Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have been going to weekly physio sessions for a wrist injury with Jamie Patel. Your next appointment is booked for Thursday afternoon, but you have recently got a new work schedule that may stop you going. You would like to tell Jamie how you are getting on and find out what you should do until you can meet again.

Write a letter to your physiotherapist, Jamie Patel. In your letter

• explain how your new work schedule clashes with the appointment
• describe how your wrist has changed since your last session
• ask whether you should continue your current exercises or do anything else before your next appointment

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ...............,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Jamie Patel.

I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to inform you about to cancel appointment with you on thursday. Unfortuantely I have recently got a work schedule. I will re- arrange my appointment with you in a few weeks.

I need to present a presentation on the thursday regarding pollution in the university. It is important for academic purpose. I need to go outside from my town for 3 weeks. Therefore, it will difficult for me to come at the clinic.

My last session was on tuesday and now I can see improvement in swelling and pain. I can do house hold chores and other activities also. Sometime I experienced a pain but overall it was getting improved day by day.

As you prescribed various exercises such as for strengthening and gripping. I am doing them on daily basis. But if anything else i need to do, I will contact you for further enquries.

I am looking forward to your response.

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,

Rajandeep Kaur

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The letter covers all three required points: it explains that a university presentation and a three-week trip conflict with Thursday’s appointment, reports reduced swelling and pain with some remaining discomfort, and asks about continuing exercises. The purpose is clear and the information is relevant. The progress update is reasonably specific, including being able to do household chores, while the request for guidance is less fully developed: “if anything else I need to do” does not clearly ask whether the current exercises should continue until the next session. The appointment change is also presented as a decision to rearrange rather than a direct request to reschedule. Making these requests explicit and adding a little detail about the remaining pain would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information is arranged in a sensible sequence: the opening explains the appointment problem, followed by the reason for the clash, an update on the wrist, and a question about care. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these topics, and phrases such as “Therefore” and “But” signal relationships between ideas. The progression is clear overall, though some links are mechanical or imprecise. For example, “Therefore, it will difficult for me to come at the clinic” does not clearly connect the three-week trip to the appointment, and the final paragraph shifts from describing exercises to saying “I will contact you” rather than directly asking Jamie for advice. Use more direct transitions and keep the request focused on what Jamie should advise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main situation, with relevant terms such as “appointment,” “swelling,” “strengthening,” and “gripping.” There are also attempts at more specific language, including “academic purpose” and “house hold chores,” but several choices or forms are inaccurate or unnatural and make the letter less polished. Examples include “got a work schedule” where the intended meaning is a new schedule, “present a presentation,” and “further enquries.” Spelling and word formation also need attention. Aim for natural collocations and precise wording, especially when explaining the work conflict and asking for clinical guidance; this would make the message clearer and more professional.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response uses a mix of short statements and longer sentences, and most ideas remain understandable. However, some grammatical errors recur in sentence construction, articles, verb forms, and punctuation. For instance, “I am writing this letter to inform you about to cancel appointment” has an incomplete construction, while “it will difficult” is missing a verb form. “I can do house hold chores and other activities also” and “Sometime I experienced a pain” also show problems with sentence structure and tense. The greeting ends with a full stop rather than a comma, and “thursday” should be capitalised. Practise forming clear requests and checking each sentence for a complete verb phrase, appropriate tense, and correct articles.

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