You have been living in an apartment for the last three years. A few problems have emerged in your apartment since the last repair. Write a letter to your landlord. In your letter: - give details of the last repair work - what the problems are now - how you would like the landlord to solve these problems
Sample Response
Dear Mr Daniel, I am writing to inform you ofI am writing this letter to remind you about some urgent repair worksome emergency repair works that need to be carried out in the flat where I liveat the flat I am living in. The last time you did the repair work in the kitchen, one of the bathrooms and two windows was almost two years ago. The repair work was done to a professional standardvery professionally, and except for the kitchen, the other repairs still look newother works still look new. However, several new problems have emergedHowever, this time, other problems have emerged, and I have noticeddetected several water leaks in the kitchena few leaks in the kitchen which need to be fixed immediately. The paint is peelingThe paint has started to come off, and I am not sure when the flat was last paintedwhen was the last time the flat was painted. Besides, there is water logging in the drainsin the drain pipes and it is causing considerable inconveniencegreat inconvenience for me. I would greatly appreciate it if you could arrange for these repairs and painting workrepairs and paint works as soon as possible by hiring a professional contractorservice as you did before. Please contact me on my mobile phone to make arrangements for the work to start. Thank you in advance for your support. Yours sincerely, Maria Garcia
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter fulfils its purpose effectively by covering the previous repairs, the current problems, and a clear request for professional action in a consistently polite tone. Its main limitation is language control: several awkward collocations and grammatical slips reduce precision, while presenting the whole message as one block weakens readability. The highest priority is to divide the content into purposeful paragraphs and proofread agreement and word-order errors.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The purpose is clear, all three bullet points are fully covered, and the polite request is suitably developed.
Make the requested timing more specific to strengthen the practical outcome of the letter.
Coherence and Cohesion
The information progresses logically and linking words clarify relationships, but the single-block presentation limits paragraphing.
Use separate paragraphs for the previous work, current problems, and requested action.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is sufficiently varied for the situation, though collocations such as “repair works” and “paint works” are awkward.
Use more natural combinations such as “repair work,” “repainting,” and “blocked drains.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A useful range of sentence structures communicates the message clearly, but agreement and word-order errors remain noticeable.
Proofread structures such as “two windows were” and “when the flat was last painted.”
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You have been living in an apartment for the last three years. A few problems have emerged in your apartment since the last repair. Write a letter to your landlord. In your letter:
- give details of the last repair work
- what the problems are now
- how you would like the landlord to solve these problems
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