Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-21

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 6.5)

Dear Sir,

I am writing this to report the lost bag of mine in one of your taxies on September 21,2026 evening. I took the ride from 6 flora drive to kennedy sation around 5.00 pm in a white honda CRV. There was one backpack and a hand bag with me. Twenty minutes after reaching kennedy station I realised that my hand bag is missing.

It was a small brown colour leather bag with two small straps attached to the sides and an emblem of Aldo embossed in the front of the bag. It have my driving licence, umberlla, credit card. In addition, a pair of my house key and 300 dollar by cash.

I would like to request your assistance to find my bag. If you get any information regarding my bag or if you need any additional information please feel free to contact me. I am available at [redacted phone] any time.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

I am looking for your prompt response

Sincerely ,

Neethu

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The response successfully covers all three bullet points required by the task prompt. You clearly explained how you lost your bag by detailing the date, time, route, and vehicle description, such as "in a white honda CRV" on September 21. You provided a thorough description of the bag, mentioning it was "a small brown colour leather bag" with specific features like Aldo branding, and listed the contents including a driving licence and cash. Furthermore, you explicitly asked the manager for assistance. All parts of the task are addressed adequately and the tone is appropriate for a formal complaint or inquiry letter. Therefore, this fulfills the criteria for a solid band score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The letter has a clear logical organization with distinct paragraphs that separate the introduction, the description of the items, and the call to action. Cohesive devices are used adequately, such as "Twenty minutes after" and "In addition". However, referencing is occasionally slightly informal or mechanical, and the paragraph structure could flow with more sophisticated transitions. Despite these minor issues, the overall arrangement is coherent, ideas progress logically, and paragraphing is used appropriately to guide the reader through the narrative of the lost property.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using functional terms like "backpack", "embossed", and "assistance". There are a few noticeable word-choice and prepositional errors, such as writing "in one of your taxies" instead of 'taxis', and stating "It have my driving licence" instead of 'It contained' or 'It had'. You also wrote "300 dollar by cash" instead of 'in cash'. These errors do not impede communication, but they prevent the vocabulary score from reaching a higher band. Incorporating more precise collocation and less common lexical items would improve this area.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The writing exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional structures ("If you get any information...") and relative clauses. There are some grammatical errors throughout the text, notably subject-verb agreement issues like "It have my driving licence" instead of 'It has', punctuation errors in dates ("September 21,2026"), and a missing preposition in the closing sentence ("I am looking for your prompt response"). However, these errors rarely impede communication, and the meaning remains clear to the reader, placing the grammar comfortably in the band 6 range.

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