Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-12

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have rented a house by a lake for the summer.

Write a letter to a friend. In your letter
• describe the house.
• describe how you are spending your time there.
• invite your friend to come and visit.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ____

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Maher,

I hope you doing well. I'm writing to talk about my vacancy in Haway. But first of all, I want to give you a small description about the house that I have rented by a lake for this summer.

The hause is a hot standing, with a small kitchen combined with the living room. There is two bedrooms very spaced and lightning by two big windows for each one. The house is very welcoming and calm. You can found a small garden where I've enjoyed the fresh atmosphere.

For the entertainment, there's a swimming pool located in the backyyard. So I usually spent hours swimming. Fir food, a tiny dinner nearby where I went to try new local dishes and i found it so delicious. By night, I went to the night club in front of the beach, such a beautiful place.

So buddy, you can enjoy me, the house was spaced we will spend a memorible time together. We have many catching up to do.

Give me a call, I'll be waiting for you.

Take care

Hatem

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The writer successfully covers all three bullet points required by the task. The letter begins with a suitable friendly greeting to Maher, describes the rented house by the lake in Haway with details about the rooms and garden, explains how time is spent through swimming and visiting local places, and concludes with a clear and warm invitation to visit. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly throughout. Although some descriptions are relatively simple, the overall purpose of the letter is fully achieved and all parts of the prompt are addressed well.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter follows a clear logical organisation and progression from the opening greeting and context-setting, through the descriptions and activities, to the final invitation and sign-off. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different topics, such as the house description versus daily activities. Cohesive devices are generally used appropriately, though there are some slight awkwardness in transitions (e.g., 'For food, a tiny dinner nearby'). Referencing is mostly clear, contributing to an easy flow of ideas between sentences and paragraphs.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for a general task, attempting some less common phrases like 'fresh atmosphere' and 'local dishes'. However, there are noticeable lexical inaccuracies and misspellings, such as 'vacancy' instead of 'holiday/trip', 'hause' instead of 'house', 'hot standing' instead of a clear description, 'spaced' instead of 'spacious', and 'memorible' instead of 'memorable'. Despite these word-choice and spelling errors, communication of meaning is not seriously impeded.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms. There are several grammatical errors and awkward structures throughout the text, such as 'I hope you doing well' (missing auxiliary verb), 'lightning by two big windows' (incorrect participle form), 'You can found' (modal verb error), and 'you can enjoy me' (unnatural collocation/verb choice). While punctuation is generally functional, the frequency of grammatical inaccuracies means that error-free sentences are not in the majority, placing this performance firmly in the band 5.5 range.

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