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

2 correction notes

Dear Mike!

I am thrilled to let you know that I have finally moved to a gigantic rented apartment. It was extremely difficult for me to commute to the workplace daily. Moreover, the PG I was living in was no less than a trauma with that petulant landlord. But finally, my prayers came true, and I have shifted to this new flat. The fact that this house and my office are just 1.5 km apart made me fall head over heels and that’s the most amazing I got.

So, it has 3 bedrooms with beautiful wall paintings and exquisite interiors, plus the architectural finesse . It has a modular kitchen with well-furnished racks, and the bathroom has a humongous mirror. I’m totally in love with it all.

Why don’t you come over and see it all for yourself? I am sure you’ll fall for it too.

Warm wishes,

Ahmed

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The letter covers all three bullet points in a warm, lively tone, with clear paragraphs and descriptive detail. Some idiomatic wording reduces precision, particularly "the most amazing brownie I got", whose intended meaning is unclear. The personal register is appropriate, and its informal coordination should not be treated as a comma splice.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

7.0

The letter clearly explains the move (long commute and unpleasant landlord), describes the new apartment in detail, and extends a friendly invitation, covering all bullets in an appropriately informal tone, though a few expressions like 'the most amazing brownie I got' are slightly off in effect.

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

The letter progresses logically from the reasons for moving to the house description and invitation, with distinct paragraphs. The informal conjunction plus is suitable here and does not create a comma splice; a few lengthy expressions make parts of the description less direct.

Lexical Resource

7.0

Vocabulary is flexible and often precise ('petulant landlord', 'exquisite interiors', 'modular kitchen'), but occasional exaggerated or misapplied phrases like 'no less than a trauma' and 'fall head over heels' show imprecise collocation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.0

The letter uses varied sentence structures with generally accurate control and clear meaning. Informal coordination suits the personal letter, including the clause joined by plus. The main language weakness is imprecise expression rather than a demonstrated pattern of faulty clause punctuation.

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