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Example Writing Answers for the ieltshelpnow.com General TrainingPractice Tests 1 - 5

Below you will nd example writing answers for all the writing questions in the

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General Training Practice Tests, tests 1 to 5. All of these example letters and essays were writtenby an IELTS examiner in order to give examples of good answers. Please refer to the questionpapers while you are reading these letters and essays so that you understand the questions thatare being answered. We hope this will give you an insight into how the writing answers should bewritten for IELTS General Training module. We must also point out that there are many ways of answering the writing questions with band 9 quality and that we have only produced one examplefor each question.

General Training Writing Practice Test 1

Task 1

Dear Sir,I am writing in connection with a bag that I left on one of your planes. Last week on Tuesday4

May I came to London on ight ABC from New York. My seat number was R5. The planearrived late at night and I was tired. As a result when I got home, I remembered that I hadleft my bag on the plane under the seat in front of me.My bag is small and made of black leather with a zip opening the top. Inside the bag there is apen, a paperback I was reading, some car keys and my diary.Therefore would your lost property department please check and see if they have my bag andcontact me as soon as possible to let me know whether they have found it or not?You can contact me on my mobile telephone number which is: 01753 853 736.Thanking you in advance for your help, I look forward to hearing from you soon.Yours sincerely,

John Smith

(171 words)

Task 2

It is true that children today spend far more time indoors than in previous generations. Iwould say that this has both a positive and negative side.Children today seem to spend far too long inside with computer games, watching TV andvideos. This is denitely bad in some ways because children should develop outdoor pursuits

such as football, cricket and basketball that would make them healthy now and in their laterlives. If they don‛t learn to play sports when they‛re young, it is unlikely that they will developthese healthy habits later in life and the results can be seen today in the higher levels ofobesity and related illnesses such as diabetes. When I was young I had only sports to keep meoccupied and I am grateful now that I still love and play the sports of my youth.On the other hand the world today is dominated by computers and electronics so it‛simportant that children learn to like and understand computers and technology early in life.The older generation didn‛t have the opportunity to have this electronic entertainment and sodon‛t understand the attraction.In conclusion I would certainly agree that it is bad and unhealthy for children to spend alltheir time indoors with electronic entertainment. I don‛t think all children are too dependenton electronic entertainment but too many denitely are. We cannot expect though thatchildren will totally ignore today‛s technologies and it is important that they grow up withawareness and understanding of these things that will dominate their later lives. I believeit is up to parents to guide and encourage a reasonable mixture of both indoor and outdoorpursuits.

(281 words)

General Training Writing Practice Test 2

Task 1

Dear Sir,I am writing to inquire about staying at your hotel with my family for a weekend.My family consists of my wife, my two sons and myself. We would like to arrive on 14thAugust and leave on 16th August (the Friday and Saturday nights) – My wife and I would liketo have a double room with a view of the sea and my sons will share a twin room. A few is notimportant for them. Please would you contact me as soon as possible with the details of pricesfor this arrangement with us staying on a bed and breakfast basis.We do not know the area around your hotel so could you please also include in your lettersome of the activities that are available nearby that my family might like. My two sons are 13and 11 years old.Thanking you in advance for your help, I look forward to hearing from you soon.Yours sincerely,

John Smith

(162 words)

Task 2

We have known for some time now that smoking is a killer. I completely agree that allcountries should introduce laws that ban smoking in all public areas.This is a difcult subject though. Many of smokers believe that they have the right to smokewhere they want and that non-smokers have the option just to go away from them. Theyhave a point to some extent but tobacco smoke is not perfume. The smell gets into your hair,clothes and eyes and of course the smoke gets into your lungs which makes you feel bad thenext day and can cause illnesses over a long time. There are just too many bad things whichsmoking causes to let people have the right to smoke anywhere.The whole world banning smokng in public areas is optimistic. It is not probable that allcountries on Earth will do this although Ireland and Italy have done so and many parts of USas well. It is a good goal to try to aim for though. The more that smoking is prohibited then,slowly, the more people will realise how it can kill them. People who would normally die wouldlive and huge amounts of money will be saved on treating diseases caused by smoking such ascancer and heart disease. If this leads to the fall of tobacco companies with losses of jobsand money for the company owners then I can only say good. Governments will lose taxes but Iam sure that governments will think up other ways of introducing more taxes!So I completely agree with the statement that all countries should prohibit smoking in publicplaces.

(278 words)

General Training Writing Practice Test 3

Task 1

Dear Sir,I am writing in connection with a radio I bought two weeks ago in your shop in London Road.When I went home and played it, I found that it didn‛t work properly. I am very dissatisedwith your product. I am going on holiday soon and I bought the radio because so that I couldlisten to it whilst I was away.I returned the radio the next day to your shop and man who dealt with me said that he wouldx the problem and call me straight away. I have now been waiting one week for this call and Ihave heard nothing. Thus I am now also very dissatised with your service.Therefore lease call me very soon and let meknow that you have either xed my radio or that you will give me a new one. For your information I enclose a photocopy of my original receiptand the repair voucher that I was given.I hope to hear from you soon. Yours faithfully,