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IELTS Writing Samples

IELTS essay samples (writing task 2), report and letter samples (writing task 1) with Band Scores, marked by IELTS teachers, including comments and suggestions on how to increase your score

IELTS Letter, topic: Telling a friend about a new job

Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. In your letter
– explain why you changed jobs
– describe your new job
– tell him/her your other news

Dear John,

I am writing to let you know that I finally got a Software Engineer position in Google. I am so happy to share this news with you. As I told you earlier, my previous job was so me. I kept working on fixing uncountable bugs of an existing system. Thus I started seeking new job opportunities 2 months ago.

Since I walked in Google’s office during my first interview, I immediately knew that this was my ideal work place. My major responsibility is tuning search results on several products. The most exciting thing is that my supervisor is a pioneer in this area around the world. I believe that I can get enormous cutting-edge knowledge from him.

Furthermore, I have bought a new house near my office. I invite you visit next month if you are free at that point of time.

With best wishes,

Michael

This letter covers the task prompt fully. It has the right structure and its level of formality is suitable for a personal letter. The vocabulary and sentence structure is fine. The letter could have achieved a higher band score if it wasn’t for the errors (mouse over the words in blue will show suggested corrections). Seems worthy of Band 8.

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boring for
Google
would love to
to

IELTS Essay Samples of Band 5

IELTS Essay Samples Band 5, 2023

Here you can find IELTS Essay samples of Band 5, written by students and graded by an IELTS teacher.

The topic of each essay appears when you hold mouse over the link. Every essay is checked, marked, has comments and suggestions. Hold the mouse over to see the suggested corrections. The teacher’s summary is at the bottom of each essay.

IELTS writing – sample essay 1
IELTS writing – sample essay 2
IELTS writing – sample essay 3
IELTS writing – sample essay 4
IELTS writing – sample essay 5
IELTS writing – sample essay 6

IELTS writing – sample essay 7
IELTS writing – sample essay 8

Note: the essays are checked by an IELTS teacher, not an IELTS examiner or examiner trainer. All the bands are approximate.

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