Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A museum near your home is looking for people to do part-time voluntary/unpaid work. You would like to do some voluntary/unpaid work at the museum. Write a letter to the museum director to apply for the voluntary/unpaid work. In your letter

• explain why you want to do voluntary/unpaid work at the museum
• describe some skills and qualities you have that would be useful
• give details of when you would be available for work

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I writing to show my interest in voluntary work at museum.

I would like to work as a volunteer because helping other is my favourite hobby. While working at the museum I could gain some handful experience that will helpful in my future job opportunities. In addition, I could get a chance to meet many people from different cultures and I could broaden my knowledge about their culture.

I have good communication skill that would be useful to talk with many individuals and provide assistance when its require. Apart from that, I am able to work independently so you do not have to keep suprvise me while working.

Since I am full-time student at university, I would be available for work after my classes get done, after 3 PM to 5PM every weekdays. I could not available for work on weekends due to prior family comitments.

Thank you condering my request for part-time voluntary work. Let me know if you need any additional information require to hire me.

Yours faithfully,

Axay Nayi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The response successfully covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. You explain your motivation for volunteering, specifically mentioning your love for helping others and the desire to gain experience and meet people from different cultures. You describe relevant skills and qualities, such as good communication skills and the ability to work independently. Finally, you provide clear details of your availability, stating the exact times on weekdays and explaining your inability to work on weekends. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter to a museum director, and all parts of the prompt are fully addressed. Your ideas are relevant and adequately supported throughout the letter.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall structure, opening and closing appropriately for a formal correspondence. Paragraphing is used effectively to separate different aspects of your application, with each paragraph focusing on a distinct bullet point. Cohesive devices such as 'In addition', 'Apart from that', and 'Since' are used to link ideas, although some transitions feel slightly mechanical. While the logical progression is clear, referencing in a few places could be smoother to enhance the flow between sentences. Overall, the organization is coherent and easy to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for the task, including terms like 'voluntary work', 'communication skill', and 'independently'. However, there are notable word choice and collocation errors, such as writing 'handful experience' instead of 'hands-on experience', 'when its require' instead of 'when it is required', and 'family comitments' with a spelling error. While these minor errors do not impede communication, they reflect a limited control over less common lexical items, preventing you from achieving a higher band score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The response includes a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional and causal clauses using 'Since'. However, there are several noticeable grammatical errors throughout the text. For instance, the opening sentence 'I writing to show' misses the auxiliary verb 'am'. Other errors include 'helping other is' (should be 'others'), 'that will helpful' (missing 'be'), and 'keep suprvise me' (incorrect verb form and spelling). Punctuation is generally fine, but the frequency of basic grammatical slips indicates that error-free sentences are not in the majority.

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