GT Writing Task 1 Sample

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

Title Hits
Letter Writing # 164 - A friend asked you to recommend a destination 113773
Letter Writing # 163 - Letter to your teacher asking for a reference 51140
Letter Writing # 162 - Write a letter to your bank and ask for a loan 25082
Letter Writing # 161 - You spent a weekend at a Hotel in London and left a bag 16396
Letter Writing # 160 - You have recently ordered an item through the Internet 79777
Letter Writing # 159 - You want to move to the college accommodation 42588
Letter Writing # 158 - Apply for the sales manager position in a company 40619
Letter Writing # 157 - You have invited a friend to visit London 32173
Letter Writing # 156 - You had been charged for items you did not purchase 55008
Letter Writing # 155 - You are organising a trip for a group of students 47243
Letter Writing # 154 - Letter to a friend to thank for the invitation 85075
Letter Writing # 153 - Letter to the training organiser to express interest 31754
Letter Writing # 152 - Your friend has a travel company and would like you to work with him 29339
Letter Writing # 151 - You have read an article in the newspaper about someone you know personally 61891
Letter Writing # 150 - You are going to spend your vacation in a city in a foreign country 58723
Letter Writing # 149 - Write a letter to your friend who has forgotten to return a book 94748
Letter Writing # 148 - Write to the local police station for the lost ID card 144226
Letter Writing # 147 - Write a letter to friend inviting to stay with you 74165
Letter Writing # 146 - You went on a trip with a friend and took photographs 45070
Letter Writing # 145 - You are having a graduation party next Saturday 41288