Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-17

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)

Hello Sir,

I am writing to apply for the voluntary work in the museum.

I just saw your voluntary work posting on indeed and when I read the description it seems ike very interesting to me. I am doing my masters in digital media and marketing and I am only allowed to work 24 hours in a week. I have an experience of digital marketing and also worked as sales representative after grade 10.

Furthermore, I really want to help community as a volunteer. Moreover, I really like to work in a museum as my background is from history that makes me more curious to know the reason behind every single thing in the museum.

In the last, I just want to make sure that I am usually not available on sundays right now but If anything comes up on the weekdays. I would definitely help you with my skills. Beside that, all weekdays I am available in the morning and also I can start work from coming week.

I hope you will consider me for this role and get back to me at your earliest convenience.

Yours faithfully,

Raana

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response covers all three bullet points required by the prompt in a generally clear manner. You explained why you want to do voluntary work by mentioning your background in history and your desire to help the community, described your skills such as digital marketing experience and a master's student profile, and gave details of your availability. However, some ideas are a bit brief and could have been extended further to fully develop the response. For instance, the link between your history background and the museum could be expanded. Despite these minor limitations, the key communicative requirements of a general training formal letter are met, earning a solid Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is coherent overall, with a logical arrangement of ideas moving from your application to your background and finally to your availability. You use some cohesive devices such as 'Furthermore', 'Moreover', and 'Beside that', although some links feel slightly repetitive or mechanical. Paragraphing is attempted, though the layout could be structured more cleanly with proper formal letter spacing. Referencing is generally clear, but the transition between sentences at times feels abrupt. It represents a typical Band 6 performance where cohesion is mostly adequate but occasionally faulty or mechanical.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for the task, containing functional terms such as 'voluntary work', 'digital media and marketing', and 'sales representative'. You attempt some less common vocabulary, but there are noticeable inaccuracies in word choice and collocation, such as 'background is from history' instead of 'background is in history' and 'help community' instead of 'help the community'. Spelling and word choice errors do not impede communication, but they restrict the lexical score to Band 6.0. Expanding your range of collocations will help you achieve a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'I am doing my masters in digital media and marketing and I am only allowed to work 24 hours in a week.' There are several grammatical errors and punctuation slips throughout the letter, including 'Hello Sir' (which is slightly informal for a formal application letter starting with 'Dear Sir or Madam'), missing articles ('in the museum' instead of 'at a museum'), and run-on sentences like 'If anything comes up on the weekdays. I would definitely help you...'. While these errors persist, they rarely impede overall communication, placing your grammar squarely at Band 6.0.

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