Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-16

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 6.0)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hope this letter finds you well.

Recently, one of my friend advise me that City Side museum is looking for few individuals to dp part-time voluntary work. I have few months off from my college and I am geeting bore at some. Therefore, I would like to work part-time as an voluntary at City Side museum location.

I have multiple years of experience in customer care field. Which reflects good skills to intract with visitors and assist them accordingly. Moreover, I worked few months as a working enforcement, which would helps me to place my duty in parking area to guide people to park their vehicles at designated spots.

As I am aware that you are looking somone to work on weekends. I would be happy to assist you based on your required hours(evenings or mornings). Even, I can work on weekdays as well. Please feel free to reach me out, if you have any question.

I will look forward to your prompt response.

Yours faithful,

Micheal

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response successfully covers all the bullet points outlined in the prompt. The writer explains the reason for wanting to do voluntary work at the museum, noting that they have a few months off from college and want to avoid getting bored. They describe useful skills and qualities, such as customer care experience and previous work in enforcement which helps with parking management. Finally, availability is clearly stated, offering weekends as well as weekdays. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter to a museum director, and all parts of the task are adequately addressed, earning a solid band score for task completion.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter follows a logical paragraph structure with an appropriate opening and sign-off. The introduction states the purpose of the letter, the body paragraphs cover personal motivation, skills, and availability respectively, and the conclusion prompts a reply. However, there are minor cohesion issues and referencing errors, such as 'Which reflects good skills' starting a sentence fragment, and some awkward transitions between ideas. Paragraphing is used sufficiently to separate the distinct prompts, but overall cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or faulty.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, though somewhat limited and repetitive. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary such as 'designated spots' and 'customer care', but there are noticeable word-choice and spelling errors that affect precision, such as 'geeting bore', 'an voluntary', 'intract', and 'somone'. Despite these inaccuracies, the vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main ideas clearly, and the letter maintains an acceptable tone throughout, fitting the Band 6 descriptor criteria for lexical resource.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but the text contains several grammatical errors and punctuation issues. Examples include subject-verb agreement and article errors like 'one of my friend advise me', spelling and tense issues like 'geeting bore' and 'I worked few months', and sentence fragments such as 'Which reflects good skills to intract with visitors'. While these errors occur frequently throughout the response, they do not severely impede overall communication, allowing the reader to understand the intended message.

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