BEST IELTS General Writing Task 1, 10th February

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GENERAL WRITING TASK 1

You are a student at a university in the UK. You have recently lost your university ID card. Write to the local police station, giving details of who you are, what happened and ask to record your details so that you can apply for a new ID card.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Dear Sir or Madam,

I have come to report an incident of a lost university ID card that belongs to me. I am a postgraduate student at Imperial College in London, studying Economics, and my name is Craig Alistair.

I have already notified the college authority about the incident as soon as I found out about it this morning, and they asked to me report the incident to the police with all the details. Therefore, please allow me to provide some specifics about some of the activities that I undertook yesterday, and the places in which they took place.

The first place that I visited yesterday was the Science Museum on Exhibition Road from my home on Queen’s Gate. Then I visited McDonald’s Kensington at around 2 pm on Brompton Road. After spending the rest of the day at that place, I went back straight to my home. As for the details of my ID, it has my name and picture on it, and a number that writes KHG-19387.

Therefore, please oblige me by registering this report and providing me a copy of it so that I can apply for a new ID immediately.

Yours faithfully,

Craig Alistair