Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-28
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 Yash,
Yesterday, I have received your letter and am glad that you asked me for your first camping trip. I am writing this letter to give some suggestions for your outing.
I recommend you to visit Vadodara camping site, which is one hour drive from your home. As you told me earlier, you love to do tracking and like to spend quality time in a greenary place, therefore you definetly like this location. Also, the management will provide a plethora of adventure activities,meals and accommondation with taking single fees from natives.
Moreover, there are hundreds of people attend their camp site during summer and you will love to their comapany. However, you might see bunch of individuals there because it is freely availble for everyone. In addition, their food quality is also not excellent as per standard.
Furthermore If your are planning to go their after may, I would like to join you in camping because this summer I am free from my workload. Please let me know when will you go their.
I hope you like my advise and will wait for your response.
Yours lovingly,
Ravi
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5
The response covers all three bullet points required in the prompt. You successfully explained why your friend would enjoy a camping holiday by mentioning the tracking and the greenery. You described possible disadvantages, such as the crowd and subpar food quality. Finally, you clearly stated your intention to join your friend if they plan the trip after May. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a friend. However, some ideas are slightly underdeveloped and contain minor inaccuracies, which places this performance in the Band 6.5 range.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The letter is organised into clear paragraphs with an appropriate greeting and sign-off. Cohesive devices such as 'Moreover', 'However', and 'Furthermore' are used to link sentences and ideas together. However, some transitions feel a bit mechanical, and there are occasional referencing issues, such as 'take single fees from natives'. Overall, the logical progression is clear enough to guide the reader smoothly through your thoughts, aligning well with the Band 6.5 descriptors.
Lexical Resource: Band 6.0
You have attempted a range of vocabulary appropriate for the topic, including phrases like 'plethora of adventure activities' and 'quality time'. However, there are several spelling and word choice errors, such as 'tracking' instead of 'trekking', 'greenary' instead of 'greenery', 'accommondation' instead of 'accommodation', and 'comapany' instead of 'company'. These errors do not impede communication, but they restrict your score. This demonstrates the characteristics of Band 6.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0
You have attempted a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional clauses ('If your are planning to go their after may...'). There are, however, a number of grammatical errors throughout the letter, including tense usage ('Yesterday, I have received'), preposition errors ('take single fees from natives'), and spelling/homophone slips ('their' instead of 'there', 'advise' instead of 'advice'). While these errors do not prevent your message from being understood, they occur frequently enough to prevent a higher band, fitting solidly into Band 6.0.
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