You have recently visited a museum. Now write a letter to your friend about the museum you have visited. Write a letter to him/ her. In your letter, write: - where you went - what you saw there - how you felt about it
Sample Response
Dear Joy, I hope this letterHope this letter finds you in good spirits and health. As you are aware, I'm currently in Chicago for a month on a work assignmentfor a month for some professional work. I'm writingwriting this letter to share my experience of visiting the 'Science Museum' in downtown Chicagoin Chicago Downtown, because I thought you would enjoy hearing about itwhich I thought you would enjoy. The entry fee was $15, but$15 but I was lucky to get a free pass from one of my colleagues. This museum is visited by a large number of local residentscitizens and international tourists. The ground floor features exhibits on the development of robotsdisplays the invention of robots, with numerous robot models on displaymany robots on display and details ofon how they were developed. I learned that ideas based on the abacus were developed furthertheories based on the abacus were further expanded to enhance this technology. The first floor features exhibits about extinct animalsdisplays extinct animals, skeletons of dinosaurs and the history of their extinctionhistory behind their extermination. I found this quite interestingThis was quite interesting. The second floor has a shop where you can buy books and souvenirs. Kiosks are placed on all floors which provide extensive information about the displayed items. It was a great learning opportunity and a fabulous experience that I'll cherish for a long. I wish you had been with me when I visited the museum. Why don't you write me back about things you've done recently and enjoyed? Warm wishes, Tom
Why this response received Band 7.5
The letter gives a vivid, easy-to-follow account of the museum, fully addressing its location, exhibits, and the writer's positive reaction in a warm, friendly voice. The main limitation is occasional imprecise or unnatural vocabulary, particularly when describing the exhibits and experience. The highest-priority improvement is to choose more exact, idiomatic words for scientific content while preserving the engaging personal tone.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All three bullet points are fully covered with relevant detail, and the friendly opening and closing maintain an appropriate informal register.
Strengthen the personal response further by adding one specific reason why a particular exhibit was especially memorable.
Coherence and Cohesion
The tour through the museum floors creates clear progression, and referencing and linking keep the account easy to follow.
Group the location and background, exhibit descriptions, and personal reaction into separate paragraphs for a more polished letter structure.
Lexical Resource
The response shows good range in describing the visit, but choices such as extermination and cherish for a long reduce precision and naturalness.
Use exact expressions such as extinction and cherish for years, and avoid vague technical claims about the abacus.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide variety of sentence forms is handled accurately, with only rare minor awkwardness that does not impede communication.
Polish relative clauses and sentence openings to remove slight ambiguity while retaining the strong range of complex structures.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You have recently visited a museum. Now write a letter to your friend about the museum you have visited. Write a letter to him/ her. In your letter, write:
- where you went
- what you saw there
- how you felt about it
Your response
Write the task yourself, then compare your choices with the annotated response.