You have just bought a new mobile phone from a website on the internet. When it was delivered, the phone was faulty.
Write a letter to the company.
In your IELTS General Training Task 1, you are required to write a letter (or sometimes an email) of around 150 words. For example, you may be asked to congratulate a friend who has recently been promoted in his/her job, or a letter to your landlord describing a problem in the house you have rented, or a letter to your manager in your office. We generally recommend writing between 160 to 180 words.
You need to write a letter/email which can be informal (to a friend or a close cousin), semi-formal (to a neighbour, or your office manager), or formal (to a shop manager or city councillor). We have added many letter and email responses which are band 7 to 9 level. You can practice them to be able to write any type of letter in your IELTS test.
Please note that if you are asked to write an email, your response would be the same as writing a letter.
More resources for IELTS Letter Writing:
» Band 8/9 IELTS Letter Samples
» 20 Recent IELTS Letter Topics
» IELTS Letter Types With Model Answers
» IELTS Letter Writing Vocabulary
Letter Writing # 183 – Write a letter to the course instructor
You are doing a three-months’ course at a training institute. You have recently been offered a full-time job at a company and you can not continue the course.
Write a letter to the course instructor.
Letter Writing # 182 – Suggest a colleague you think should be the best employee
Every year, someone in the company where you work is chosen as the best employee. Your manager has asked staff members to make suggestions about who should be chosen this year.
Write a letter to your manager.
Letter Writing # 181 – You would like to get enrolled in a qualification course
You would like to get enrolled in a qualification course.
Write a letter to the person in charge of the course and ask for detailed information regarding the course, fees and prerequisites.
Letter Writing # 180 – Advise friend on which subject to specialize in
You have a friend who is about to enter university, and he/she wants you to advise him/her on which subject to specialize in – history, in which he is very interested, or computer science, which offers better job prospects.
Write a response letter to this friend.
Letter Writing # 179 – You went to the local hospital’s Emergency Department
You went to the local hospital’s Emergency Department with your young child who had severe stomach pains. You had to wait for almost four hours before your daughter was treated by a doctor and, while you were waiting, you were constantly ignored by the other staff.
Write a letter to the Hospital Registrar, complaining about the service you received.
Letter Writing # 178 – You want to delay the joining for two weeks
You have been offered a job, asking you to start next week. You want the job very much but, because of a previous commitment, you want to delay the start for another two weeks.
Write to the manager, accepting the job, but explaining your situation and asking for a change to your start date.
Letter Writing # 177 – Write to a friend in the hospital telling him about the match
You play a team sport with some friends. Last week a member of the team had an accident and was not able to play with you at the weekend. You decide to write to him/her in the hospital, telling him/her about the match.
Write a letter to your friend.
Letter Writing # 176 – Write a letter to a friend to visit you
You have a friend who lives in another country.
Write a letter to this friend to visit you.
Letter Writing # 175 – You borrowed something from a friend and it got damaged
You have borrowed something from your friend and it has got damaged.
Write a letter to a friend.