IELTS Band 9 letter, topic: Introduction of an exchange student to a host family

This is a model response to a Writing Task 1 topic from the High Scorer's Choice IELTS Practice Tests book series (reprinted with permission). Writing Task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. You are travelling next month to stay with a family you do not know as part of a language training course. Write a letter to the family to introduce yourself. In your letter, tell the family a little about yourself ask about the type of food that the family eats say when and how you will be arriving You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Mr and Mrs Greene, Sample Band 9 Letter Dear Mr. and Mrs. Greene, My name is Caroline Hague and I am an exchange student about to participate in an English Language Training course in London. The organisation that arranged this course for me has assigned you to be my host family for those four weeks and I would therefore like to introduce myself. I come from the Netherlands and live in Maastricht, a beautiful and historical city not too far away from the country's capital, Amsterdam. I would like to know more about the English language, culture and literature and therefore I have applied for this training course. I am an active outdoor person and love to ride my bike, and I am also passionate about music. I am interested in the type of food that is popular in your family, as I am a vegetarian. Do you eat a lot of meat? If yes, that's no problem for me, I will only have to know in advance so I can bring a few essentials. In a month's time, on the twenty-second of May, I will be arriving at Gatwick airport at 4 p.m. I have seen that you have kindly offered to pick me up and so I will be waiting at the Terminal A pick-up at 5.15 p.m. I look forward to meeting you then. I hope to hear back from you and to see you soon! Yours sincerely, Caroline Hague Prep tip: write your own letter on this topic and submit it for correction, to learn how to score higher in IELTS writing. Recommended Resources Academic IELTS Book "Personally, I can say that your book was so fundamental to my preparation that without it I think I would barely receive a 6.5." - Leonardo from Brazil Learn more BUY NOW General Training IELTS Book "This book provides concise and useful tips to complete all test tasks well and on-time. Thanks again for recommending this great book to me." - Michelle P. from Malaysia Learn more BUY NOW Practice Tests for IELTS "As it turned out, the test was in exactly the same format as your examples. I would not have been able to achieve my 8 overall score on my own" - Martin from Germany Learn more BUY NOW Online IELTS Preparation Course "My overall band is 8 - thanks again for your invaluable help... the feedback from you is much more helpful than any other courses." - Anne F. Learn more BUY NOW Useful Links Popular Topics Connect New! Free App for Practice Free Online Course Study Books Essay Samples Subscribe to daily tips Recent IELTS exams IELTS Speaking IELTS results competition Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter RSS feed Web

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