You want to sell some of your furniture. You think a friend of yours might like to buy it from you. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: - explain why you are selling - describe the furniture - suggest a date - when your friend can come and see the furniture
Sample Response
Dear Rajib, Hope you are doing great. I'm writing to let you know that I have decided to sell some of my furniture. I'm moving to a new city soonI will move to a new city soon and my new apartment is not big enough to fit all my furnitureaccommodate all of my furniture. I thought you might be interested in buyinginterested to buy some of the furniture I plan to sellhave planned to sell. You know that I've recently been transferred to Rajshahi. It's great news for me because I have wantedwished to live there for a long time.for a long. However, there's a problem:problem- the new flat is smaller than my current one and I will need to sell some of my furniture. More specifically, I want to sell my dining set and sofamy dining and sofa set. Last month, you came to my house foron the occasion of my younger daughter's birthday. I remember you inquiring about the dining table and the sofa set and I thought you might want to have those. It'sNevertheless, it's a large dining table withincluding six chairs made of mahogany wood. Besides, the sofa I own is a modern fabric Scandinavian sofa set that is in my living roomwas placed in my living room. I would rather sell the furniture to someone I know rather than a strangersomeone whom I know than an unknown person, and I'm willing to offer a reasonable price. You can come anytime you want and inspect the furniture. If you feel that they are right for your homeperfect for you, you can buy themthose. Don't worry about the price. That's all for nowNo more today, speak to you soon. Warm wishes, Rahim
Why this response received Band 6.5
The letter has a clear informal purpose, relevant detail about the move and furniture, and enough vocabulary and sentence variety to communicate smoothly. Its main limitation is task coverage: it invites the friend to come anytime but never suggests the requested date, while several awkward collocations and the single-block presentation reduce polish. Add a specific day and time, then proofread prepositions and natural word combinations.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The purpose, reason for selling, and furniture description are clear and suitably developed, but the requested date is omitted.
Suggest a precise day and time when the friend can inspect the furniture.
Coherence and Cohesion
The information progresses logically from the move to the items and proposed sale, although the entire letter is presented as one block.
Divide the letter into short paragraphs for the reason, furniture details, and visit arrangements.
Lexical Resource
A good range of specific vocabulary, including mahogany, Scandinavian, and inspect, supports clear communication despite some awkward collocations.
Use more natural combinations such as interested in buying and have wanted to live there for a long time.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Varied simple and complex structures are generally well controlled, with occasional article, preposition, and punctuation errors.
Proofread articles, prepositions, and sentence punctuation while retaining the current structural range.
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IELTS General Training Writing Task 1
You want to sell some of your furniture. You think a friend of yours might like to buy it from you. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter:
- explain why you are selling
- describe the furniture
- suggest a date
- when your friend can come and see the furniture
Your response
Write the task yourself, then compare your choices with the annotated response.