Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-13

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 john,

How are you, it's been a long time since we are not chatting.I want you to know that I have some free time to visit your city,because i have some work to done on that trip and i have free time to sightseeing to your city.

By the way I want to ask some information about your city,What is the best things to do and what is the spectacular place to visit there,maybe some amusement park or mall or hotel that I can relax. You can give then some stunning place to eat or some restaurant if I got hungry.

However, if you have some free time,may I invite you to go with me,and we made some moment at that time to chat and went to the place that you know because you live on that city.We can go also to the beach if there have some resort in your place.

Your friend,

micheal

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you explain that the visit is for work, ask what to see and do, and invite your friend to spend time with you. The questions about “the best things to do” and places to visit are relevant, and the invitation to chat or go to the beach gives the letter a friendly purpose. However, the business-trip explanation is unclear: “I have some free time to visit your city, because i have some work to done” does not clearly distinguish the work commitment from your sightseeing time. The request for recommendations is also broad, and the invitation could be more specific about an activity or time. Clarifying these details would make the response more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: you open with personal news, move to questions about the city, and finish with an invitation and sign-off. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and expressions such as “By the way” and “However” signal transitions. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent organisation and shows some ability to connect ideas. At times, though, the links feel mechanical or the relationship between ideas is unclear. For example, “However” does not introduce a contrast, and the long first paragraph combines the trip purpose and sightseeing without a clear progression. Use simpler, more precise transitions and separate the work purpose from your free-time plans.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main ideas and make several attempts at more descriptive language, including “spectacular place,” “stunning place,” and “amusement park.” The reader can generally understand that you want recommendations for sightseeing, food, and relaxation. However, some word choices and combinations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “some moment,” “went to the place,” and “hotel that I can relax.” The repeated use of “place” and “some” also limits precision. Choose expressions that fit the intended meaning and vary your wording—for example, ask for “sights worth visiting” or “a good place to eat.” This would make the letter sound more natural and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including questions and conditional phrasing such as “if you have some free time.” The main message remains understandable, but errors in verb forms, sentence construction, and punctuation occur across the letter. For example, “since we are not chatting” needs a tense that describes the period up to now, while “I have some work to done” has an incorrect verb pattern. In “we made some moment … and went to the place,” the verb forms do not fit the intended future invitation. Several sentences also run together after commas. Practise forming clear future invitations and questions, and check verb patterns and sentence boundaries.

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