Letter to a Friend About Moving House

  • Housing
  • Notification
  • Invitation

You have recently moved to a different house. Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. In your letter • explain why you have moved • describe the new house • invite your friend to come and visit Dear.............,

Annotated response

3 correction notes

Dear Peter, I haven’t heard from you in a while, and I hope that you are doing well with your life. I just wanted to let you know that I've moved to a new house. And the reason, for which, I've moved to a new house is that I was feeling suffocated in my old house due to many buildings which were erected around my house, essentially covering it from all directions. I think that I've moved to a nice house because there are plenty of empty spaces around it. Besides, my new house is bigger than the previous one, and it has such a great structure that it receives enough natural light and air from all directions as long as they are available. However, the best thing about my new house is that it is close enough to the shopping centres and public transportation facilities, and yet far enough at the same time from the noises of a busy city. Anyway, I think you'll really like my new house, so come and visit me sometime! Warm wishes, Rahul

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 6.5

The letter addresses all three required points with relevant detail and a friendly tone. However, it is presented as one continuous block, including the greeting and closing, which weakens organisation. Some awkward wording and punctuation also reduce precision, particularly the explanation beginning "And the reason, for which".

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

7.0

The letter fully covers all three bullets—reason for moving, description of the new house, and a warm invitation—with an appropriately friendly tone and relevant detail.

Coherence and Cohesion

5.5

The reasons, house description and invitation follow an understandable sequence, but the entire letter, including greeting and closing, is presented as one continuous paragraph. Separating these stages would make the message easier to follow.

Lexical Resource

7.0

Vocabulary is flexible and mostly natural for an informal letter, with effective phrases like 'feeling suffocated' and 'public transportation facilities', despite a few imprecise wordings.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

6.5

Complex and relative clauses generally communicate the message clearly. However, the commas around "for which" interrupt the restrictive explanation of the reason. The phrase "as long as they are available" is grammatically possible, although its meaning in this description is unclear.

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