You have just moved into a new home and are planning to hold a party. You are worried that the noise may disturb your neighbour. Write a letter to your neighbour. In your letter: - introduce yourself - describe your plans for the party - invite your neighbour to come
Sample Response
Dear Ms Meena,Dear Ms Meena, I am Priya and I have recently moved with my family into the house next to yours. I am a doctor and I live with my daughter and husbandwith my daughter, and husband, who is a lawyer. I am planning to hold a partyI have planned to throw a party and invite some guests on 10 Juneon the 10th of June and I would really appreciate your presence thereat that party. Since this is the first time our family has movedour family is moving into a house that we own, we have planned to throw a party and invite some friends, colleagues, relatives and neighbours. We are arranging a dinner partyWe have arranged a dinner party and want to share this special moment with the people we care about and love. I have also planned to arrange live musicarrange a music show which willwould make the event more enjoyable. I hope you would not mind the concert! I would feel very delighted if you could join the party. My apologiesapology for any inconvenience it might cause to you, but I assure you that I have already made arrangements to make it less noisy by organising gamesless noisy by a plan to conduct games for children and keep them engaged. We will also place soundproofingsoundproof coverage at the entrance of my house. Hope you will accept my invitation and join the party. Yours sincerely, Priya Roy
Why this response received Band 6.5
The letter establishes a friendly purpose, introduces the writer, explains the celebration, and extends a clear invitation while acknowledging possible disturbance. Its main limitation is that repetition, one-block organisation, and awkward wording make the noise-control plan feel vague; prioritise a few concrete measures—such as an end time and reduced music volume—presented in distinct paragraphs with simpler, more natural sentences.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The letter introduces the writer, describes the party, invites the neighbour, and acknowledges possible noise. The main task is covered, but the noise-control plan is not very convincing or clearly connected to a party with music.
Add concrete measures such as ending the party by a set time, keeping windows closed, and lowering music after a certain hour.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response is understandable and generally ordered, but ideas are repetitive and the whole letter is in one block. Several sentences repeat "party" and "invite" unnecessarily.
Use paragraphing and combine repeated details so each paragraph has a distinct purpose.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is adequate for an invitation, with some useful phrases such as "special moment" and "token". Some choices are awkward, including "music show", "soundproof coverage", and "less noisy by a plan".
Use natural event vocabulary such as "live music", "keep the volume low", and "soundproofing".
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Meaning is mostly clear, but there are errors in punctuation, tense, article use, and sentence construction. Several long sentences would benefit from simplification.
Check comma placement in noun lists and rewrite long sentences with one main idea each.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You have just moved into a new home and are planning to hold a party. You are worried that the noise may disturb your neighbour. Write a letter to your neighbour. In your letter:
- introduce yourself
- describe your plans for the party
- invite your neighbour to come
Your response
Write the task yourself, then compare your choices with the annotated response.