You are going away to travel for the summer. A friend will be looking after your house while you are away. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: - Say where you are going - Describe your house - Explain some of the things your friend must do to look after your house
Sample Response
Dear Sunita Hope youyour are feeling well. As I mentionedHas I have mentioned in my previous letter that I am going to Lahorelahore for further studies, for that I need your help to look after my house. you know my house is by the roadsidein a road side with two floorsfloor. There are two rooms a kitchen a tv lounge and a small car porch is there. The most important thing that you have to do is to check the pipeline when it is rainingwhen its raining, secondly you must check the leak in the bathroom floorfloor leakage of bathroom and last but not the least, you have to waterwatered the only rose plantplant of of rose near the main gate. I hope you can help me with thiswill not disappoint me Best regards, Asmahs
Why this response received Band 5.0
The letter's clearest strength is that it communicates the destination, basic house details, and several practical duties for the friend. However, it is substantially under length, ideas are thinly developed, and frequent grammatical and word-choice errors reduce fluency and occasionally obscure the intended instruction. The priority is to expand each bullet point with clear, accurate details, organize them into paragraphs, and proofread verb forms and sentence boundaries.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All three bullet points are addressed, but the response is under length, provides limited detail, and ends with an unnecessarily demanding remark.
Develop the travel plans, house description, and care instructions more fully, and replace the final demand with a friendly expression of thanks.
Coherence and Cohesion
The information follows a broadly sensible order, but the single block, weak punctuation, and mechanical sequencing make progression uneven.
Group the destination, house description, and duties into separate paragraphs and use complete sentences to mark each new instruction.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary communicates the main practical ideas, although inaccurate collocations, repetition, and word-form choices frequently weaken precision.
Use natural phrases such as “beside the road,” “bathroom leak,” and “water the rose plant,” while checking repeated words.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Some simple clauses are understandable, but errors in articles, verb forms, agreement, capitalization, and sentence boundaries occur throughout.
Prioritize accurate basic sentence patterns and verb forms before attempting longer structures, then proofread every sentence for a clear subject and finite verb.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You are going away to travel for the summer. A friend will be looking after your house while you are away. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter:
- Say where you are going
- Describe your house
- Explain some of the things your friend must do to look after your house
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