IELTS General Writing Task 1 Samples

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I'm writing this letter to make a humble request which takes some time off my work. I have a celebration of my family get-together. This event is humungous for me because of my elder brother's arrival home after 5 years of an overseas job. Since I'm a dedicated worker in this company for more than five years, I know how tough to release one member from the team in order to move on with a heavy workload. I have a better solution for this as well.
I am glad to invite you to a party I am going to arrange for my 2nd baby's birth. I know it would take you more than 20 hours to reach my city by train, so I am asking you about one week in advance.
Hope this letter finds you in radiant health and the best of spirits. By the way,my name is Joziba Maxmasoliyeva. Who is the president of local of the Youth club? Our club is organising seminars in which delegates from a variety of nationalities will be taking part. We would be very thankful if you want to give adequate space about our activities in the columns of your esteemed daily so that we get the maximum participation and support of local individuals . First and foremost, we shall be touching on various social issues in our meeting. Furthermore, l want to let you know where and when the first meeting will be . That is to say, the first meeting is on 23rd February 2023 . The venue is Ulugʻbek . I will remind you that , all the club members are working heartedly for these meetings .
Hope this letter finds you in radiant health and the best of spirits. By the way, my name is Joziba Maxmasoliyeva. Who is your new student? I have begun a new course at this university four days ago. If you can remember me, you gave me an assignment. I am writing this letter to inform you about my issue . Which one depends on your assignment? This is the reason , l have never written this type of task before . My aim is to ask you to give me another piece of homework . Because if l write this l might get into a lot of trouble. Yet, if you want to solve this problem we have another way . That is to say, if you have free time you could talk about it over tea together . After that, l know enough information about it . Believe me . That is, if you teach me l can definitely write this assignment.
Hope this letter finds you in radiant health and the best of spirits. By the way , my name is Joziba Maxmasoliyeva. You are my hero . This is the reason, two weeks ago you saved my life after a car accident . I know about you a few days ago. I am very glad to know that you saved my life . For this reason , l am writing this letter. That is to say, l want to express my deep gratitude to you . This is the reason, you helped me without forgetting humanity . In addition, my parents are also grateful . For this reason, my parents and l invite you and your family to our home . Before you come , please give us a call. Our telephone number remains the same , yet l think lʼd better tell you once more . It is 992456784 . I will welcome you to the airport .
I am Aditya Bawa and I am writing to you regarding luggage which I accidentally left on a train. The luggage contains some important articles, so, I am requesting your help to locate my bag.
I am expressing a desire to organize get together a party for steve johnson . Who had just returned from Germany after five years. It's been ages since to see him and I am very excited to meet my friend. So I decided to organise a party for him . he will be coming in June 2022 for 20 days .
How're you? I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. I'm writing this letter to hear happy news from our school friend. Recently, you've shifted to a new house in London and I think, you need some things to decorate the house. So, I've decided to give an adorable statue to the place.
I hope you are doing great and that this letter meets you well. I have a plan of organizing a surprise party for a friend of mine who has been away in a foreign country for almost a decade and has decided to visit home this forthcoming yuletide season. He spoke to me excitedly on the phone about how he would love to see the live performance of the Idemmili male dance group. I was surprised as I listened to him describe every detail of the group's dance festival and how he longs to watch them again.
I am writing this letter to ask that you grant me permission to be away from work within the last two weeks of May 2023 which is between the 17th and the 31st day of May; this is to enable me to travel and attend my late father's burial ceremony. It is important that I travel in order to meet up with the demands of our tradition which require every first female child of the deceased family to be present during the funeral rites and fortunately, I am the first female child of my parents.
I do know you are going to move into your flat next cup weeks, starting your academic in Melbourne congratulation. I want to let you know I am going to sell some of my furniture because I will move into my new house next month, which is on 14 of Apr. I hope I can help you set up an apartment.
i do know you are going to move in your flat next cup of week, starting your academic in Melbourne congratulation. i want to let you know i am going to selling some of my furniture, because i will move in my new house next month, which is 14 of Apr. i hope i can help you set up apartment.
My name is Jenny Jaffier. I am writing this letter to cancel my enrollment in the course of data management for which I have planned to learn in next summer and made a booking last month. Please avail me to explain why I can't join it.
I am writing to you regarding my baggage lost at the Istanbul airport on the 25th of February, 2023. The airline delivers to my home in bad condition after the trip and will request you to provide money worth the loss.
I hope you are adjusting very well to the demands of your present position as the marketing manager at our Alaba branch office. The purpose of writing this letter is to invite you as a resource person to a two-day conference that I am organizing for the company, captioned "FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR UNENDING CONVERSIONS" which has been scheduled to hold on Thursday, 25th February through Friday, 26th February 2023 at the State conference centre by 10am on each day.
Last weekend, I have a vacation with my family and reserve your hotel for living in Mumbai. We booked two rooms. Firstly, the room for my parents. Secondly, the room for me and 2 young brothers. I have lost my bag in my room since we left this country.
