Last year you attended a presentation skill course at the Sydney College of Australia. Your new employer has asked you to provide copies of your reports and assignments as quickly as possible. Write a letter to the director of the school. In your letter: - explain who you are and why you are writing - request these documents - ask whether you need to pay any fee for that
Sample Response
Dear Sir or Madam, I am writingI am writing this letter to ask you for a copies of my course reports and assignmentsvery important favour. But, before I get into giving the details about the type of favour, I am asking, please allow me first to introduce myself. My name is Noah Kyle, and I attended a short presentation skill course last summerthe last summer at your Deleterenowned Sydney College of Australia. For referenceBy the way, my student ID was S-231 556, and I completedI have completed the course successfully in batch 37successfully from batch '37'. Now, I have been offered a new job with a telecommunications companyat a telecommunication company, but before I get the formal offer letterformal offer letter in my hand, my new employer has asked me to provideproduce copies of my reports and assignments from the course I attended at your college. I need them within the next two weeks. I understand that I may be asking for this favour aton rather short notice, but I would really be grateful to you if you could help me obtainif you help me get all the necessary reports and assignmentspapers and documents from my course at your earliest convenience. Please also let me know if there is any fee for this service. If a fee appliesIf there is any payment involved, please do let me know promptly so that I can arrange to pay it quickly. Thank you in advance for your help. Yours faithfully, Noah Kyle
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter clearly identifies the writer, explains the employment-related urgency, requests the required documents, and asks about payment in an appropriately formal manner. Its main limitation is presentation: the entire body is one dense paragraph, while a few phrases sound awkward or overly conversational. The highest-priority improvement is to divide the request into purposeful paragraphs and use more natural, concise formal phrasing.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The purpose is clear, all three bullet points are fully covered, and the generally formal tone suits the director.
Make the request even more direct by naming the reports and assignments explicitly at the first point of request.
Coherence and Cohesion
The information follows a sensible sequence, but presenting the whole body as one paragraph weakens organization and readability.
Use separate paragraphs for identification, the document request and deadline, and the fee enquiry.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and generally appropriate, although expressions such as 'the last summer' and 'from batch' are unnatural.
Prefer precise, natural formal phrases such as 'last summer' and 'in batch 37' while removing conversational fillers.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A range of complex sentences is used with good control, despite occasional article, preposition, and punctuation problems.
Review long sentences for cleaner clause boundaries and accurate article and preposition choices.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
Last year you attended a presentation skill course at the Sydney College of Australia. Your new employer has asked you to provide copies of your reports and assignments as quickly as possible. Write a letter to the director of the school. In your letter:
- explain who you are and why you are writing
- request these documents
- ask whether you need to pay any fee for that
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