Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You recently helped your company organise an event at a hotel. Write a letter to the hotel manager. In your letter:

– Provide details about the event
– Mention what you particularly liked about the hotel
– Suggest areas for improvement.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Sir / Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing this letter to express our experince with you services at your hotel. I would like to suggest some improvement in the sevrvices.

Recently, we arranged an event at your hotel, around 40 guest attended. overall, we all quite satisfied with your staff and food services, unfortunetely, however, some of the things didnot meet our expectation.

I really enjoy the service of the some staff member as they were attentive and cooperative. They helped many guest with their services polititly. Furthermore, we all enjoyed the food quality as well as quantity, however, some of the employees was really disappointed with the limited choices and cold food served.

It would recommend if you arrange for a daily inspection of food quality services and provide appropriate training to your staff members.

I hope you will consider this suggestion for the betterment of the services in the future.

Yours faithfully,

Margee Patel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The letter addresses all three requested points: it identifies a hotel event with around 40 guests, praises attentive staff and the food, and recommends food-quality inspections and staff training. The purpose is clear from the opening, and the tone is generally appropriate for a formal complaint-and-feedback letter. The positive and negative comments are relevant, but some details are not fully developed: for example, the event itself is only briefly described, and the concern about cold food and limited choices could be explained more specifically. The improvement suggestions are useful, though linking each one directly to the problem would make the response more complete and persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: it opens with the reason for writing, describes the event, gives positive and negative feedback, and ends with recommendations and a polite closing. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages. Linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “however” show an effort to connect ideas, and the reader can follow the main message. At times, though, the connections feel mechanical or unclear, particularly where “however” appears twice in the same paragraph and the shift from praise to criticism is abrupt. More precise referencing and smoother links between the food comments and the proposed inspection would strengthen the progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary is adequate to communicate the main points, with relevant terms such as “attentive,” “cooperative,” “limited choices,” and “food quality.” There is also some attempt to use formal language, including “I am writing” and “I hope you will consider this suggestion.” However, noticeable spelling errors and awkward word choices reduce precision, as in “experince,” “sevrvices,” “polititly,” and “betterment of the services.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “food quality services” and “the service of the some staff member.” Greater control of spelling, collocation, and formal expressions would make the letter sound more fluent and professional.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter uses a mix of simple sentences and some longer structures, including a sentence that contrasts satisfaction with the problems encountered. The main meaning is generally understandable, but errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence construction remain noticeable. For example, “around 40 guest attended” needs plural agreement, while “some of the employees was” has a subject–verb agreement error. “It would recommend” is missing the subject and an appropriate construction, and “I really enjoy” does not maintain the past tense used for the event. Work on accurate past-tense narration, plural forms, and complete sentence patterns would improve control while preserving the range attempted.

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