You are organising a local committee meeting. You would like a local MP to attend the meeting to contribute to a discussion about green areas in the community. Write a letter of invitation to the MP's secretary, Mrs Shelton. In your letter: - introduce your committee - say why you are having the meeting - invite the MP to attend
Sample Response
Dear Mrs Shelton, I am the general secretary of the “Keep Your City Green" committee of our municipality area, and, as the name of this committee implies, its job is to mobilise and motivate the good citizens of our municipality to make them aware of the the benefits of a green environmentbenefits of green environment in and around our municipality. We also work on tree-planting projectstree plantations. As part of this effortAnd as a part of this effort of ours, we try to organise a discussion session quarterly, in which renownedin which, renowned, respected and learned residents of our community take part toand express their valuable opinions about the progress of our work and progressour involvements and efforts. HoweverBut, to make the efforts of this committee even more acceptable, engaging and successful among the citizens of our area, we could certainly use the valuable insights from the honourable MP for our constituencyhonourable MP of our constituent. Now, I fully understand that our honourable MP is a very busy person because of his political workworks and other priorities, but I would surely like to hope that he would make time in his busy schedulesqueeze some time out of his busy work schedule to and contribute to the discussion on protecting local green areasattend our discussion session which will be held from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm on 15 th September. Yours faithfully, George Tobias
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter’s strongest feature is its polite, relevant invitation, which introduces the committee, explains its environmental work, and provides clear meeting details. Its main limitation is that the MP’s expected contribution remains vague, while one long paragraph, overloaded sentences, and several awkward collocations weaken the formal presentation. Prioritise stating the precise discussion topic and desired contribution, then organise the letter into focused paragraphs and proofread noun phrases.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The letter introduces the committee, explains the meeting about green areas, and invites the MP through Mrs Shelton. The invitation is relevant and polite, though the meeting purpose could be stated more directly and the MP’s expected contribution could be clearer.
Add one sentence specifying what topic the MP would speak about or contribute to during the green-area discussion.
Coherence and Cohesion
The ideas develop logically, but the response is a single long paragraph with some overloaded sentences. Transitions such as "And" and "But" at sentence openings are informal for this register.
Use separate paragraphs for committee introduction, meeting purpose, and invitation details.
Lexical Resource
There is a good range of formal vocabulary, including "mobilise", "discussion session", and "valuable insights". Some phrases are awkward or inaccurate, such as "benefits of green environment", "tree plantations", and "constituent".
Use precise community and environmental collocations, such as "green spaces", "tree planting", and "constituency".
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Complex structures are attempted and the message is clear. Errors with articles, plurals, prepositions, and word forms prevent a higher grammar score.
Check noun phrases carefully, especially article use before general nouns and plural forms after quantifiers.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You are organising a local committee meeting. You would like a local MP to attend the meeting to contribute to a discussion about green areas in the community. Write a letter of invitation to the MP's secretary, Mrs Shelton. In your letter:
- introduce your committee
- say why you are having the meeting
- invite the MP to attend
Your response
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