Letter

Band 5+: WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. You recently stayed at a hotel and you had a great time. Write a letter to the hotel. In your letter thank the manager and his staff give some particular examples of why you enjoyed your stay at the hotel so much explain that you have written a review of the hotel on a popular website for tourists You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir or Madam,

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Dear Sir,

I hereby write to you to show my appreciation about the excellent reception I was given when I came by your hotel, last week. I had a lot of memories and would want to applaud your service.

I want to specially thank the manager and his staff members for the luxury services, ranging from the meals to the respectful staffs that welcomed me warmly.

For instance, the staffs made sure my breakfast, lunch and dinner arrived at the right time, and were carefully prepared to global standard. Upon my arrival, the receptionist welcomed me warmly, beckoning two other member of staff to help with my luggage while I check-in. The process was fast, my room key was handed over to me and I was ushered in to my room like a King.

This treatmeant pushed me to do a personal publicity for your hotel, after I departed last week. I have drafted a review of your hotel and sent it to a well-known website. I hope to see that this action will attract tourists to your hotel.

Kind regards,

Gideon Adewusi

Word Count: 183

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
Using more sophisticated words could be beneficial.

Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:

hotel: 3

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Task Response

The response covers all the requirements of the task effectively. You have thanked the staff, provided specific examples of the service (meal timing and luggage assistance), and mentioned the online review. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter of appreciation. To improve and reach a higher band, ensure better grammatical precision - for example, 'staff' is an uncountable noun and should not be used as 'staffs,' and 'treatment' was misspelled. Additionally, while the content is sufficient, expanding slightly more on the 'global standard' of the food or the specific atmosphere of the hotel would add more depth to the examples provided.

Coherence & Cohesion

The letter follows a logical progression, addressing all parts of the prompt in a structured manner. However, the transitions between ideas could be smoother. Some phrasing, such as 'I hereby write to you to show my appreciation,' feels slightly stiff and overly formal for a thank-you letter. To improve, try using more natural cohesive devices to link your experiences to your feelings of satisfaction.

Lexical Resource

You have attempted to use some sophisticated vocabulary (e.g., 'applaud,' 'ushered,' 'beckoning'), which is good. However, there are several errors in word choice and usage. For example, 'staffs' is an uncountable noun and should always be 'staff'; 'personal publicity' is not the natural way to describe writing a review; and 'came by your hotel' should be 'stayed at your hotel.' Focus on learning collocations (words that naturally go together) to make your writing sound more native-like.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

There are frequent grammatical errors that occasionally hinder the flow of reading. Issues include subject-verb agreement ('two other member of staff' should be 'members'), tense consistency ('while I check-in' should be 'while I was checking in'), and spelling errors ('treatmeant'). While you use a variety of sentence structures, the accuracy of these structures needs significant improvement. I recommend practicing verb tenses and noun plurals to ensure your meaning is always clear.

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