Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-11

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,

I am writing this letter to inform you that yesterday evening i left my bag in taxi. I really aprreciate if you could help me to find my bag.

Yesterday, when i done my work from office i took a taxito my home. On the way, i was busy with my friend on call. However, the wether was also rainy and I faced a lot of traffic in the way. I was very hurry to come house that is the reason i left my bag in the taxi.

My bag have four zips with side pockets.The colour of my bag is black and it has big side sling.My bag has a hanging teddy key chain and a sticker on the front side.It made with leather. I always use this bag for my office and all my important documents in it.

I hope you will help me to find out my bag.Please ask your tracking team to find the taxi that was near my office yesterday. I did not remember the taxi number but there was a canada flag sticker on the front mirror of the taxi. Please contact me when you find my bag.

Your faithfuly

Harman

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three required points: it explains that you left the bag while distracted by a phone call and in a hurry, describes its colour, zips, pockets, key chain, sticker and material, and asks the manager to help locate it. The request to check for a taxi with a Canada flag sticker is a useful identifying detail. These relevant specifics make the purpose clear and support the main ideas. To make the response more fully developed, clarify the journey details—for example, where you boarded and where you were dropped off—and give a direct way for the company to contact you, such as a phone number or email. The formal opening and closing are appropriate, though the salutation should match the requested wording.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information is arranged in a sensible sequence: the opening states the purpose, the next paragraph explains the journey, the following paragraph describes the bag, and the final paragraph makes the request. This clear paragraphing helps the reader follow the letter. Some links between ideas are less smooth, however. In the journey paragraph, “However” does not clearly show the relationship between the phone call, the rain and the traffic, and “that is the reason” makes the explanation feel repetitive. The final request also moves from asking for help to identifying a taxi without a particularly smooth transition. Use linking phrases selectively and make each paragraph’s progression explicit to strengthen cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the situation and give a recognisable description, including “side pockets,” “teddy key chain,” “sticker” and “important documents.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling, word-choice and collocation errors reduce naturalness: “aprreciate,” “wether,” “taxito,” “very hurry,” and “find out my bag.” Some descriptions are also imprecise, such as “big side sling.” Choose more conventional phrases, such as “I would appreciate it if,” “in a hurry,” and “help me locate my bag,” and check spelling carefully. More precise vocabulary for the bag’s shape or strap would make the description clearer and more fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter includes both simple sentences and attempts at longer structures, such as “when I done my work from office” and “I was very hurry to come house that is the reason…”. These attempts show some range, but errors in verb forms, articles, agreement and sentence boundaries are persistent. For example, “I left my bag in taxi” needs an article, “My bag have four zips” has incorrect subject–verb agreement, and “It made with leather” needs a passive construction. The run-on sentence beginning “I was very hurry” also needs clearer punctuation or a conjunction. Practise accurate past-tense forms and build longer sentences from correctly controlled clauses.

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