You are going on holiday and you would like to hire a car. One of your parties is in a wheelchair. Write a letter to a car hire company. In your letter: - explain the reason you need the car - describe the type of car you need - ask what the price is and what it includes
Sample Response
Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to enquirewriting this letter to enquire about a vehicle I would like to hirea car which I want to rent forin order to go on a week-long holidayweeklong holiday with my family. We will travel to different parts of the country and sometimes travel long distancestravel for a long distance. I would prefer to rent a spacious minivana large and spacious minivan with six passenger seats. The car should be fully loaded and automatic. By the way, my grandfather is a person with limited mobility and uses a wheelchair. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that the automobile has enough space in it to storekeep the wheelchair. I would also like the car to have an automatic sliding door system so that my grandfathergrandparents can enter and exit the vehicle easily. On top of that, I would also like a car with a rotating seat so that my grandfather can manoeuvre himself easily. And as for the other features, I would like to have a cruise control feature, an anti-lock brakingbrake system and heavy-duty tires since we would be travelling quite a long distance. Therefore, based on the requirements above, I would highly appreciate it if you could quote the rental price for me for a whole week. Yours faithfully, James Crowe
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter clearly explains the family holiday and gives a highly specific description of a spacious, automatic, wheelchair-accessible minivan with appropriate mobility and safety features. Its main limitation is incomplete coverage of the final bullet: it requests a weekly price but never asks what that price includes. Prioritise asking about insurance, mileage limits, taxes, roadside assistance, deposits, and any charges for accessibility equipment.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The reason and vehicle requirements are fully developed, but the price request omits the required question about included services and charges.
Ask for an itemised weekly quotation showing insurance, mileage, tax, deposit, roadside assistance, and accessibility-equipment costs.
Coherence and Cohesion
The letter progresses clearly from the travel purpose through capacity, wheelchair access, mobility features, safety equipment, and price.
Group the essential accessibility requirements separately from optional comfort and safety preferences to make priorities clearer.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and precise for vehicle rental and accessibility, with occasional vague or informal terms such as ‘fully loaded’.
Use ‘fully equipped’, ‘wheelchair storage’, ‘swivelling seat’, ‘rental rate’, and ‘included charges’.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide range of structures is generally well controlled, with minor repetition, reference, and article issues.
Avoid repeated ‘I would also like’ structures and keep singular references consistent when discussing the grandfather.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You are going on holiday and you would like to hire a car. One of your parties is in a wheelchair. Write a letter to a car hire company. In your letter:
- explain the reason you need the car
- describe the type of car you need
- ask what the price is and what it includes
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