Letter to Book a Weekend at a Seaside Hotel

You and your family are planning to spend a weekend at a seaside hotel. Write a letter to the hotel for making the arrangement. In your letter say, when you will be arriving and leaving what type of rooms you would like and ask how much the weekend will cost inquire about activities and places of interest near the hotel

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Letter points: Letter to Book a Weekend at a Seaside Hotel

WhyThis is aFormal letter — it asks you to cover every bullet point in a formal tone.

SoWe group the points under each bullet point of the task.

When you will be arriving and leaving

1 point

What type of rooms you would like and ask how much the weekend will cost

2 points

Inquire about activities and places of interest near the hotel

2 points

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Answer · 125 words · 7 paragraphs · 10 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The strongest aspect is the letter's complete and well-organized coverage of all three bullet points with a consistently appropriate formal tone. The main limitation is that it falls 25 words short of the minimum length, leaving the bullet points only briefly developed rather than extended with detail.

TA

Task Achievement

The letter clearly states arrival and departure dates, requests the room type and cost including charges, and asks about nearby activities, with a suitable formal register, but the underlength response limits the development of each bullet point.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

The letter progresses logically through the three points with effective paragraphing and natural linking of questions and requests, with no coherence problems.

7.5
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is precise and appropriately formal for a hotel enquiry, showing some flexibility such as 'family-friendly excursions' and 'additional charges', though the range is somewhat conventional.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A good range of sentence structures, including polite indirect questions and conditionals, is used accurately with only minor mechanical lapses in punctuation spacing.

7.0

What to work on next

Expand each bullet point with additional relevant detail—such as preferences about the rooms, meal arrangements, or more specific questions about local attractions—to reach at least 150 words.

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Useful vocabulary: Letter to Book a Weekend at a Seaside Hotel

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Part 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.

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