You and your family are planning to spend a weekend at a seaside hotel. Write a letter to the hotel for making the arrangement. In your letter say: - when you will be arriving and leaving - what type of rooms you would like - ask how much the weekend will cost - inquire about activities and places of interest near the hotel
Sample Response
Dear Sir or Madam,Dear Hotel Manager,
I am planning a short family trip and would like to stay at your hotel for the weekend. Our intended dates are arriving on Friday, 5th May, and checking out on Sunday, 7th May.
Could you please arrange one family suite or two double rooms, depending on availability? I would also appreciate it if you could confirmprovide the total cost for the weekend stay.
Furthermore, I would be grateful if you could share information about any activities offered at the hotel, such as swimming, beach sports, or guided tours, as well as nearby places of interestinteresting places to visit nearby.
Thank you very much for your help. I look forward to receiving your reply so we can finalize our plansbooking.
Yours faithfullysincerely,
Jason
Why this response received Band 7.5
The letter is clear, appropriately formal, and covers every requested point with accurate, varied language. Its main limitation is the short length, which leaves the room request, pricing enquiry, and local-activity questions only briefly developed; the highest-priority improvement is to add specific practical detail to each request while preserving the concise organisation.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The purpose and all four bullet points are clear, but the response is under length and develops each request only briefly.
Add relevant details such as the number of guests, preferred room features, and the kinds of nearby attractions the family would enjoy.
Coherence and Cohesion
Information is logically sequenced in focused paragraphs, with cohesive devices used naturally and unobtrusively.
Strengthen progression by grouping the accommodation and cost requests together and expanding the activity enquiry in a fuller follow-up sentence.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied, precise, and consistently appropriate for a courteous hotel enquiry.
Extend the range of specific travel and accommodation vocabulary when adding detail, while keeping the wording natural.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A good variety of complex sentence forms is handled accurately, with only a slightly awkward construction describing the arrival dates.
Replace the awkward date phrasing with a direct form such as stating that the family will arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You and your family are planning to spend a weekend at a seaside hotel. Write a letter to the hotel for making the arrangement. In your letter say:
- when you will be arriving and leaving
- what type of rooms you would like
- ask how much the weekend will cost
- inquire about activities and places of interest near the hotel
Your response
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