Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-24

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 6.5)

Dear Ravi,

I hope you are doing great. I am writng to inform you about my house that I have rented for the entire summer vacation. As you know I love spending time with nature and admire its beauty and this is why I rented this house near the Lke Louise.

This unit is very spacias and have two bedrooms with attached washrooms. It has an attice with a space to see the lake from the top of the house. It has large glass windows facing the Lake and extra space in front of the house for parking.

I have desided to spend my whole vacation in this house and do lots of fun activities with family and friends. In adition to this I also bought drawing items and tools so that I would spend some time drawing. Moreover, I have allocated some weekeds for photography of surrounding floura and fauna. You know it would be a lot of fun! And I would like you to join me for some days during this time as you also love doing boating and hiking.

I would appreciate if you come. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Nitin.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The student has successfully covered all three bullet points required in the task instructions. First, the house is described well, including details about the bedrooms, attic, windows, and parking space. Second, the student explains how they are spending their time there, mentioning drawing and photography. Finally, an invitation is extended to the friend to join them for boating and hiking. The tone is appropriately friendly and informal for a General Training letter. The purpose is clear throughout, and all ideas are relevant and sufficiently extended. The response meets all the positive requirements for Task Achievement, earning a solid band score.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter exhibits a clear logical organization with appropriate paragraphing. Each paragraph has a distinct focus, moving smoothly from a greeting and introduction, to a description of the house, then to activities and an invitation, and finally a polite sign-off. Cohesive devices such as 'In adition to this', 'Moreover', and 'And' are used to connect ideas, although spelling errors like 'adition' affect cohesion slightly. Referencing is generally clear, and the overall progression of information flows naturally from start to finish.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for a personal letter, incorporating terms like 'vacation', 'nature', 'photography', and 'surrounding flora and fauna'. However, there are several spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'writng' for writing, 'Lke' for Lake, 'spacias' for spacious, 'attice' for attic, and 'desided' for decided. While these errors do not impede overall communication and the reader easily understands the message, their frequency prevents the lexical score from reaching higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

The student demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional and coordinating clauses like 'As you know I love spending time with nature and admire its beauty and this is why I rented this house...'. There are some grammatical and punctuation errors, for example, missing commas after introductory clauses and subject-verb agreement issues like 'This unit is very spacias and have two bedrooms'. Nonetheless, these errors are relatively minor and rarely impede communication, allowing the reader to follow the descriptions and narrative easily.

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