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, I am writing to you to make the necessary arrangements for our stay at your hotel on 22nd and 23rd November. I will travel with my parents, wife and seven-year-old son7 years old son. I hopeI am hoping that you willwould be able to provide us with suitable accommodation and help us enjoy our tripassist us to enjoy our trip. We will arrive on 22nd November and check out offrom your hotel by noon on 24 Novemberon 24th November before 12.00 pm. We would likeWe are expecting two double roomstwo double size bedrooms with en-suite bathroomswith attached bathrooms, hot water and air-conditioningair cooler facilities. We would prefer rooms with a sea view and room service. I would really appreciate it if the rooms wereare on the same floor. I am also interested in knowinginterested to know about recreational activities in the vicinity. Despite my parents’ agemy parent’s age, they are very lively and would love to go to the theatre, the beach and amusement parksthe theatre, beach and amusement parks, if available. I would also like to know about the market wheremarket, where we can buy traditional productsitems and souvenirs. Please notify me of the cost that will incur on our trip at your earliest with the facilities you can offer. I am expecting a comprehensive reply from your side about the details of the activities and other information I requested. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, Fahad Sultan
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter fully addresses the booking arrangements, room preferences, price request, and nearby activities in an appropriately formal tone, with particularly strong practical detail. Its main limitation is that the whole response is presented as one paragraph and some awkward constructions reduce precision; the highest-priority improvement is to organize requests into clear paragraphs and rewrite phrases such as the cost request more naturally.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All four requested points are fully addressed with clear dates, detailed room preferences, a cost enquiry, and relevant questions about nearby attractions.
Make the cost request more direct by asking for the total price for the two-night stay and stating whether taxes or services should be included.
Coherence and Cohesion
The requests follow a sensible sequence and linking is clear, but presenting the entire letter as one paragraph weakens its organization.
Divide the letter into short paragraphs for travel details, room requirements, and cost and activity enquiries.
Lexical Resource
A good range of formal and topic-specific vocabulary is used, though several collocations such as "double size bedrooms" and "reply from your side" are awkward.
Use standard hotel-booking expressions such as "double rooms," "the total cost of our stay," and "a detailed reply."
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses varied sentence forms, but recurring errors in noun phrases, possessives, and clause construction reduce accuracy.
Correct forms such as "a seven-year-old son," "my parents' age," and "the cost we will incur" to improve grammatical control.
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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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