I hope you and your family are doing great and that you are enjoying your new apartment. I have not been able to visit as I promised due to some irregularities in my workplace. If you would remember, I mentioned to you during my visit that my supervisor antagonizes me in obvious ways at work and how badly it was affecting my psychological well-being. The experience made me feel very unsafe at the job so much so that I began experiencing a level of anxiety disorder each time I think of reporting to the same assignment every new day, however, I continued to work there so I to complete the three-year bond that I signed with the company.
I am writing this letter to you with regard to missing my bag during my staying in The Taj hotel, I found out that my bag was not with me after the weekend I spent in your hotel, Firstly let me provide you with my staying information I was there on the fifth of June, and left the following day.
Hope you're doing well. I'm overwhelmed by the support and efforts received from TD Bank. However, I'm unsatisfied with the last performance review and feedback received from the higher authorities. Moreover, I've received a good offer from the Royal Bank of Canada and prior to accepting the offer I am on 15 days notice period starting from 18 July 2023 and informed to the Human Resources department at TD Bank as well.
I am writing this letter to apply for a sales representative vacancy that was posted in last Sunday's newspaper.I believed that I perfectly match for the position and I will be available during the full holiday season as I do not have any plans for the coming season.
My name is selva and was stayed at your hotel last week Tuesday.I would like to write a letter regarding my laptop bag that was left at your hotel. I will hope that you found and return it to me.
Dear Sara, I hope you are in radiant health and in the best of spirits. It has been a long time since I did not hear from you. I hope everything is sailing well on your end. However, you will be excited to know that I have planned to do my Master's program at a university in the USA. Besides, I have already got the offer letter from the university and paid the tuition fee for the first semester. I am really glad that my university is near to your residing area.
How're you? I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. I'm writing this letter to inform you that I'm very impressed with your apartment because it is decorated with modern equipment.
I hope this meets you well and that every member of your lovely family is doing just great. It is with a grateful heart that I write this letter. Thank you so much for being such an awesome host, you made my two-week vacation memorable in every sense, I do not take your benevolence for granted, may our good Lord bless you real good. This letter is serving a dual purpose, first is to let you know that I arrived home yesterday night safely and second, to inform you of my gold Gucci wristwatch which I misplaced. I noticed the wristwatch was missing when I was done unpacking and arranging my luggage in my house.
I am informing you about the problem which is affecting me .My mother is hospitalized for influenza treatment in my home town . Docter has advised her to take rest under the supervision of doctors in the hospital for about fifteen days. She is admitted to the hospital yesterday evening and her condition is unstable right now. ,Also she is suffering from a high temperature and complaining of chest pain .
How're you ,today I'm writing an apology because I know you were extremely interested to come to my home ,but ,,unfortunately I had to visit the hospital in an emergency.
It's been a great visit to Alberta and staying at your home was the best decision I have made. Those 10 days were indeed wonderful. Hope you remember me, I stayed at your place for around 5 days and I'm from the same place your family belongs to which is Chicago. Sorry for the inconvenience, I forgot my wristwatch and requesting you to send me via courier.
Last week, I had a reservation for your room and was living for 2 days. My number room was 423 and has one master room and 2 small rooms and especially in having the backyard. It's nearby the lake along with natural resources. It's a beautiful view. We would like to back again if we have another vacation.
I am glad to know that you will come to London in 5 days. It is my great pleasure to tell you that the Gaming Show is held within 10 kilometers of my home. During this event, the hosts showcase hundreds of games from different categories, including but not limited to shooters, role-play, and real-time strategies. There are also players on the corresponding counters so that they can show you what each game looks like.
I am glad to know that you will come to London in 5 days. It is my great pleasure to tell you that the Gaming Show is held within 10 kilometers of my home. During this event, the hosts showcase hundreds of games from different categories, including but not limited to shooters, role-play, and real-time strategies. There are also players on the corresponding counters so that they can show you what each game looks like.
I am Terannce Tsui and I had been staying at your place with your family from the 2nd of July to the 10th of July. I am writing to you regarding my wristwatch and I think I might leave it in your place during my stay.
This is to express my concern about the nonstop barking of your pet dog. This weekend I was in my flat and observed that your pet dog was barking continuously the whole day and night . I understand that you bring him to make you aware of strangers' movement in our building but the dog was continuously barking at each passerby every day.
Hope everything is well with you! it is been a while since the last time I spoke to you how are your studies going on ?I almost forgot to tell you that I had moved out of London and I m currently living in Manchester city with my family.I hope you remember the job that I told you about in Manchester city and I am happy to tell you that I got selected and I started my new job last week.
I am writing this letter to express my dissatisfaction in regards to a juicer that I purchased from your store. I booked it on 10th March and finally, received that item within three days. Although it is quite expensive and cost us 25000/-, it does not work accurately. The invoice number is #1234.
I am writing you this letter to explain my grievance over my vehicle you mistakenly damaged while you were parking yours in the lane in front of my house. To begin, I am highly dissatisfied because you didn't make any effort to reach me when the accident happened and I only got to find out when I was to drive to the mall the same evening, this is totally unacceptable.
