Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-15

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 Mr.Methew,

I am writing this missive to saw your adversiment on the public page about your childern to teach them a french language for a year.

I, John Peter , dweller of 136 street, 157 Aveneu, Melbourne. I believe i am highly suitable for this role because I hold a bacholer's degree in Education and have over three years experience teaching young learners, which helped me develop creative fun and highly interactive for childern.

In addition to language lessons, I would be delighted to assist your family with other daily tasks. I am capable cook and can prepare healthy meals for the Kids as well as help them with their regular school homework and other sports activities in the afternoon.

I am particulary eager to take on this job because it has always been s dream to learn and teach the laguage course. This opportunity allows me to combine my passion for teaching with exploring your beautiful culture.

I shall be waiting for your response.

Yours Sincersly,

John Peter

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requested points: you explain your teaching background, offer cooking and homework support, and give a reason for wanting the role. The details about your education degree and three years of experience make your suitability relevant, while the family-help paragraph is practical. The motivation is less fully developed: “a dream to learn and teach the language course” is unclear, and exploring Australian culture is mentioned without explaining why this matters to you. The letter also says “a french language,” although the task refers to teaching your own language, so make sure the language is identified consistently. The main points are present, but clearer and more specific development would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear overall progression: it introduces the advertisement, explains your qualifications, describes additional help, and gives your motivation before closing. Separate paragraphs make the different purposes easy to follow, and phrases such as “In addition” help signal a shift. The sequence is logical, though some connections within sentences are less smooth—for example, the opening moves from seeing the advertisement directly to the children’s lessons, and the motivation sentence combines learning, teaching, and cultural exploration without a clear relationship between them. A more direct opening and clearer links between ideas would make the progression feel more natural. The closing is appropriate for a formal application.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt some suitably formal and varied expressions, including “highly suitable,” “delighted to assist,” and “combine my passion.” However, noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision and sometimes make the reader pause: “missive” is an unnatural choice here, “saw” does not fit the intended meaning, and “adversiment,” “childern,” and “bacholer's” are misspelled. Some collocations are also awkward, such as “develop creative fun and highly interactive for children” and “teach the language course.” Use straightforward, accurate phrases for the application and check spelling carefully. Building control of common collocations will help your vocabulary sound more natural and make your meaning consistently clear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple statements and longer sentences, including a relative clause in “three years experience teaching young learners, which helped me develop…”. The main message is generally understandable, but some sentence structures and grammatical forms are inaccurate. “I, John Peter, dweller of…” is a sentence fragment; write a complete clause such as “I am John Peter, and I live…”. In “I am capable cook,” an article is needed, and “I believe i” requires a capital letter. The phrase “which helped me develop…” also needs a clear grammatical object or complement. Aim to make each sentence complete and check articles, capitalization, and punctuation while retaining some complex structures.

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