A friend of yours is going on holiday soon and has asked you to recommend a destination.
Write a letter to your friend and recommend a good place for a holiday that you have visited before.
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 # 163 – Letter to your teacher asking for a reference
You are applying for a job and need a letter of reference from someone who knew you when you were at school.
Write a letter to one of your old teachers asking for a reference.
Letter Writing # 162 – Write a letter to your bank and ask for a loan
As an international student in Sweden, you have an account with a local bank. The monthly bank transfer you receive from your parents has been delayed this month due to an error at your parents’ bank.
Write a letter to your bank.
Letter Writing # 161 – You spent a weekend at a Hotel in London and left a bag
You have just spent a weekend staying at a Hotel in London. When you get home you find that you have left a bag at the hotel.
Write to the hotel manager.
Letter Writing # 160 – You have recently ordered an item through the Internet
You have recently ordered an item through the Internet, but you are not happy with the product.
Write to the company.
Letter Writing # 159 – You want to move to the college accommodation
You are a college student in an English speaking country. You share a rented apartment with others but want to move to the college accommodation instead.
Write a letter to the teacher in charge of the hostel and explain your intention to move to college accommodation.
Letter Writing # 158 – Apply for the sales manager position in a company
You have seen an advertisement in this week’s magazine that invites suitable candidates to apply for the sales manager position in a company.
Write a letter to the manager of the company stating your interest in the post.
Letter Writing # 157 – You have invited a friend to visit London
You have invited a friend from India to visit London on a vacation. The British High Commission in India asked your friend to submit a formal letter showing that you are ready to host your friend. Now your friend has asked you to send him/her (your friend) a letter that would assert that you have indeed invited this friend and are ready to host him/her for the vacation.
Write a letter to your friend in India that he/she would submit to the High Commission.
Letter Writing # 156 – You had been charged for items you did not purchase
You recently went shopping at the local supermarket. When you got home and noticed your bill, you found that you had been charged for items you did not purchase.
Write a letter to the supermarket manager explaining what has happened.
Letter Writing # 155 – You are organising a trip for a group of students
You are organising a trip to Tenby, United Kingdom, for a group of students from Brighton, United Kingdom.
Write to the Tour Manager, Mr Abraham, of an organisation that organises trips to Tenby.