Manual handling That’s our planning complete. Once you’ve had some practice, you’ll be able to do this in just a few minutes. Taking time to plan makes writing IELTS letters far quicker and easier than if you don’t do this step. You will also write a better letter and get higher marks.
We're now ready to start writing our letter.
Writing the Letter Here’s our plan again with all our notes added in.
1) Dear ..... (warehouse manager) 2) Paragraph 1: Purpose – to tell them about the seminar 3) Paragraph 2: give details of the seminar bullet point 1)
Safety at work
4) Paragraph 3: invite them to give a presentation and say why you are inviting them(bullet point 2)
Warehouse manager – most highly trained person in company
5) Paragraph 4: say what the presentation should be about (bullet point 3)
Manual handling
6) Signoff We’ve already decided on the greeting so we’ll start with paragraph 1.
Paragraph 1 In the first paragraph, you must state the reason for writing the letter, that is, its purpose.
Paragraph 1: Purpose – to tell them about the seminar
Many students make the mistake of missing this purpose sentence out but it's very important. Including it will gain you marks.
It only requires one sentence. For example,
I am writing to tell you about a training event I am organising for the morning of Tuesday 7th February. Top vocabulary tip: Do not use contractions in formal letters. They are informal language. So, do not write ‘I’m writing to tell you…’
