Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-07

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 6.5)

Dear Rilee,

I hope you are doing well. I am excited to write that I am coming in your city on next thursday. Its been a long time to see you and hope will catch you this time.

I am planning to take Cookery course in one of your city college. As i am on holiday period , getting bored at my home so i decided to get some online learning in this course. This time, I will collect some information about the timing, admission fees and starting date of course.

Yesterday, I looked some good places in your hometown and realized how the beautiful place it is! It has numerous historical buildings and Golden parks. I have never been golden park in my life and very thrilled to go there.

I booked a ticket for next month and hopefully will stay for 2 weeks. I am aware that you have busy schedule because of your college and part time job. I will be very thankful if you spend some time with me on incoming weekend. Well, you will be excited if i inform you that i booked two concert tickets for both of us about Rihana's show.

I will see you shortly and dont miss me too much.

Love,

Rishika

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The letter covers all three bullet points: the purpose of the trip (a cookery course), a request for sightseeing recommendations, and an invitation to meet. The tone is appropriately informal for a letter to a friend. However, the development of ideas is slightly inconsistent. For instance, the explanation of the cookery course is a bit confusing, as you mention taking a course at a college but then describe it as 'online learning' while at home. Clarifying these details would make the purpose of your trip more logical. Overall, the task is addressed well, and the reader clearly understands the intent of your visit.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The letter is organized into clear paragraphs, each focusing on a specific aspect of the prompt. You use some cohesive devices, such as 'Yesterday' and 'However', to link ideas. However, the flow between sentences is occasionally mechanical, and some transitions feel abrupt, such as the jump from discussing the cookery course to describing the city's landmarks. Additionally, the use of referencing is sometimes unclear, such as 'I have never been golden park', which lacks a preposition and clear connection to the previous sentence. Improving the variety of linking words would help the text flow more naturally.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using phrases like 'historical buildings' and 'thrilled to go there'. There are some instances of awkward word choice or collocation, such as 'coming in your city' (should be 'coming to your city') and 'looked some good places' (should be 'looked up' or 'researched'). You also use 'golden parks' as a proper noun, which seems to be a misunderstanding of a specific place name. While the vocabulary is sufficient to convey your meaning, it lacks the precision and flexibility required for a higher band score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation. Common issues include missing articles ('in one of your city college'), incorrect preposition usage ('coming in your city'), and subject-verb agreement errors ('I looked some good places'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with the use of apostrophes in 'Its' and 'Rihana's'. While these errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your message, they occur frequently enough to impact the overall accuracy of the writing. Focusing on basic sentence construction and proofreading for small errors will help improve your score.

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