How to Write Formal Letters (part 1)

March 24, 2025 · 24 min

Show notes

In this tutorial we cover how to:

Understand the questions and context for the letter.

Think about what to write – how to use the prompts that you are given in the question rubric.

Work out how creative to be? Is it ok to make up lots of strange facts and information?

Understand how to start and how to finish your letters – this is so important and at IELTS level you cannot make mistakes on this!

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