Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-31

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 Aslam,

I hope you're in good health.I was delighted to hear from Mohan of your promotion to another position in your company. Congratulations!

Good news!, I have been appointed to visit one of our customer who apperantly based in your city. So, I will be making a trip to Chicago soon. The main purpose of this trip is to have brief meeting about our new product with out clients, explain the uses and benefits of this item followed by dining in a fine restaurant.

Furthermore, my collegues are very excited to see Chicago, as it is thier first time travelling another city. I would like your suggestions for sightseeing in the city. One of my co-worker is a vegeterian, and he has a strict regualtion, if you know any place which serves the vegeterian cuisine please let me know.

I believe that after my meetings, I will be free on the weekend. How about we catch up on the Saturday if your available?. We could also invite our friend Darrel who also live in the same town.

I hope to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Anand

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you explain that the trip is for a client meeting about a new product, ask for sightseeing and vegetarian dining suggestions, and invite Aslam to meet on Saturday, possibly with Darrel. These details make the letter relevant and give the recipient a clear reason to reply. The purpose is also extended with information about your colleagues and the meeting. To make the response more fully developed, clarify the sightseeing request with a specific interest or type of activity, and make the proposed Saturday plan more concrete—for example, suggest a place or activity. The invitation is understandable, but currently remains quite general.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter follows a clear sequence: greeting and personal news, explanation of the trip, requests for advice, and an invitation before the closing. Paragraphing supports this progression, and phrases such as “Furthermore” and “How about” help signal shifts in purpose. The reader can follow the main ideas without difficulty. However, some links feel mechanical or are not quite suited to the relationship between ideas: “Furthermore” introduces a new topic rather formally, while “Good news!” is separated awkwardly from the sentence that follows. The sentence about the client meeting and dining also combines several points. Use more natural transitions and separate related details into clearer sentences to make cohesion smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for a friendly letter, including relevant expressions such as “appointed to visit,” “main purpose,” “sightseeing,” and “catch up.” The vocabulary communicates the business context and the requests effectively, and you attempt more specific terms such as “vegetarian cuisine.” Some spelling and word-choice errors, however, reduce accuracy and polish: “apperantly,” “collegues,” “thier,” and “regualtion” are misspelled, while “another position” is less natural than “a new position.” “Fine restaurant” is understandable but vague in this context. Check spelling carefully and choose more precise, natural collocations; this will make the letter sound more fluent without changing its friendly tone.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the purpose clause “to have brief meeting” and the conditional request “if you know any place…please let me know.” The overall meaning remains clear, but some grammatical errors occur across the letter. Examples include missing articles in “a brief meeting” and “one of our customer,” agreement in “one of our customer” and “Darrel who also live,” and the incorrect form “I hope to hearing from you.” There are also sentence-boundary and punctuation problems, such as the missing space after “health.” and the question mark followed by a full stop in “available?.” Review articles, subject–verb agreement, verb patterns after “hope,” and sentence punctuation. More accurate control of these forms would strengthen the varied structures you are already attempting.

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