You play a team sport with some friends. Last week a member of the team had an accident and wasn't able to play with you at the weekend. You decide to write to him in hospital, telling him about the match. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: - tell him which team won - describe the conditions on the day - say how you felt about the match
Sample Response
Dear Martin, Hope you are recovering from the injuriesinjures. We feel very bad for not being with you in the hospitalat hospital. I have good newsa good news for you, our team wonOur Team won the Cricket match, hoorayhurry.As a main batsmanbatman of our team you are incomparable and reliable. Most of our members agreeaccept that your hard work and passion areyou hardwark and passion is something that motivates everyonesomething that motivate every one in the team. Unfortunately we missed your presence inon this match. By winning this matchThrough this match our team got a chance to participate in upcoming finals and that is whatthat what we dreamed for. I know you will be excited to know about the match. The best thing aboutBest thing about the match was the weather. Itweather, It was perfectly fine for the match. After the tossFrom the Tossing the opposing teamopposite Team got their batting first. Our target score waswere 578 and by the end by losing 5 wickets we got 579.Even though the match was tough at starting it become smooth at the ending. We are eager to see you again, awaiting for your Prayers are always with you. Get well soon, take care. Yours Sincerely
Why this response received Band 5.0
The letter communicates the result and gives enough match detail for the friend to understand what happened, while its supportive personal tone is a useful strength. However, the writer's feelings about the match are only implied, and frequent language and punctuation errors make several sentences awkward. The highest priority is to organize the three requested points clearly and proofread basic sentence structure, agreement, and word choice.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The purpose is clear and the winner and weather are mentioned, but the writer's feelings about the match are not stated directly or developed sufficiently.
Give each requested point explicit attention, especially a clear personal reaction to the match and a few relevant supporting details.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ideas follow a broadly understandable sequence, but the single dense paragraph, abrupt transitions, and faulty punctuation weaken progression.
Use short paragraphs for the recovery message, match result and conditions, and personal reaction, with complete sentences linking each stage.
Lexical Resource
The response attempts some varied vocabulary, but frequent spelling and word-choice problems such as inappropriate cricket terms reduce precision.
Prefer familiar, accurate expressions and check key words such as injuries, batsman, hard work, and prayers before submitting.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Some longer structures are attempted, but frequent errors in articles, agreement, tense, prepositions, and sentence boundaries repeatedly reduce control.
Build clear subject-verb sentences first, then proofread every verb form, article, and full stop to prevent run-ons and fragments.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You play a team sport with some friends. Last week a member of the team had an accident and wasn't able to play with you at the weekend. You decide to write to him in hospital, telling him about the match. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter:
- tell him which team won
- describe the conditions on the day
- say how you felt about the match
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