Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 Manveer,

I am writing this letter to acknowledge you that i planned a business trip to your city Goa, from October 21 to October 30. I have some lesiure time during my work meetings to explore your city.

You will be glad to hear that i am starting my new business of textile and have some clients in your city which are showing intrest in my finding and researchs. They are looking to work as shreholders and want to invest their wealth into my business.

I am looking on internet that your city have some interesting, historical and ancient architectural buildings or museums. I am very excited to explore them and make my visit as a great memory for my furture.

I will feel very loved and glad if you join me throughout my visit and help me out with addressing me more about your place. We will visit some delicious dine in place which i already checked and give our past college meomories a life again.

I will wait for your response and pray for your well being.

Warm Regards,

Bik

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three points: you explain that the trip is for your textile business and meetings with prospective clients, ask about historical buildings and museums, and invite Manveer to join you. The purpose is clear, and the personal reference to shared college memories helps make the invitation relevant to a friend. The sightseeing request, however, is fairly general: you mention types of places rather than asking about particular attractions or what your friend recommends. The invitation also leaves the proposed activity and timing somewhat vague. To strengthen the response, develop these requests with a specific question, such as asking which museum is worth visiting, and suggest a day or evening to meet.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information is arranged in a sensible sequence: trip details and purpose come first, followed by sightseeing, the invitation, and a closing. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow the different parts of the letter, and links such as “You will be glad to hear” and “I will wait for your response” support the friendly tone. Some connections are less smooth, however. The shift from business clients to sightseeing is abrupt, and “I will feel very loved and glad if you join me throughout my visit” does not clearly connect the invitation to a particular plan. The final paragraph also combines dining with college memories without explaining the relationship. Use clearer transitions and organise each paragraph around one main idea to make progression more natural.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the situation, including “business trip,” “clients,” “invest,” “historical,” and “architectural,” and the friendly closing suits a personal letter. There is some attempt at less common language, but several word choices, collocations, and spelling errors reduce naturalness and occasionally make the meaning harder to follow. For example, “acknowledge you that” is not a natural way to introduce the news, while “my finding and researchs” and “shreholders” are unclear or incorrectly formed. “Delicious dine in place” is also an awkward phrase. Aim for accurate, familiar collocations first, and check spelling and word forms carefully; this will make your meaning more precise without needing overly elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter includes both simple statements and attempts at longer structures, such as “I have some leisure time during my work meetings to explore your city” and the sentence describing the clients who want to invest. The main message remains understandable, but errors in sentence construction and grammatical forms occur across the response. For instance, “I am writing this letter to acknowledge you that I planned” has an incorrect verb pattern and tense, and “your city have” does not match its subject. There are also repeated problems with capitalisation of “I” and punctuation around sentence boundaries. Practise reliable patterns such as “I’m writing to tell you that…” and check subject–verb agreement, tense consistency, and sentence punctuation when editing.

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