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'
localproblem'
letter
Here'
smyfullanswerforlastweek'
squestion:
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Sunday,August24,2014
localproblem
sarecentGTquestionthatstudentstoldmeabout.Feelfreetoshareyourideas,andI'
llshowyoumyfullanswernextweek.
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Sunday,June22,2014
insurance'
smyfullanswertolastweek'
(Clickonthelettertoenlargeit)
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Saturday,June14,2014
sageneralwritingtask1questionfromCambridgeIELTSbook9:
Thequestiontellsyoutobeginwith"
DearSirorMadam"
soweknowthatitneedstobeaformalletter.Afterthat,youjustneed3shortparagraphstocoverthebulletpointsinthequestion,followedbyaformalletterending.
I'
llwritemysampleanswerfornextweek.
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Saturday,April12,2014
formalandinformal
Let'
scomparesomeoftheformalandinformalfeaturesinthetwolettersthatyoucanseeifyouclickhere.
Formalletter
∙Beginning:
DearSirorMadam
∙Statingthepurpose:
Iamwritingwithregardto
∙Formalchoiceoflanguage:
dueto,Iintended,asaresultof,causedmegreatinconvenience,compensateme,theadditionalflight
∙Nocontractions:
Iam(not"
m"
)
∙Ending:
Ilookforwardtoreceivingyourresponse.Yoursfaithfully,
Informalletter
DearJohn
I'
mjustwritingtoletyouknowthat
∙Informalchoiceoflanguage:
Asyouknow,Well,pricesarecrazy,onthebrightside,it'
sgotnicebigwindows,alovelyview,ifyoueverfancy,greattoseeyou
∙Useofcontractions:
m,we'
ve,isn'
t,it'
s
Keepintouch!
Allthebest
Sunday,April06,2014
tone
Oneofthefirstthingsthattheexaminerwillnoticeinyourletterisits'
tone'
.Inotherwords,isyourletterwritteninanappropriatelyformalorinformalway,dependingonthepersonyouareaddressing?
Task:
Comparethetoneofthetwolettersinthedocumentlinkedbelow.Makealistoftheformalandinformalfeaturesthatyoufind.Clickheretoseethedocument.
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Sunday,February09,2014
lostphoto'
smyfullanswertothequestioninthislesson:
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Sunday,January26,2014
anotherinformalletter
sarecentquestionfromtask1ofthegeneralwritingtest:
Note:
Readthislessonandthissimilarexamplebeforeyouwriteanything.
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Saturday,November30,2013
informalletter
IwrotethefollowingletterwithsomeofmystudentshereinManchester.Itcontainssomegreatexamplesofinformalphrases.Canyouguesswhatthefullquestionwas?
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Sunday,October27,2013
resignationletter
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Sunday,October20,2013
resignationquestion
Ihaven'
tdonealessonaboutthegeneralwritingtestforawhile,sohere'
saquestionthatyoucouldtry.I'
llpostmyfullanswernextweek.
Sunday,August11,2013
formalphrases
HerearesomeformalphrasesthatI'
veusedinpreviouslessons.Seeifyoucanusetheminyourownletters:
Beginningtheletterbyexplainingwhyyouarewriting:
∙Iamwritingwithregardto...
∙Iamwritingtoinformyouthat...
∙Iamwritingtobringtoyourattentionsomeissueswith...
Requestingorsuggestingsomething:
∙IhavedecidedthatIwouldlikeyouto...
∙Iamentitledtoaskfor...
∙Iwaswonderingifitwouldbepossible(forme)to...
∙Ihopethatyouwill...
∙Iwouldliketosuggestthat...
Endingtheletterwitharequestforaction:
∙Ilookforwardtoreceivingyourresponse.
∙Iawaityourpromptresponse.
Sunday,July07,2013
newbusiness'
smyfullletterforlastweek'
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Sunday,June30,2013
tdonealessonabouttheGeneralWritingtestforawhile,sohere'
saninterestingquestionthatastudentsentme.I'
llsharemyanswernextweek.
Rememberthattheexaminerislookingforthefollowingthings:
∙Thetonemustbeappropriate(formalorinformal)
∙Thepurposeofthelettermustbeclear
∙Youmustcoverallofthepoints
∙Thelettermustbewell-organised
∙Youneedtousesomegood(andrelevant)vocabulary
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Sunday,March17,2013
somequestions
HerearesomequestionsthatastudentaskedmeaboutGeneralWritingtask1:
1.ShouldIwritethedateatthetopofaformalletter?
No,intheIELTStestyoushouldnotwritethedateoryouraddress.
2.ShouldIuseindentationatthestartofanewparagraph?
Youcaneitherindentormissaline.Justmakesureit'
sclearthatyouhavebegunanewparagraph.Personally,Ithinkmissingalineisclearer.
3.ShouldIendtheletterwith"
Yours..."
ontheleftorontheright?
Alwaysendtheletterontheleft.Havealookatmylettersonthispage.
4.ShouldIsigntheletterbeforewritingmyname?
No,don'
tsignyourname.Youdon'
tevenneedtoputyourrealname.Personally,Iuseafirstname(e.g.John)forinformalletters,andafullname(e.g.JohnSmith)forformalletters.
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Sunday,February10,2013
environmentletter
Sunday,February03,2013
environmentproblem
sarecentquestionfromGeneralIELTSwritingtask1:
Myadviceistochooseaneasytopiclike"
litter"
.Writeaquickplanwithideasforeachbulletpoint.Ifyouneedsomehelp,havealookatthiswebsite.
Sunday,December02,2012
onetip
YesterdayIforgottomentionmykeypieceofadviceforwritingtask1intheGeneralTrainingtest.IfIhadtochooseonekeypieceofadviceforGTtask1,I'
dsaythatyouneedtogetthe'
right.
Thetoneofyourletterisitscharacterorattitude,eitherformalorinformal.Forasummaryofthedifferencesbetweenformalandinformalletters,readthislesson.
Sunday,October28,2012
verbtenses
slookagainattheletterIwrotelastweek.Oneinterestingthingtonoticeisthevarietyofverbtenses:
Presentsimple
Itake,theovercrowdingmeans,thisis...
Presentcontinuous
Iamwriting,passengersarebecoming,delaysaremaking...
Presentperfect
mytrainhasarrived,Ihavebeenunable,Ihaveseen...
Future
youwilladdress
Sunday,October21,2012
IELTSGeneralTraining:
complaintletter
smyletterforlastweek'
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Sunday,October14,2012
letterofcomplaint
sdoaquickplanforthequestionbelow.
∙Problems:
trainsarrivelateandareovercrowded
∙Effects:
peoplearrivinglateforwork,uncomfortable,unhappy
∙Changes:
moreregulartrains,morecarriages