You have recently moved to a different house. Write a letter to an English speaking friend. In your letter: - Explain why you have moved - Describe the new house - Invite your friend to come and visit
Sample Response
Dear Maggi, I am writing to let you know that we have finally movedthat finally, we have moved to a bigger house! We just could not go on living in the two-bedroom apartment now that the children are growing up and we need more space for indoor activities. So we started looking and finally, here we are in our new home. I’m sure you’ll love it. We have three bedrooms now and two balconies. The house hascomes with spacious bathrooms and a modern kitchen. The kids are happy because there is more space with the big living room and the garden outside. But James is perhaps the happiest of all because this house is near his officenear to his office. Why don’t you come round this weekend and see what you think of our new place? We would all love to see you, and if the weather is good, we cansee you and if the weather is good we can have a barbecuebarbecue party in the garden. I’ll send you our new address and phone numberOur new address and phone number are below, so give us a call and let us know when to expect you. Lots of love, Emma
Why this response received Band 8.0
The letter fully achieves its friendly purpose, developing the reason for moving, the main features of the new home, and a warm, practical invitation in a natural informal voice. The main limitation is presentation: the entire response is compressed into one paragraph, which weakens visual organisation. The highest-priority improvement is to separate the three communicative stages into clear paragraphs without changing the fluent tone.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All three bullet points are fully and naturally developed, and the warm informal tone is consistently suited to a close friend.
Retain this complete coverage while ensuring the address and contact details mentioned are actually supplied when appropriate.
Coherence and Cohesion
The ideas progress logically from the reason for moving to the house description and invitation, but the single-block format limits paragraphing.
Use separate paragraphs for the move, the new house, and the invitation so the organisation is immediately visible.
Lexical Resource
A broad, natural range of vocabulary conveys domestic details and friendly enthusiasm with strong control.
Refine the few less natural combinations, such as replacing "near to his office" with "near his office."
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The letter uses varied complex structures accurately, with flexible coordination and subordination and only minor imperfections.
Keep the same range while proofreading punctuation around longer coordinated clauses for maximum precision.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You have recently moved to a different house. Write a letter to an English speaking friend. In your letter:
- Explain why you have moved
- Describe the new house
- Invite your friend to come and visit
Your response
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