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IELTS Letter Writing Tips -
10 Ways to Get Higher Marks on
the IELTS Letter Writing Task
1. Identify the type of letter you are
being asked to write. Is it a formal,
semi-formal or informal letter The entire
tone of your letter is based on your answer
to this !uestion. "d#ust your style and
choice of words according to the ty$e of
letter you ha%e been asked to write.
&. Open and close the letter correctly.
'emember that each ty$e of letter re!uires a
different o$ening and closing. The chart
below will hel$ you remember this(
Style )haracteristics *$ening Ending
+ormal
To someone
you ha%e not
met, whose
name you
don,t know
-ear Sir
.
/adam
0ours
faithfully
Semi-
formal
To someone
you may or
may not ha%e
met, whose
last name you
know 1 use
-ear /r
2rown,
-ear /s
Stone
0ours
sincerely
Informal
To someone
you know
well, whose
first name you
know and use
-ear
3ohn
-ear
"nita
2est
regards
4arm
wishes
5. Open a formal and semi-formal letter
with a formal sentence. -on,t try to be
friendly, as you do not know the $erson you
are writing to. Get right down to business
and indicate the reason you are writing, as
shown below(
Dear Sir / Madam,
I am writing to inquire about / I am writing
in connection with...
Dear Mr Jones,
I am writing to inform you ... / I am writing
in connection with...
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was such a pleasure to see you again last
summer. We sure had a great time catching
up with each other after so many years. ou
ha!e always been a cherished friend, no
matter how much of a gap there has been
since we met.
"nyway, the reason I#m writing is that I ha!e
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6. Identify the main purpose of the
letter. "re you asking for hel$, a$ologi7ing,
in%iting someone, com$laining or thanking
someone Learn a$$ro$riate and $olite
e8$ressions that will su$$ort what you need
to say.
9. Learn and use standard written
phrases. Students sometimes struggle to
finish their writing in time. This ha$$ens
when you are trying to write e%ery sentence
from scratch. The fact is, in con%entional
letter writing in English, we use a number of
standard e8$ressions and $hrases and add
on to them the s$ecific information we wish
to communicate. 2y learning how to use
these e8$ressions, you will find the letter
writing task much easier and will ne%er ha%e
to fight for time.
:. Make sure you write at least 150
words. ;ractice writing letters till you know
what 16< words feels like and looks like.
0ou will lose marks if you write less. 0ou
will not lose marks if you write more= the
only restriction on writing more is in terms
of time, not the number of words.
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com$licated that you run out of time.
1<. Include all three bulleted points. If
you e8clude e%en one of the $oints gi%en to
you in the !uestion $rom$t, you will lose
%aluable marks. ;ractice writing letters that
include the three $oints and go back and
check that you ha%e included them in each
$ractice e8ercise you do.
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