I am writing this to bring your attention to irregular bus services for the last two weeks in the Kudasan area. I generally take the 8 AM bus to reach my workplace in Ahmedabad but often buses are not on time and are always overcrowded. In addition to that, some buses do not stop near designated bus stoppages.
The purpose of writing this letter is to officially launch my complaint regarding your plans of building a new airport in our neighbourhood. Firstly, I am highly dissatisfied with the fact that I had to know about your plans through my teenage children during our evening catch-up moments and they knew about it while surfing the web. We have council meetings every fortnight and it wasn't mentioned at the last meeting which was held last weekend, this is an indication that the council chairman has not been duly informed within the past week. I think it would have been more appropriate to let your supposed host community know about your plans before publicizing them over the internet.
I am a regular user of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) service and I must admit your services have been great until I started noticing some discomforting irregularities from the first day of March 2023 which is about two weeks ago. As a banker, I find it very challenging to use bus services that are not consistent with their timing ,especially pick-up times in the mornings which is why I chose the company over many others; however my experience since a fortnight ago has been disheartening ,to say the least as the buses now report the station twenty to thirty minutes beyond the scheduled time. This has affected my resumption time at work terribly and I have been sanctioned at work a few times because I reported late and this is not good at all for my career.
Dear Sir, I am writing this letter to express my frustration about the service of the Moon motel. Last week our company held a meeting in the lodging. It was an annual sale growth meeting so the senior members from the marketing department joined it.
I am writing this letter for applying a job in your restaurant. My name is Harpinder Kaur. Recently, I have completed my studies and started working full time.
I am John Smith, living on Green Road Street, Sudbury. I am writing to you with regards to enquire about the rental price of a store in shopping Centre which would be built up in upcoming months near my home.
I am writing to inform you that I lost my laptop during my official trip to Germany. It is insured by your company.
I am writing to express my concern regarding the difficulty that I am facing with my roommate. I am living in Room No 121 and using shared accommodation. The student with whom I am living is fond of a music and creating distraction. Although I have requested him multiple times to lower down the volume of songs, he is not paying attention towards my query.
How are you doing? I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. I am writing this letter to inform you that I will do some physical activities if you have enough time, please join me.
How are you doing? I still remember the days we had when we are in a small village 10 years ago. Hope you are engaged with your desires. However, I'm writing this letter to get you notified about my new place. Eventually, we can have a chat when you come here soon.
It's been so long since we saw each other but I haven't forgotten the wonderful time we spent together last year in Paris. I am glad to hear that you are coming to my place, but ,,unfortunately I will not be available in March. I am travelling to New York next Monday to meet an important client. As you know, I have been responsible for my company's US branches, this meeting is important to my company.
I have recently stayed at your hotel - Pan Pacific Perth, in room 324 for three nights. I am writing to inform you that the room heating was ineffectual and despite a great location and friendly staff, I have had a bad experience staying at your hotel. I am hoping you would repair the central heating system so that no guest suffers due to the extreme weather.
I am writing this letter with regard to the job opportunity that you mentioned while we are on a flight going to the Philippines, last March 15th. We had a great talk about your business and I was amazed at how you have grown your business in just a few years.
I hope you had a good weekend. I am a new customer checking in to the hotel Saturday night. Overall, I have good experiences in this hotel when I have business trips in this city. I quite like the outlay of the rooms, it is quite cozy. However, I found the faucet in the washroom is loosen. Water is leaking from the faucet and I cannot tight it as possible as I can. The sounds of water dripping cause me crazy especially at night. It cause me insomnia, I could not complete my assignments well during the day due to bad sleeping.
This is Ahmed Elnahhas, recently we met on a plane heading to Cairo from Aswan, this trip was on 10 March 2023, we set next to each other and I had the opportunity to discuss with you different topics. Also, during this flight, you suggested to contact you regarding a job opportunity.
I am writing to you know due to our appointment that we agreed make this afternoon. I know my situation with the bank, but I do not see other way, we have to postponed for next date available.
I am Onyinyechi Osbert, the fair-skinned Nigerian lady who sat next to you in the aeroplane as you travelled from Nairobi Kenya to New Zealand on the 19th of February 2023. We got talking and I was delighted to know you are the owner of the well-known crunches fast food with over 150 branches across west Africa. In the cause of our discussion, you offered to give me an opportunity to work in any of your Kenyan branches when I return to base.
I, Kumarjeet Poddar, am currently associated with Capgemini India and I reside in Mumbai, precisely Santacruz. So, I prefer the bus to commute to my office location. Nowadays, I am facing some issues. Hence, I would like to tell you that the frequency of buses is not optimistic.
I, Kumarjeet Poddar, currently associated with Capgemini India and I reside in Mumbai, precisely Santacruz. So, I prefer bus to commute to my office location. Nowadays, I am facing some issues. Hence, I would like to tell you that frequency of buses are not optimistic.
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