One of your friends invited you for a meal with his/her family in their home. You enjoyed the meal and had been happy to be introduced to his/her family. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: - thank your friend and say that you enjoyed the meal - say what else you liked about this visit - ask your friend to meet you someday at a restaurant
Sample Response
Dear Fanny, Hope all is well at your end. I'd like to thank you for the wonderful meal that I enjoyed at your home with your entire family last week. The food, you served, was just so great and delicious. In fact, the pizza at your home was the best homemade pizza I've ever tried! I also very much enjoyed the pleasant atmosphere at your home and liked the idea that you introduced your entire family to me one by one right after arriving at your place. Besides, I enjoyed your family videos from the past, especially, when you were a little child. On top of that, the location of your home is excellent as it has plenty of space around it. Finally, the small but very beautifully maintained orchard garden at the back of your home was breathtaking. But, anyway, now that you've been kind enough to invite me to your home for a great meal, I would also like to invite you to a favourite restaurant of mine for some dinner this coming weekend. Hope you would come. Warm wishes, Miller
IELTS Writing Correction
- 1. Add a subject Original: Hope all is well at your end. Suggested revision: I hope all is well with you. Why it matters: A complete sentence needs an explicit subject, and this phrasing is more natural.
- 2. Remove stray commas Original: food, you served, Suggested revision: food you served Why it matters: A restrictive relative clause should not be separated from its noun by commas.
- 3. Fix dangling modifier Original: right after arriving at your place Suggested revision: as soon as I arrived Why it matters: The revision identifies who arrived and removes the dangling modifier.
- 4. Remove extra comma Original: especially, when Suggested revision: especially when Why it matters: No comma is needed between the focusing adverb and the following clause.
- 5. Correct the invitation Original: Hope you would come. Suggested revision: I hope you can come. Why it matters: The revised clause has a subject and uses a modal appropriate to a future invitation.
- 6. Tighten the thanks Original: that I enjoyed at your home Suggested revision: at your home Why it matters: Removing the relative clause makes the expression of thanks more direct.
- 7. Use precise praise Original: just so great and delicious Suggested revision: absolutely delicious Why it matters: The revision avoids stacking two broad adjectives and sounds more precise.
- 8. Avoid repetition Original: the pizza at your home Suggested revision: your pizza Why it matters: The shorter wording avoids repeating the location unnecessarily.
- 9. Separate the letter Suggested revision: Divide the response into short paragraphs for the thanks, visit details, and restaurant invitation. Why it matters: Clear paragraphing would make the progression through the three purposes easier to follow.
- 10. Make plans specific Suggested revision: Add a proposed day, time, or restaurant name to the final invitation. Why it matters: A concrete arrangement would develop the request to meet at a restaurant more fully.
Suggested Rewrites
- Hope all is well at your end. I hope all is well with you.
- food, you served, food you served
- right after arriving at your place as soon as I arrived
- especially, when especially when
- Hope you would come. I hope you can come.
- that I enjoyed at your home at your home
Why this response received Band 7.5
The letter fully addresses the invitation, warmly thanks the friend, and develops several specific aspects of the visit in a natural, friendly tone. Its main limitation is that some phrasing and punctuation are slightly awkward, while the succession of linking expressions can feel formulaic. The highest priority is to refine collocations and use transitions more selectively so the otherwise clear message sounds more polished.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Detailed feedback by IELTS writing criterion after the annotated essay.
Task Achievement
The purpose is clear, all three bullet points are fully covered, and the warm informal tone is consistently suitable for a friend.
Make the proposed restaurant meeting slightly more concrete by naming the restaurant or suggesting a specific time.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ideas progress logically from thanks to other enjoyable details and then to the return invitation, although linking phrases are somewhat conspicuous.
Reduce formulaic transitions such as 'Besides', 'On top of that', and 'Finally' and let closely related details flow together more naturally.
Lexical Resource
The letter uses a good range of expressive vocabulary, with occasional imprecise or redundant combinations such as 'great and delicious' and 'orchard garden'.
Choose more exact, idiomatic collocations and remove redundant modifiers to make the praise sound more natural.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A varied mix of simple and complex structures is generally well controlled, despite several unnecessary commas and a few awkward constructions.
Review comma placement and subject reference, especially around clauses such as 'right after arriving at your place'.
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