You celebrated your birthday with some friends last week in a restaurant. It was a great success and you and your friends enjoyed the evening very much. Write a letter to the restaurant. In your letter: - thank the restaurant for the successful evening - mention the food, service and atmosphere - suggest improvements that could make things better
Sample Response
Dear Sir or Madam, I celebrated my 25th birthday at your restaurant on 9th May, and the event was a great success. I am writing to thank you for the memorable eveningbecause I want to thank you for that. I did not have such a memorable birthday party in a few years. Firstly, the food was amazing:amazing - the chicken adobo was perfectly cookedcooked excellently, and the sauce was so rich and deliciouscreamy and yummy. All the food tasted delicious and they were served promptly. Secondly, the restaurant staffemployees were friendly and accommodating. They greeted us warmlygenuinely smiled and asked how they could help. FinallyAnd finally, the restaurant provided a peaceful settingplace gave us a peaceful environment that night. It was a pleasant atmospherenice atmosphere inside. Please pass my thanks to the teamKeep up the good work. I have a suggestion though - I am recommending you to extend the restaurant space. This is because to accommodate a largehigh number of guests you need more spacespaces so that people do not feel that your restaurant feels crowdedestablishment is congested. Thank you once again for serving me and my friends last weekmy companions last night. It was a commendable effort. Yours faithfully, Rona Olivar
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter warmly thanks the restaurant and develops all required areas with specific comments on the meal, attentive service, atmosphere and a concrete suggestion to enlarge the space. Its purpose and tone are consistently clear, making the response engaging and complete. The main limitation is language control: several collocations, pronoun references and verb patterns are awkward. Prioritize natural formal wording and accurate sentence construction around the improvement proposal.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The thank-you purpose is clear and food, service, atmosphere and a relevant improvement are all developed with specific detail.
Frame the expansion suggestion more diplomatically by acknowledging that it may be a longer-term improvement.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response moves clearly through the three positive aspects before the suggestion and closing, though paragraphing would make this sequence easier to scan.
Separate the thanks, detailed praise, improvement suggestion and closing into distinct paragraphs.
Lexical Resource
There is a useful range of vocabulary for food, service and atmosphere, but expressions such as 'cooked excellently' and 'more spaces' are not natural.
Use precise alternatives such as 'expertly cooked', 'welcoming atmosphere' and 'more space'.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Meaning is consistently clear, but tense, pronoun agreement and verb-complement errors recur in otherwise varied sentences.
Correct patterns such as 'I have not had', 'all the dishes were served' and 'I recommend expanding the restaurant'.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You celebrated your birthday with some friends last week in a restaurant. It was a great success and you and your friends enjoyed the evening very much. Write a letter to the restaurant. In your letter:
- thank the restaurant for the successful evening
- mention the food, service and atmosphere
- suggest improvements that could make things better
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