hey everyone this is Dori I'm a teacher of
English and today I'm going to show you the strategy and the plan
you need to follow in order to write a letter
in IELTS General Task 1 okay
first of all let's take a task as an example okay let's read our task
okay this is your task
it is obviously a formal letter firstly you have to begin your letter
with Dear
if you don't know the person's name
you're writing to, then you will write
like here. After that
things are pretty simple you don't need to feel anxious or confused about this
task simply you will use
one-paragraph for each of these points
over here so one paragraph for this one
one second paragraph for this one and one
last paragraph for your third point
so let's read our first point
again. So in your first paragraph you will introduce yourself
and of course
you will state the reason of your writing this letter
okay? so, let's see...
As you can see you immediately state the reason of your writing this letter
Moving on...
And now you actually introduce yourself al right
as you can see you will have to make some things
up but it won't be difficult just use the information you're given
and your imagination. The important thing is your grammar
also notice that I didn't use contractions
I used I am writing instead of I' m
I am twenty three years old instead
of I' m again and I have studied
I have graduated instead of I've
studied- I' ve graduated ok also
since this is a formal letter please as a whole prefer
the passive voice for example which was
recently advertised okay now
accordingly you will write one paragraph for the second point let's read it
so you will
talk about your former experience and skills
and then your last paragraph is going to be about the third point
Lastly you're going to close your letter with this phrase
over here
please note that this is a standard expression
we learn it as is, so don't be confused by the fact that there is an -ing
here
after -to alright? this is how it goes I'm looking forward to hearing from
you
Yours faithfully and then your name and surname- your name and last name you
should put
both
please note that when you know the person's name that you're writing to,
it is not for example "Dear Sir/Madam" you know the name it is
let's just say Dear Mr. Jones, then you will
end your letter with yours sincerely
instead of yours faithfully and of course
your name but if you do not know the name
you will write as we've seen Dear Sir/Madam
and yours faithfully and your name both your name and your surname
okay that's it now you just need to improve your grammar
syntax vocabulary and please your spelling
if you want to read the rest of the letter you can do it here
in this link