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

1 correction note

Dear Friend,

I hope this letter finds you in good health. I am delighted to share that I have recently relocated to Sydney. It has been a week since I landed in the new city. I was anticipating moving here for a really long time, and finally, I received the employment offer with a great appraisal. I had to attend numerous interviews before I got this opportunity, and the expenses are entirely sponsored by the organization.

Furthermore, the company has provided an apartment to stay in as long as required. It is a gated community with nearly 200 houses. It consists of various amenities such as a gym, park, pool, and yoga centre. I prefer to rejuvenate myself after a busy day at the office by utilizing these facilities.

Moreover, it has been a long time since we met after our graduation. Hence I would like to invite you to my apartment on Sunday and have a small if possible. Eagerly waiting to meet you soon.

Best Regards,

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The letter explains the reason for moving and invites the friend clearly, with logical paragraphs and generally controlled language. Describing a flat does not itself fail the task. The main development opportunity is to describe the accommodation’s own features more fully, since most descriptive detail concerns the surrounding community and its amenities.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

7.0

The letter explains the employment-related move and gives a clear invitation. Describing an apartment is a reasonable response to the accommodation task. However, the description focuses mainly on shared community amenities, with little detail about the apartment itself.

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

Ideas progress logically across paragraphs with varied linkers such as 'Furthermore', 'Moreover', and 'Hence', giving a mostly smooth flow despite slightly mechanical transitions.

Lexical Resource

7.0

Vocabulary is reasonably varied and natural for a semi-formal friendly letter, including items like 'relocated', 'gated community', 'amenities', and 'rejuvenate', with only occasional awkward collocation such as 'great appraisal'.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.0

Complex sentences, present-perfect forms and passive constructions communicate the message with generally good control. The phrase "the expenses are entirely sponsored" has a grammatical passive structure; any concern about sponsored here is word choice, not a malformed verb construction.

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