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 114132
Letter Writing # 163 - Letter to your teacher asking for a reference 51388
Letter Writing # 162 - Write a letter to your bank and ask for a loan 25282
Letter Writing # 161 - You spent a weekend at a Hotel in London and left a bag 16589
Letter Writing # 160 - You have recently ordered an item through the Internet 80112
Letter Writing # 159 - You want to move to the college accommodation 42733
Letter Writing # 158 - Apply for the sales manager position in a company 40865
Letter Writing # 157 - You have invited a friend to visit London 32386
Letter Writing # 156 - You had been charged for items you did not purchase 55219
Letter Writing # 155 - You are organising a trip for a group of students 47426
Letter Writing # 154 - Letter to a friend to thank for the invitation 85297
Letter Writing # 153 - Letter to the training organiser to express interest 31928
Letter Writing # 152 - Your friend has a travel company and would like you to work with him 29446
Letter Writing # 151 - You have read an article in the newspaper about someone you know personally 62176
Letter Writing # 150 - You are going to spend your vacation in a city in a foreign country 59017
Letter Writing # 149 - Write a letter to your friend who has forgotten to return a book 94974
Letter Writing # 148 - Write to the local police station for the lost ID card 144676
Letter Writing # 147 - Write a letter to friend inviting to stay with you 74509
Letter Writing # 146 - You went on a trip with a friend and took photographs 45281
Letter Writing # 145 - You are having a graduation party next Saturday 41501