Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to a music concert. In your letter, please say: - where and when the concert is going to be, - what type of music will be played there, - why your friend will enjoy it.
Sample Response
Dear Jason,
I hope you are doing well and enjoying summer. I have not seen you for a while and would like to ask you to join me for a major music festivalmassive music event.
The event is called Stereosonicthe Stereosonic, which will be held in Melbourne on December 31 st. There will be 55 artists performing trance and electronic musicplaying trance and electronic songs. You are sure to lovesurely going to love this event as Armin Van Burren is also performing. I am sure that you do not want to miss his performance because he is returning to Melbourne after three yearsas he is coming to Melbourne after 3 years. He will be performingplaying from midnight, so I think we should arrive there by 10 at night. This is because we have to avoid the peak traffic hour at 11 PM and skip the long queue for the show.
I am going to book the tickets next week. Please let me know if you are interested and can attend this concert.
Looking forward to seeingsee you there, mate.there mate.
Take care,
Amid
Why this response received Band 7.5
The invitation is lively, friendly, and complete, giving clear information about the venue, date, music, and the particular performer the friend would enjoy. Its main weakness is a small cluster of inaccurate or unnatural expressions, especially in the closing; prioritise polishing fixed phrases and verb patterns so the otherwise fluent letter sounds consistently natural.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The invitation achieves its purpose fully, covers every bullet point with specific details, and maintains an appropriately friendly tone.
Keep supporting details focused on the invitation so practical information about travel does not receive more space than necessary.
Coherence and Cohesion
The letter follows a clear sequence from the invitation through event details and reasons to the request for confirmation.
Divide the long central paragraph at the shift from the performer to arrival arrangements for even clearer progression.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and appropriate for an informal invitation, with a few awkward combinations and inaccurate forms.
Replace less natural phrases such as peak traffic hour and skip the long queue with idiomatic alternatives.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Complex sentences are used confidently and are mostly accurate, while a few local errors remain noticeable.
Correct fixed verb patterns and small form errors, especially changing Looking forward to see to Looking forward to seeing.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to a music concert. In your letter, please say:
- where and when the concert is going to be,
- what type of music will be played there,
- why your friend will enjoy it.
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