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IELTS General Training Letter: Requesting Manager for Permission to Give a Presentation (Band 7 Sample)
You recently attended a conference and you would like to give a presentation in your office about the information you gained by attending the conference. Write a letter to your manager asking for permission to give a presentation. In your letter: Write at least 150 words. Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to request your permission […]
IELTS Writing Task 1 Letter: Asking for Assignment Extension (Band 7+ Sample Answer)
Your university lecturer gave you an assignment. You won’t be able to submit your assignment on time. Write to your lecturer asking for an extension. In the letter You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear …………….., I am writing to request an extension for the […]
IELTS General Writing Task 1 Letter – Baby Gift Letter | Band 7+ Sample Answer
Dear [Friend’s Name], I hope this letter finds you and your family in good health and high spirits. Congratulations on the arrival of your precious little one! I am overjoyed to hear the wonderful news and wanted to extend my warmest wishes to you all. To celebrate this special occasion, I carefully selected a gift […]
IELTS General Training Writing Task 1: Letter to Bank for Address Change (With Sample Answer)
Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inform you that I have recently moved to a new city and would like to update my address in your records. My new address is: Flat 3B, Sunrise Apartments, Green Valley Road, Chandigarh – 160047. Despite informing the customer service helpline last month, I have noticed that all bank […]
IELTS General Training Letter: Social Events Organizer Role | Band 7+ Sample Answer
You are going on a month training programme to the UK and know that the head of the course would like one of the participants to be the social events’ organizer. Write a letter to the Training Organizer. In your letter I am writing to express my interest in taking on the role of the […]
IELTS General Training Letter: Objection to Building a Shopping Mall | Sample Answer & Solutions
You have heard that the local authority is planning to build a shopping mall in the centre of your town. You do not agree with this decision because there are already a lot of shops. Write a letter to the planning department. In your letter -say why you are writing -give reasons for your objections […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 30 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 William Gilbert and Magnetism A) 16th and 17th centuries saw two great pioneers of modern science: Galileo and Gilbert. The impact of their findings is eminent. Gilbert was the first modern scientist, also the accredited father of the science of electricity and magnetism, an Englishman of learning and a physician at the […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 29 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Can We Hold Back the Flood? A) LAST winter’s floods on the rivers of central Europe were among the worst since the Middle Ages, and as winter storms return, the spectre of floods is returning too. Just weeks ago, the river Rhône in south-east France burst its banks, driving 15,000 people from their […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 28 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 The coming back of the “Extinct” Grass in Britain A) It’s Britain’s dodo, called interrupted brome because of its gappy seed-head, this unprepossessing grass was found nowhere else in the world. Sharp-eyed Victorian botanists were the first to notice it, and by the 1920s the odd-looking grass had been found across much of southern […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 27 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Going Bananas A) The world’s favourite fruit could disappear forever in 10 years time. The banana is among the world’s oldest crops. Agricultural scientists believe that the first edible banana was discovered around ten thousand years ago. It has been at an evolutionary standstill ever since it was first propagated in the […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 26 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Ancient SOCIEFIES Classification A) Although humans have established many types of societies throughout history sociologists and anthropologists tend to classify different societies according to the degree to which different groups within a society have unequal access to advantages such as resources, prestige or power, and usually refer to four basic types of […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 25 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Traditional Farming System in Africa A) By tradition land in Luapula is not owned by individuals, but as in many other parts of Africa is allocated by the headman or head woman of a village to people of either sex, according to need. Since land is generally prepared by hand, one ulupwa […]
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