Letter to Mrs Barrett Offering Summer Home Help

Mrs Barrett, an English-speaking woman who lives in your town, has advertised for someone to help her in her home for a few hours a day next summer. Write a letter to Mrs Barrett. In your letter • suggest how you could help her in her home • say why you would like to do this work • explain when you will and will not be available You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Mrs Barrett,

Annotated response

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Dear Mrs Barrett,

I recently came across your advertisement for a few hours a day next summer, and I my assistance.

I could help you with a range of household tasks, such as cleaning, organising, preparing light meals, and running errands. If you have a garden, I would also be happy to assist with watering plants and general upkeep. Additionally, if you need any administrative tasks done, such as sorting paperwork or managing appointments, I am comfortable with that as well.

I would like to because I enjoy helping others, and I believe it would be a rewarding experience. Furthermore, I am looking for temporary work during the summer, and this role fits well with my schedule.

I will be available from June to August, . However, I will be unavailable on weekends due to prior commitments. Please let me know if my availability aligns with your requirements.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Alia Gomez

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 8.0

The letter fully and clearly addresses all three bullet points in an appropriately polite register, with relevant and plausible detail throughout. The main limitation is that the ideas, while well organised, remain somewhat generic and could be made more personal to lift the response to a higher level of precision.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

8.0

The purpose is clearly established in the opening, all three bullet points are directly covered with well-developed detail, and the tone is consistently formal and suitable for the recipient.

Coherence and Cohesion

8.0

The letter progresses logically through the three required points in separate paragraphs, with cohesive devices such as 'furthermore' and 'however' used naturally and accurately.

Lexical Resource

7.5

Vocabulary is sufficiently flexible and precise, with natural collocations like 'running errands', 'general upkeep' and 'prior commitments', though some phrasing is slightly generic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.5

A wide range of grammatical structures is used with good control, including conditional and relative clauses, with only rare, non-impeding errors.

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