Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You are planning a business trip to another city. You will have some free time to do some sightseeing while you are there.
 

Write a letter to a friend who lives in the city you will visit. In your letter:
• explain the purpose of the trip.
• ask about things to do and see in the city.
• invite your friend to do something with you during your visit.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ____

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Smith,

It's been ages. I hope you'r doing well. As, you know am working in I was thrilled when I get to know my firm organising a business trip in Delhi where you live. The main motive of the trip is to meet the business contractor in Ram colony for discussing new plans to expand our empire, which will be possiblly take a half day. After which I will be free for 20 hours.

That's why I think it's better to inform you, by which we can spend quality time together and make plan for left over hours. I heared there are lots of amusement parks where we can do lots of exhilrating and thrilling activities, as well as there are number of historical sites which evident the past and broaden our knowledge.

Following this, I would like to you to plan you day accordingly, so we can do site seeing with excited activities, which would be the best for us being aderline junkies. We will also click photos and create memories.

I hope you respond positively to this. I look forward to hearing from you dear.

Your lovingly,

Alice

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The letter covers all three required points: you explain that the trip is for a business meeting, ask about sightseeing options, and invite your friend to spend time with you. The details about meeting a contractor and having free time afterwards make the purpose clear. You also suggest amusement parks and historical sites, which gives your friend something specific to respond to. However, the request for recommendations is not fully clear, and the invitation remains general: “plan you day accordingly” does not specify a particular activity or time. To strengthen the response, ask directly which places your friend recommends and propose a concrete plan, such as visiting a historical site together after your meeting.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The ideas follow a generally sensible order: you introduce the trip, explain its business purpose, describe possible sightseeing, and close with an invitation. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages, and phrases such as “After which” and “Following this” signal progression. Some connections are less clear or mechanical, however. “That's why I think it's better to inform you, by which…” makes the relationship between informing your friend and planning time together difficult to follow. The final sightseeing paragraph also repeats the idea of planning activities without clearly separating your request from your invitation. Use direct transitions and organise the letter into clear paragraphs for the trip, a question about recommendations, and a specific invitation.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for a friendly letter and attempt some less common expressions, including “expand our empire,” “broaden our knowledge,” and “create memories.” These show an effort to vary your vocabulary, although some choices are inaccurate or unnatural in context. “Business contractor” is not the usual term for the person you are meeting, while “exhilarating and thrilling activities” is repetitive. There are also spelling errors in words such as “heard,” “exhilarating,” and “sightseeing,” alongside awkward phrases such as “left over hours.” These do not prevent the reader from understanding your main ideas, but more accurate collocations and careful proofreading would make the letter sound more natural and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The letter attempts both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “where you live” and a purpose phrase in “for discussing new plans.” However, errors occur across verb forms, sentence construction, and punctuation, and they sometimes make the reader pause. For example, “As, you know am working in I was thrilled when I get to know” is incomplete and combines clauses incorrectly; “which will be possiblly take a half day” has a faulty verb structure; and “I would like to you to plan you day” has errors in the infinitive pattern and possessive form. Practise building complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and check tense consistency, articles, and punctuation before sending.

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