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 apartment - Invite him/her to pay a visit
Sample Response
Dear Iz, it'sits been quite a whilequite while. How is mum and dad? How about your catcatty? I have missed you all since we moved intomoved out to our new home. We had to moveIt was inevitable to move as my grannies were coming to liveleave with us permanently. The old house, as you know, was quite small. Guess what? The new house is fabulous. It has a large balcony overlooking a attractive, well-maintainedvery nice well-trimmed golf coursefield. It's a four-room houseIts a 4-room house with lots of indoor and outdoor spaceinside and outside space. I now have a room to myself and my kid sister. We have enough space to play without anyone constantly shouting at usanybody constantly yelling at us to be careful. When you come around, which am very sure you will soon, am sure you will enjoy the space. So,In other words, I am inviting youam inviting you to come spend the last weekend of summer with us. We will certainly have a lot of fun. I hope you'll come. Special greetingsgreeting from Casey. She's staring at me even as Ii write this. All the bestAlways and ever, Vickky
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response fully covers the move, the new home, and the invitation, with warm personal details that suit a letter to a friend. Its main weakness is frequent grammatical inaccuracy, compounded by the absence of paragraphing and several imprecise word choices. The highest priority is to divide the letter by purpose and proofread contractions, subjects, articles, and verb forms so the friendly message reads more smoothly.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All three bullet points are clearly covered with relevant detail, and the friendly tone effectively suits the relationship.
Make the reason for moving slightly more precise by explaining that the larger home was needed to accommodate the grandparents.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ideas progress logically from the reason for moving to the description and invitation, but the single unbroken paragraph weakens organisation.
Use separate paragraphs for the move, the new home, and the invitation to make each purpose immediately clear.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is adequate and sometimes lively, though spelling and awkward choices reduce precision in several places.
Replace inaccurate expressions such as golf field and special greeting with natural alternatives and distinguish live from leave.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The meaning remains clear and some sentence forms show variety, but errors with contractions, subjects, articles, and verb forms occur frequently.
Proofread for forms such as it has, I am, and are Mum and Dad, while ensuring every clause has an explicit subject.
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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 apartment
- Invite him/her to pay a visit
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