Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have seen an advertisement from a couple, who live in Australia, for someone to teach their two children your language for a year. Write a letter to the couple. In your letter

• explain why you think you would be suitable for the job
• say what else you could do for the family
• give your reasons for wanting the job

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear .................. ,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing regarding the advertisement about the role of teaching two children your language for the period of one year posted at the local cafeteria in South Melbourne. I wanted to express my interest for the role.

I have six years experience with children's from four years old to sixteen years old and I am full qualifited due to, I have a master degree in Education Languages from the University of Spain. In addition, I can provide some references from the previous family that I worked during summer holidays.

My soft skills communications allows me to earnd the confident with their youngers and develop all my techniques to learn a second language. The educationplan will have outside activities such as visiting the local market and the museum meanwhile the parents can have time extra for themselves.

This job will give me the opportunity to develop my techmiques and help the children's to speak, write, listen and read fully in your second language.

Please do not hesite to reach out for any additional information to my email [redacted email] or phone [redacted phone].

Kind regards,

Diana.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you explain your teaching background and qualifications, offer activities such as visits to the market and museum, and state that the role would help you develop your teaching skills. The experience and master’s degree are relevant reasons to consider you suitable. However, the reasons for wanting the job are only briefly explained, and the offer to help the family beyond teaching could be clearer about how it would benefit them. The opening and closing are polite, but “Dear Sir or Madam” is less personal than addressing the couple directly. Develop your motivation and describe one or two practical ways you could support the family to make the letter more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: it introduces your interest, presents your experience, describes additional activities, and closes with contact details. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “In addition” and “This job” signal connections between ideas. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent organisation and also shows some progression. However, a few links are awkward or unclear, particularly the sentence about activities “meanwhile the parents can have time extra for themselves,” where the relationship between the children’s lessons and the parents’ free time needs clearer expression. The final paragraph also shifts quickly from your motivation to a request for contact. Use more natural transitions and make each paragraph’s purpose explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “references,” “master degree in Education,” “outside activities,” and the language skills “speak, write, listen and read.” These choices make your main points understandable and show an attempt to use some specific terms. However, several noticeable spelling, word-form, and collocation errors reduce precision, such as “qualifited,” “techmiques,” “earnd the confident,” and “reach out.” Some phrases are also unclear or unnatural, including “their youngers” and “time extra for themselves.” Aim to learn common combinations such as “gain children’s confidence” and “provide references,” and proofread spelling and word forms. More accurate, natural phrasing would make your ideas easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple sentences and some longer structures, for example the sentence beginning “I have six years experience” and the sentence describing activities while the parents have time for themselves. The overall meaning is generally recoverable, and the letter includes a range of sentence purposes. Some grammatical errors remain, however: “I have six years experience” needs a possessive form, “I am full qualified” has an incorrect adverb form, and “the parents can have time extra” has an awkward word order. There are also problems with articles and plurals in “a master degree” and “the children’s.” Review noun phrases, agreement, and clause construction, then check each sentence for a clear subject and natural word order.

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