Letter to Neighbours Apologising for Noise

Your neighbours have recently written to you to complain about the noise from your house / flat. Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter: - explain the reasons for the noise - apologise - describe what action you will take

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Letter points: Letter to Neighbours Apologising for Noise

WhyThis is aSemi-formal letter — it asks you to cover every bullet point in a polite, semi-formal tone.

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

Explain the reasons for the noise

5 points

Apologise

1 point

Describe what action you will take

6 points

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Response 01

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Answer · 185 words · 7 paragraphs · 18 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band6.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The letter addresses all three bullet points with a suitably apologetic tone and shows some ambition in vocabulary. However, the main limitation is frequent imprecise or inappropriate word choice and grammatical slips that occasionally make the message awkward to follow.

TA

Task Achievement

All three bullet points are addressed with an appropriate apologetic tone, but some details are unclear or oddly framed, such as the 'noise jammer' request and 'instigations', which weaken the clarity of the proposed action.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

The letter is organised into clear sections for each bullet with basic linking devices, though some transitions and referencing are mechanical or unclear at points.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

There is some range of vocabulary, but several word choices are inaccurate or unnatural, including 'lucrative', 'reprimand', and 'noise surging', which reduce precision.

6.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of sentence types is attempted, but recurring errors such as 'we were used old-fashioned', 'I apologized', and 'I reprimand the workers' show limited grammatical control at times.

6.0

What to work on next

Replace forced or misused vocabulary with natural, precise phrasing and proofread subject-verb agreement and tense forms throughout the letter.

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