About this task
General Training Task 1 gives you a situation and asks for a letter of at least 150 words in 20 minutes, covering three bullet points. The whole game is register: a complaint to a company, a request to your landlord, and news for a friend all need different English. Pick the letter type you want to drill below, or work through the full set.
General Training Task 1 formal letters — complaints, applications, requests to organisations and people you don't know.
Browse Formal letterGeneral Training Task 1 semi-formal letters — to landlords, neighbours, managers, and other people you know but aren't close to.
Browse Semi-formal letterGeneral Training Task 1 informal letters to friends and family — invitations, news, favours, apologies.
Browse Informal letter“A letter to your landlord about a broken heating system”