Invite a Famous Actor to Open a New Theatre

You work for an entertainment company which plans to open a new theatre soon. You want to invite a famous actor to open the new theatre. Write a letter to this famous actor. In your letter - give some information about the new theatre - invite her/him to open the new theatre - explain why she/he would be a good person to open the theatre Dear ______________ ,

Annotated response

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Dear Mrs. David,

I am to invite you our new theatre on behalf of ABC Entertainment company.

As you may have noticed, our new theatre is the only 3D theatre equipped with advanced AI technology in Halifax. It has been under construction for three years and will open officially on 1st May.

I know Halifax is your hometown, where you for around 20 years before moving to Toronto to start your acting career. I would be grateful if you could attend this opening ceremony as a local actor and deliver a speech. I know , and if you are unable to give a speech, I would completely understand.

There are two reasons why we would particularly like to invite you. First of all, as a well-known actor, you have , so your attendance will attract people to . In addition, I know you recently completed filming a new movie, which will be shown around the world. Your movie will in .

If you have any questions regarding the event, please . I am looking forward to your reply.

,

Lily Liu

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The letter responds fully to the prompt, covering all three bullet points with a clear purpose and an appropriately polite, professional tone. Its main limitation is a handful of grammatical slips and a small inconsistency between 'theatre' and 'cinema', which slightly weaken precision without obscuring the message.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

7.0

The letter clearly achieves its purpose, addresses all three bullet points with relevant detail about the theatre, the invitation, and well-developed reasons for the choice of guest, and maintains a suitable formal tone, with only a minor inconsistency between 'theatre' and 'cinema'.

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

Ideas are organised logically across paragraphs with clear progression and effective cohesive devices such as 'First of all' and 'In addition', though paragraphing is functional rather than fully sophisticated.

Lexical Resource

7.0

Vocabulary is sufficiently flexible and mostly precise for the communicative task, with natural collocations like 'opening ceremony' and 'acting career', though some phrasing is slightly awkward at points such as 'I know you how busy are'.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.0

The letter uses relative and conditional clauses with generally accurate control. The word order in 'I know you how busy are' needs correction, while the past perfect progressive in the description of the actor's earlier life is appropriate to the sequence of past events.

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