Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-27

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 Rahul,

How are you? It's been a long time since we have met at our friend's wedding last summer.

This summer I have taken a long vacation from my work because I have some personal things to do. And for that I rented a beautiful five bedroom house located on the side of lake. The house has a swimming pool, personal chef and for sports it has backyard that has football field as well.

I am spending all my summer doing physical activity and playing video games over there. In the morning, I can get healthy meal from my chef and for the whole day my meals get prepared.

I know that you also have you summer holidays coming so i hope you come over here for a month and stay with me for that time and we can cherish our old memories together.

Hope to hear from you soon.

yours faithfully

Bhanu

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you describe the five-bedroom lakeside house and its pool, chef and football area, explain that you exercise and play video games, and invite Rahul to stay for a month. The friendly opening and shared memories also suit the purpose of writing to a friend. The description of the house is the most developed part, while your account of how you spend your time is less clear: “doing physical activity” is broad, and the meal details do not explain what you do during the day. To strengthen the letter, add a specific example of an activity or a detail about the lake, and make the invitation more practical by suggesting dates or asking when Rahul is free. The main ideas are relevant, but not all are extended equally.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter follows a sensible order, moving from a personal greeting to the house, your activities and the invitation, then closing appropriately. This makes the overall message easy to follow. Paragraphing would make these shifts clearer; at present, the house and activities are presented in one continuous block. Some links are also awkward or repetitive, particularly “And for that,” which does not clearly connect the vacation to renting the house, and “for the whole day,” which repeats the idea of meals being prepared without adding much. Use separate paragraphs for the house, your routine and the invitation, and connect ideas with more precise transitions. The progression is clear overall, though cohesion is not yet consistently smooth.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main details, including “five bedroom house,” “swimming pool,” “physical activity” and “cherish our old memories.” The last phrase adds a warm, personal tone. However, some expressions are imprecise or unnatural, such as “on the side of lake,” “personal chef” and “backyard that has football field.” “Doing physical activity” is also general, so the reader does not learn what you actually do. These choices do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and naturalness. Aim for more idiomatic combinations and specific activity words—for example, describe the house as being “beside the lake” and say whether you swim, hike or play football.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more extended sentence forms, and the meaning is generally clear. For example, the invitation combines a reason, a proposed stay and a shared activity in one sentence. Some grammatical errors remain: “since we have met” should be “since we met,” and “on the side of lake” needs an article before “lake.” In “you also have you summer holidays,” the possessive should be “your”; the sentence also needs a capital “I” in “i hope.” The long invitation would be easier to control if divided into two sentences. Check articles, possessives, tense choices and sentence boundaries during proofreading, while continuing to use varied sentence structures.

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