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Practice Set 15 — Thanking a community centre and suggesting an improvement

Task 1 · Writing an Email — a realistic situation requiring a 150-200 word email: complaint, request, apology, recommendation, cancellation, workplace or neighbourhood issue

Writing Task 1W1-15Intermediate
150-200 words

Thanking a community centre and suggesting an improvement

Your children attended a free summer program at the community centre. It was excellent, but the daily schedule was never shared with parents in advance.

Write to: The community centre program coordinator · Semi-formal tone

Write an email to the program coordinator thanking them and suggesting an improvement.

Write an email of 150-200 words. Read the situation, then write to the person named. Cover every required point, keep the tone appropriate, and organise your email into short paragraphs. You have 27 minutes for Task 1.

You must include:

  • Thank the staff and say what your children enjoyed
  • Describe the problem you noticed
  • Suggest a practical improvement
  • Offer to help next year
27:00
0 words · target 150-2000 characters
  1. 1Greeting
  2. 2Opening purpose
  3. 3Point 1
  4. 4Explanation
  5. 5Point 2
  6. 6Explanation
  7. 7Point 3
  8. 8Explanation
  9. 9Closing