GT Writing Task 1 (Letter Writing) Sample # 14
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
You have just spent a weekend staying at the Lilo Hotel in Adelaide. When you get home you find that you have left a bag at the hotel.
Write a letter to the manager of the hotel. In your letter:
- introduce yourself
- describe the bag and its content
- describe how you left your bag and what action you would expect from him/her.
Write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Model Answer 1:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Laura Bicker, originally from Brisbane, is a regular guest at your Lilo Hotel in Adelaide. Whenever I visit Adelaide, I stay at your hotel. I checked out of your hotel last Monday and unfortunately left a bag. I am hoping that you would send it to my home address via the Australia Post.
Recently I enjoyed my stay at your hotel from 14th April to 21st April and I was in room 354. I rushed to check out as I was getting late for my flight and thus forgot a bag in the room. It is a coffee colour leather bag, common among frequent travellers, and medium in size. The bag is around 30×40 cm in dimension. This bag contains some important documents, a travel charger, an Amazon Kindle and a few costumes. I must have left it on the table in the room I stayed in.
I would like you to mail the bag with its contents to my address, the same address I am sending this letter from, and I would prefer the Australia Post as the courier. I would bear the cost incurred.
Thank you for your kind cooperation. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Bicker
Model Answer 2:
Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Benjamin Tyler, and I was a guest at your hotel in room 133 during the last weekend. Of course, it was a very busy weekend for me just it always is. So, anyway, I left your hotel hurriedly because of an urgent call from my work, and as such, I just couldn’t gather all of my belongings in time.
And, as a result, after coming back to my home (which is quite a far away distance from your hotel), I found that I was missing one of my bags with some important payroll documents, a mobile phone and a few casual dresses in it. So, I immediately called your hotel receptionist, and he assured me that he had the bag in his possession.
It is a light-weight small handbag in brown colour. It also has my company name (Mercy Medical Corporation) and the address tag attached to it.
Now, I understand that you are a busy person, and you need to attend other priorities as the manager of a large hotel. But, if you somehow manage to courier me the bag at your earliest convenience to my company address, I would really appreciate it.
Yours faithfully,
Benjamin Tyler