A model letter can show what a finished response looks like. The more valuable question is why the writer selected those facts, grouped them in that order and preserved particular qualifications. Studying those decisions helps you write your next letter independently.
The Jobins Training Model letters and review contains twenty possible answers with explanations of selection and accuracy. Each model is followed by a review of its purpose, possible paragraph plan, unsupported additions to avoid and key writing decisions. The models are teaching examples, not officially graded performances.
Make your own choices before seeing the model
Complete an attempt with the model book closed. Keep your brief plan as well as the letter. It will help you see whether a problem began during selection, organisation or drafting.
If you read the model first, you may remember its structure without learning how to choose one. Your own attempt gives the comparison something concrete to work on: a missed request, an unnecessary history paragraph or an accurate alternative order.
Compare purpose before individual sentences
Read your opening and the model’s opening. Do both make the recipient’s task clear? A general phrase such as “for further care” may need a more precise action. On the other hand, your opening does not need to copy the model’s exact wording if it communicates the same supported purpose.
Then check the closing request. Has an action disappeared between planning and drafting? Has a requested assessment become a statement that assessment is complete? Review the whole letter before treating a polished first sentence as evidence that the task is fulfilled.
Study what was retained and what was omitted
The source reviews repeatedly explain why a practical detail earns space. A relative’s limited availability may explain a support gap. A planned procedure must remain separate from current arrangements. Former work or hobbies may be omitted when they do not affect the recipient’s task.
These examples teach a question rather than a fixed list: what does this detail help this reader understand or do? A different task can make the same background detail relevant.
Original model-comparison exercise
Facts: An appointment is confirmed for 14 September. A transport assessment has been requested but is incomplete. The recipient is asked to follow up the assessment.
Your version: “The appointment and transport are arranged for 14 September.”
Possible model: “The appointment is confirmed for 14 September, but the transport assessment remains incomplete. Please follow this up.”
What should you learn from the difference?
Review the writing decision
The important difference is status, not vocabulary. The first version incorrectly completes the transport arrangements. The model keeps the confirmed appointment separate from the unfinished assessment and makes the requested action visible.
You could express the same information in two differently ordered sentences. The next task is to preserve that distinction, not memorise this particular model.
Accept a defensible alternative structure
Two letters can group information differently and still serve the reader well. Label each paragraph’s job in both versions. Can the recipient find the current situation and next steps without unnecessary searching?
If your order is different, explain why it works. If you cannot explain a paragraph’s purpose, reconsider it. Avoid moving sentences merely to make your draft resemble the model line by line.
Notice the limits of a polished answer
Do not assume that a model’s length or confident tone establishes a particular grade. This source explicitly presents possible teaching answers. Use its explanations to review the task, and seek qualified feedback when you need a fuller assessment of your writing.
Check factual claims against the notes even when reading a model. A fluent sentence can still be wrong about an action, date or level of certainty. This habit protects your own work from treating attractive wording as more important than accuracy.
For example: “In my next letter, I will check every use of ‘arranged’ against the notes.” A precise action is easier to apply than “Write more like the model”.
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Source: OET Writing Models and Review.pdf, Jobins Training. Examples labelled original or illustrative were written for this article. Independent exam preparation; no affiliation with or endorsement by the examining body. Practice does not predict an official score.