Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You rode in a taxi yesterday. When you got home, you realized you had left your bag in the taxi.

Write a letter to the manager of the taxi company. In your letter
• explain how you lost your bag.
• describe your bag.
• ask the manager to help you find it.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am prabjeet kaur one of your taxi rider. I hope you are doing well, I have been using A1 taxi from last two yeras with having good experience. I want you inform about my lost bag in the taxi yesterday ,I booked Taxi from your comapny app have all the details about the taxi along with location.

I want let you know about the bag, so i would be get easier for you to locate it easily. It is a black colour MK tote bag the key chain has been attached with bag straps. Moreover, my sunglasses are hang out to side of bag.

I request to you to find it as soon as possible as laptop have my laptop contaning my daily use essentials cards, driving license and so on. I have been appointed for presentation at work and my presentation was saved just only in the laptop. I hope you will find it before the deadline and whatever information has been provided by me helps you while searching the bag.

Your regards,

Prabjeet Kaur

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response covers all three bullet points required by the prompt successfully. You explain how the bag was lost by mentioning that you booked a taxi through the company app yesterday. You describe the bag adequately as a 'black colour MK tote bag' with a key chain attached and sunglasses hanging on the side. Finally, you ask the manager to help you find it. The tone is appropriately formal for a business letter, and all parts of the task are addressed, earning a solid band score for this criterion.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter has a clear overall structure, opening with a standard formal greeting and closing appropriately. However, the organisation within paragraphs could be smoother. There are some run-on sentences and comma splices, such as 'I hope you are doing well, I have been using...'. Paragraphing is used to separate the different points of the letter, but cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or missing. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as 'as laptop have my laptop contaning...', which disrupts the smooth flow of ideas.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common phrases like 'daily use essentials' and 'presentation at work'. However, there are noticeable word choice errors and typos, such as 'taxi rider' instead of 'passenger', 'comapny' instead of 'company', 'so i would be get easier', and 'contaning'. While these errors do not impede overall communication, they prevent the score from reaching a higher band. Spelling and word forms need closer proofreading.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

Your writing displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control over grammar and punctuation is inconsistent. There are several run-on sentences joined incorrectly with commas, and missing prepositions or articles, such as 'I booked Taxi from your comapny app' and 'I request to you to find it'. Furthermore, there is a duplicated clause in the third paragraph ('as laptop have my laptop contaning...'). While the meaning is generally clear, the frequency of grammatical and mechanical errors keeps this criterion at a band 5.5.

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