It has five rooms, a lawn and two large balconies. The best part is that the area is quiet and surrounded by astonishing natural beauty. After living in a flat in a busy area for nearly 8 years, a spacious house seems like a dream come true. I hope you would visit us soon as I'm really looking forward to having you and Linda with us for a few days. It will be fun. Hope to meet you soon. Warm wishes, Mitchell

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 8.0

The letter fully covers the reason for moving, describes the new home with vivid relevant detail, and extends a warm, appropriately informal invitation. Its message flows naturally and displays a broad vocabulary and varied sentence structures, although a few collocations and modal choices sound slightly unnatural. The priority is to refine phrases such as shift our house and use more idiomatic invitation wording throughout.

Band score breakdown

IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TA

Task Achievement

8.5
Scoring rule

The communicative purpose is fully achieved through clear, well-developed coverage of all three bullet points in a suitably friendly tone.

Next step

Refine the timing details so the references to February and this summer form an entirely unambiguous sequence.

CC

Coherence and Cohesion

8.0
Scoring rule

The information progresses naturally from the move and its reasons to the house description and invitation, with effective linking throughout.

Next step

Use distinct paragraphs for the reason, description, and invitation to make the structure even easier to scan.

LR

Lexical Resource

8.0
Scoring rule

A broad and often precise vocabulary creates an engaging description, with only occasional awkward collocations.

Next step

Replace non-idiomatic combinations such as shift our house with natural alternatives such as move house.

GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

8.0
Scoring rule

A wide range of complex structures is handled accurately, and the few lapses do not impede communication.

Next step

Use modal forms more idiomatically in invitations, for example I hope you can visit rather than I hope you would visit.

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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1

You have recently moved to a different house. Now you would like to notify one of your English-speaking friends that you have moved to a different house. Write a letter to this English-speaking friend. In your letter:

- explain why you have moved

- describe the new house

- invite your friend to come and visit Dear...............,

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