Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-15

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A friend of yours is thinking of going on a camping holiday for the first time this summer. He/She has asked for your advice. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter

• explain why you think your friend would enjoy a camping holiday
• describe some possible disadvantages
• say whether you would like to go camping with your friend this summer

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

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

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Dear Mohit,

I hope you are doing well. I was really happy to hear that you are planning to go on a camping holiday for the first time. I'd like to give some advice what measures need to take before go.

I believe you'd enjoy this camping holiday because you would get a chance to explore nature closely, away from hectic lifestyle. Camping in the wood involves many stress buster activity such as making tent for yourself, barbaque at evening and you could able to do star gazing at night if weather is clear.

However, camping at unknown places have some possible disadvantages. Firstly, weather is so unpredictable, sudden rain could make your experience worse. In addition, there is a possibility you might have to face any wild animlas, if you are camping near forest area.

Since camping is my favourite hobby and I'd love to enjoy spending time in nature, I'd like to go on camping on this summer, It'd be a fun and adventures activity with you.

I hope my advice would be helpful for your camping holiday. Let me know if you are interested in going on camping with me so we can plan accordingly.

Best regards,

Axay Nayi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The response covers all three bullet points required by the prompt. You successfully explain why your friend would enjoy camping by mentioning nature exploration and activities like star gazing, describe potential disadvantages such as unpredictable weather and wild animals, and clearly state your desire to join him this summer. The tone of the letter is entirely appropriate for a friend, maintaining a friendly and enthusiastic register throughout. The ideas are relevant and expanded adequately to meet the communicative purpose of a general training letter, showing a clear purpose from start to finish. Therefore, this fulfills the requirements for a Band 7.0 performance where all parts of the task are appropriately addressed with a clear position and supported ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The letter has a clear and logical overall progression, moving smoothly from opening pleasantries to advice, disadvantages, a personal proposal to join, and a concluding sign-off. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate distinct topics, such as the benefits in the second paragraph and the drawbacks in the third. Cohesive devices are generally used effectively, such as 'However' and 'In addition', though some transitional phrases could be smoother. There are minor slip-ups in referencing and cohesion, such as 'go on camping on this summer', but these do not disrupt the overall readability of the letter. This fits the Band 7 descriptor for clear logical organization and progression throughout with flexible use of cohesive devices.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for a general letter, using phrases like 'hectic lifestyle', 'unpredictable', and 'favourite hobby'. However, there are notable word choice and collocation errors throughout the text, such as 'what measures need to take before go' instead of 'what measures need to be taken before you go', 'stress buster activity' instead of 'stress-busting activities', and 'barbaque at evening' instead of 'barbecues in the evening'. You also misspell 'animals' as 'animlas'. These errors indicate a Band 6 level where vocabulary is adequate for the task and communication is successful, but attempts at less common vocabulary result in inaccuracies and word-choice mistakes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The letter includes a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional clauses ('if weather is clear') and relative clauses. However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly regarding verb forms and missing prepositions, such as 'you could able to do' instead of 'you will be able to do', 'camping at unknown places have' instead of 'has', and 'go on camping on this summer' instead of 'go camping this summer'. Punctuation is mostly fine, but the grammatical slips are noticeable and occur across different sentence types. This performance aligns best with Band 6, where a mix of structures is used with some grammatical errors that do not impede overall communication.

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