Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-21

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 to express my interest for applying as a language teacher for your two children. Which i saw in the advertisement. I believe that i am suitable for this job because i am native filipino speaker and willing to share them the our language and filipino cultiure.

I am graduated from Bicol University with a bachelor of education dgree. I am very passionate to my job as a teacher where the student feel comportable while listening my lecture. I am a patient,friendly and responsible person. I enjoy teaching and explaining thing in a simple way. I can teach your children filipino vocabolary,grammar,pronounciation, and everyday conversation. I can also prepare some activities where they can participate. Such as game, storytelling or simple writing and reading.

Apart from teaching,i could also help your family to make some materials that can help them for faster mermorization specially in vocabolary. In Addition, I can teach you both parents for making filipino traditional dishes where children can also participate.

I am interested in this position because i would like to experience living in australia and learn more about their culture and way of life. i also believe tht working to your family can improve my language skill using english when talking to local people.

Thank you for consedering my application. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

JOEL BELO

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three requested points: you explain your teaching background and suitability, offer help with learning materials and Filipino cooking, and give personal reasons for wanting the position. The details about your education and proposed activities make the application relevant and give it a clear purpose. Your reasons for applying are also stated, although the benefit of improving your English is more prominent than what you would contribute to the family over the year. To strengthen the response further, develop how your teaching experience would help these particular children, and make the family-focused benefits as specific as your personal motivation. Overall, the letter covers the task clearly and supports its main points.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall structure: you introduce your application, describe your qualifications and possible contributions, explain your motivation, and close politely. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and transitions such as “Apart from teaching” and “In addition” show how the ideas relate. This coherent arrangement meets the lower-band expectations and shows some flexibility in linking points. However, a few connections are awkward or mechanical: “Which i saw in the advertisement” is detached from the opening sentence, and “Such as game, storytelling…” is presented as a fragment after the preceding sentence. Link these examples directly to the sentence they explain, and use references and transitions more naturally to make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to explain the role, including “bachelor of education,” “everyday conversation,” “storytelling,” and “traditional dishes.” These choices help communicate your qualifications and the activities you could offer. However, the range is limited in places, and noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “cultiure,” “vocabolary,” “mermorization,” and “consedering” are examples. Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “express my interest for applying” and “share them the our language.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your main message, but they make the letter less fluent. Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning natural collocations for applications, teaching, and cultural exchange.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the reader can generally understand your message. However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to affect fluency. For example, “I am graduated from Bicol University” uses an incorrect verb form, while “Which i saw in the advertisement” is an incomplete sentence. In “I believe that i am suitable… because i am native filipino speaker,” the sentence needs correct capitalisation and an article before “native Filipino speaker.” There are also punctuation and sentence-boundary problems, as in “Such as game, storytelling…” and “I am a patient,friendly…”. Practise complete sentence structures, articles, verb forms, and punctuation, then proofread for capital letters and spacing.

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