IELTS Writing Task 1 (general)

Tips and techniques

1. Avoid these mistakes
2. Seven steps
3. Formal letter outline 1
4. Formal letter outline 2
5. Formal letter outline 3
6. Informal letter outline
7. Only 8 sentences!
8. Two-sentence paragraphs

Letter writing skills

1. Short and long sentences
2. Extending an idea
3. Formal phrases
4. The opening sentence
5. A student’s mistakes
6. Scoring a letter
7. Correcting a letter
8. Tone
9. Describing an accident
10. Making suggestions
11. Informal beginning / end
12. Storytelling
13. Formal beginning / end
14. Formal letter mistakes
15. Formal or informal?
16. Informal phrases
17. Purpose and ending
18. Present + develop
19. Informal features
20. Informal vs formal
21. Informal, formal, neutral
22. Formal to informal
23. Informal to formal

Model Answers

Formal letters

1. Job application
2. Job reference
3. Job resignation
4. Equipment complaint
5. Missed flight
6. Transport complaint
7. Accommodation request
8. Sports centre complaint
9. Letter to a tutor
10. Environment problem
11. Travel insurance claim
12. Road problem
13. Requesting time off
14. Thanking a restaurant
15. Sports centre closure
16. Private tutor request
17. Magazine error complaint
18. Library improvements
19. Minor accident
20. Accommodation problem
21. Book review
22. Lost property

Informal letters

1. Asking for help
2. Letter to a singer
3. Apology to a friend
4. Thanking friends
5. Business partner offer
6. Friend coming to stay
7. New house
8. Lost photo
9. Concert ticket
10. Holiday
11. Job advice
12. Party invitation
13. New sport
14. Offering help