IELTS Writing Samples by topic

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Your parents will be celebrating their 40th anniversary next month. You are planning a big celebration, but you are not sure how to make the occasion really memorable. Write to a friend, who is a professional event plann

I hope this letter finds you well at home. I’m just writing this letter to ask for your help with planning a party for my parent's anniversary which is coming up.

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An overseas friend has invited you to visit his country. You are planning to visit him. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • Thank him for the invitation and accept the invitation • Write details about your vi

I hope this letter finds you well at home. I’m just writing to let you know that I’ll be visiting your house in two weeks, as planned before.

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A friend is expecting you to stay with him in two weeks’ time, but unfortunately you forgot that you have a business trip at the same time. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, apologise and say that

It’s been so long since we last were in touch but I haven’t forgotten all the wonderful times we spent together last year. I’m just writing to let you know that I won’t be able to make it to your house in two weeks, as p

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A good friend has just changed schools and is having difficulty fitting in and needs your advice. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • make suggestions as to how they could make friends • sugges

Hope you find this letter in a healthy sound.It's been a long since we've been in touch.so thought of writing to you.The last time we discussed the issue you were facing in your school.This is natural my friend,to get co

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Your parents will be celebrating their 40th anniversary next month. You are planning a big celebration, but you are not sure how to make the occasion really memorable. Write to a friend, who is a professional event pl

I hope you and your family are doing well. I am writing this letter to make a request for organising the 40th wedding anniversary for my parents on September 4th.

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some people think it is better to choose friends who always have the same opinion as them.other people belive it is good to have friends who sometimes disagree with them. Discuss both these views and give your own opi

There are individuals who prefer to have a friendship with people with common ideas. On the other side, there is a contrary opinion that it's better to have mates whose points of view differ from your own. In this essay,

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Some people think it's better to choose friends who always have the same opinions as them. Other people believe it's good to have friends who sometimes disagree with them. Discuss both these views and give your own op

Friends are important to people; some even consider them as a part of an extended family. It boils down to personal preference when it comes to choosing friends. Some prefer those who support their point of view, while o

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Many people use social media every day to keep in touch with friends and get social news. Do you think the advantages of it outweigh the disadvantages?

Some people argue that social media is very convenient for making friends and checking the latest news. As a result, people are spending that time much more than in the past. I strongly believe that people lives are inf

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Your friend invited you to his/her birthday, but you are unable to attend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter explain why you cannot go explain why you didn’t contact him/hear sooner su

How's going? Hope you are well and still enjoying your time at university. How are you going on in your current subject? I told you that one is tough to crack. Didn't I?

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Informal Letter A friend who lives in another country has invited you to come and stay with hi/her on your next holidays. You are too busy to accept the invitation.

I hope you are doing splendidly, it has been long time since I heard from you. I am writing this to thank you for the invitation but, I have some personal issues going on in my life so, it will not be possible to see you

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A friend from another country is moving to your city for work. He / she has asked you for advice about living in your city. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • suggest an interesting part of the city to live

It's been a long time since we had a last discussion on moving into my city. Anyway, congratulations on your new job and welcome to my place.

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A friend from another country is moving to your city for work. He / she has asked you for advice about living in your city. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • suggest an interesting part of the city to live

I hear in the previous letter that you are moving to my city for your new job. I am very excited to meet you soon.

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You have borrowed something from your friend and it got damaged. Write a letter to your friend. Apologise for the damage to the item explain what happened say how you are going to fix the issue

I feel sorry about the vandalism on the laptop charger that I collected from you. This is a result of my poor decision when I plugged the charger into a lower socket, which happen to be accessible to my cat, Cove.

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Your colleague has invited you to his farewell party. You will not be able to attend the party, write a letter to the friend. - Explain the situation - Say why you will not be attending -Say something about the

I would like to congratulate you on getting an opportunity to work as a Financial Advisor at Scotiabank. I am writing to apologise for not being able to be a part of your farewell party.

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You would like to invite your friend from abroad to a public event in your country. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter describe the public event explain why you think he/she would like the event write

I hope this letter finds you in the pink of your health. I am writing to invite you to my home country for attending a music concert.

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A friend from another country is moving to your city for work. He / she has asked you for advice about living in your city. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • suggest an interesting part of the city to live

I am happy to hear from you that you are coming to my city the next month. There are a number of interesting locations in Shanghai to live in. The best part of Shanghai is the Golden Hotel which is situated near the sea

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You have decided to leave your current job and look for a new one. Write a letter to a friend. In your letter explain why you want to leave your current job describe what kind of job you are looking for

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to let you know that I'm thinking about leaving my current job and I would like a few suggestions from you.

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Your English-speaking friend who lives in your town has asked for your advice about learning a new sport. Write an email to your friend. In your letter, recommend a new sport that would be suitable for your friend

It was great to hear from you and I am glad to hear that you are interested in learning a new sport. Frankly saying sports are a great way to stay active, build new skills, and even make new companions. According to you

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You recently received a letter from a friend asking for advice about whether to go to college or to try to get a job. You think he/she should get a job. Write a letter to this friend. In your letter • say why he

I received your letter yesterday regarding advice on future planning. I would like to suggest you go for the job rather than go back to studying.

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J. You have unexpectedly come into a large sum of money and you want to share this good news with your friend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter ● explain where the money came from ● say what you

I'm over the moon to let you know that I won the lottery last week, I'm giving a party to do celebrations.

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