Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-03

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 Sarah,

Hope you are doing good. I am exciting to share with you you that I am planning to visit to your city for my business purposes.

As you know, I work as a software engineer in multinational company and on upcoming week, I have a conference which will be held at hotel park plaza in your city. My colleagues will also come to attend this office conference.

We planned to explore the locations as we have two days left after our business meeting.I would appreciate if you could guide us about the things which can we do during our trip and make it memorable. Moreover, I would like to know about the all different places, which are famous for tourist attraction.

In addition, on last day of our trip, we decided to go for a dinner at one of the popular resturants and I will be happy to see you there nad join us. I hope you will give me better suggestions and will meet me, if time permits.

See you soon.

Warm regards,

Harman

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You successfully covered all parts of the prompt. You clearly explained the purpose of your trip by mentioning your conference as a software engineer at Hotel Park Plaza, asked for recommendations regarding tourist attractions and activities, and invited your friend Sarah to join you and your colleagues for dinner on the final day. Your ideas are relevant, and the purpose of the letter is clear throughout. To move towards a higher band, you could extend your ideas further by providing more specific details about what kind of sights or activities you and your colleagues enjoy, making the tone and purpose even more naturally elaborated.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

Your letter shows a clear logical organisation and progression throughout. You used appropriate paragraphing, dividing your introduction, purpose, questions, invitation, and sign-off into distinct sections. You also used helpful cohesive devices such as 'As you know', 'Moreover', and 'In addition' to connect your ideas smoothly. However, there are minor moments where referencing or flow could be slightly more natural, such as the phrasing in 'things which can we do'. Continuing to refine how you transition between your thoughts will help elevate your overall cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You used an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting some less common words and phrases such as 'multinational company', 'conference', and 'tourist attraction'. However, there are notable word choice errors, spelling mistakes, and awkward collocations that hold back your score. For instance, writing 'I am exciting' instead of 'I am excited', 'planning to visit to your city' with an unnecessary preposition, spelling 'restaurants' as 'resturants', and the unnatural phrase 'different places, which are famous for tourist attraction'. Fixing these lexical inaccuracies and expanding your repertoire of natural phrases will significantly improve your lexical score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You demonstrated a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating clauses using words like 'which' and 'if time permits'. However, your writing contains frequent grammar errors in areas such as verb forms, prepositions, and punctuation. Examples include 'Hope you are doing good' (instead of well), 'on upcoming week' (instead of next week), 'We planned to explore' (where past continuous or future intent might be better suited), and the repetitive double pronoun in 'share with you you that I am planning'. Additionally, punctuation slips like the typo in 'nad join us' detract from the accuracy of your sentences.

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