Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-27

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 6.0)

Dear Ali,

It was great to hear from you I am wrinting to advice you on the camping holiday you are going for the first time this summer.

First of all, their are numerous experiences that you will enjoy alot in this holiday. Moreover, it will make your surviving skills alot better becasue you will face different obstacles on how to make fire; also setup your camp properly in the dense forest. Other involve how to keep your self safe from the wild animals and how to deal a emergency stiuation.

In addation, these type of campaing have various disadvantages as well becasue such places are exposed to wild nature for example deep lakes, and a long range of mountains. Furthermore, it can be dangerous in many ways for example, it can cause permenent injuries and animlas like sankes are the most popular one.

Finally, I would like to come with you on this trip if you request the tour guide to take me as well.

Thank you for your understanding.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Hamza

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The letter successfully covers all three bullet points required by the task prompt. First, the writer explains why Ali would enjoy camping, mentioning survival skills and enjoying nature, which directly addresses bullet point one. Second, the response describes potential disadvantages, such as wild animals like snakes and dangerous environments, covering bullet point two. Third, the writer clearly states whether they would like to join the trip, fulfilling the final requirement. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a friend, and all parts are adequately addressed, placing this comfortably within Band 6.0 according to the task response descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter demonstrates a clear overall arrangement with logical paragraphing that separates the different bullet points. Cohesive devices are used to link ideas, such as "First of all," "Moreover," "In addition," and "Furthermore." However, some referencing is slightly faulty, and transitions can feel a bit mechanical or repetitive in structure. Paragraphing is used sufficiently and appropriately, but the management of cohesive devices lacks the flexibility required for higher bands, making a Band 6.0 score the most accurate reflection of current performance.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common words and phrases such as "surviving skills," "dense forest," and "permanent injuries." However, there are notable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including "wrinting" instead of writing, "advice" instead of advise, "alot" instead of a lot, "becasue" instead of because, "stiuation" instead of situation, "campaing" instead of camping, and "sankes" instead of snakes. While these errors are frequent, they do not severely impede communication, which aligns well with the Band 5.5 to 6.0 descriptors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating an attempt to use relative clauses and conditional structures. However, there are persistent grammatical errors and punctuation issues, such as run-on sentences in the opening ("It was great to hear from you I am wrinting...") and prepositional errors like "deal a emergency stiuation" instead of deal with an emergency situation. The errors occasionally cause some difficulty for the reader, but the message remains understandable throughout, justifying a Band 5.5 score.

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