You are going to travel to London for about one week and spend two days visiting the London Library. You are studying for a project and want to do some background studies. Write a letter to the head of the library. In your letter: - explain what your project is about? - say what studies you want to do at the library? - say what facilities you need to use?
Sample Response
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Ankitha, pursuing my master’sMasters’s degree atfrom Anna University. I plan to visit London next month for a week and would like to visit the London Librarysee the Central Library for two days to complete my research projectprogram and conduct some background researchperform a few background checks for my coursefollowing my curriculum.
Let me briefly describeillustrate my project. My dissertation involves the origin of humans from apes and further evolution and adaptation to a wide variety of lifestyles since then. It includes behavioural patterns of people with tremendous changes in technology from our ancestors to the modern era.
For my research work, I would like to consult booksprefer to scan books and research paperspaperwork written by renowned scientists, which containcomprises researchextraordinary findings from archaeological researchwhile exploring archaeological sites. These books contain detailed informationconsist of accurate information and techniques usedinculcated, such as radiocarbon dating methodsradioactive carbon dating principles that help determine the agehelp to discover the age of various objects used by ancestors, and I would like to incorporate their methodsstrategies in my study.
Furthermore, I would like to utilize the computer facilitiesamenities and video journals which are made available to the public with prior registration. These are required to locate all books and grasp knowledge by watching some movies and films. I will bring a letter of permission from my professor to access these resources.
Thank you for your consideration.
Yours faithfully,
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter is well organized, appropriately formal, and develops each requested point with specific information about the project, planned research, and required facilities. Its main weakness is imprecise and sometimes strained vocabulary, especially in the research description; prioritising accurate collocations and clearer descriptions of the exact library materials and facilities needed would make the request more natural and effective.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
All three bullet points are addressed in relevant detail, and the purpose and formal register remain clear throughout.
Specify the particular collections, databases, or equipment needed so the library can respond more practically.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response follows a clear paragraph-by-paragraph progression from purpose to project, research activities, and facilities.
Shorten the dense third paragraph and clarify references such as ‘These books’ and ‘their strategies’.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and topic-appropriate, but frequent awkward collocations such as ‘perform background checks’ and ‘computer amenities’ limit precision.
Prefer precise academic and library terms such as ‘conduct background research’, ‘scholarly articles’, and ‘computer facilities’.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The writer uses varied complex structures, though agreement, possessive, and modification errors recur in longer sentences.
Check subject-verb agreement and split heavily modified sentences so each clause has a clear grammatical subject.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You are going to travel to London for about one week and spend two days visiting the London Library. You are studying for a project and want to do some background studies. Write a letter to the head of the library. In your letter:
- explain what your project is about?
- say what studies you want to do at the library?
- say what facilities you need to use?
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