Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-08-26

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have decided to look for a new job.

Write a letter to a friend. In your letter
• explain why you are looking for a new job.
• describe the kind of job you would like to have.
• ask your friend to help you find a job

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear _________,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Rahul,

i hope this letter finds you well.I am writing this letter to explain that i am finding a new job for me. As you know, i am working in a restaurant but that job is not related to my studies. I am doing that job to pay my expenses.

Furthermore, I want to do job related to my studies which is personal support worker and i am keenly intrested to serve the senior citizens and it also connects me with old people and i will get more lifelong experiences from them.

i would appericiate if you could provide me some details how to find job related to my field as well as i want to ask you one more thing as i know your mother is working as a personal support worker from last 10 years.it will be beneficial for me if you ask your mother if she agrees to give me a refrence.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerly,

Sayam

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You explained why you are looking for a new job (dissatisfaction with current work not related to your studies), described the desired role (personal support worker), and asked your friend for help. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a friend. To improve, you could expand slightly on the specific skills you have that make you a good candidate for this new role, which would help in developing your ideas further and making the request to your friend more persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter follows a logical progression, moving from your current situation to your goals and finally to your request for assistance. You use basic linking words like 'Furthermore' and 'as well as' to connect ideas. However, the paragraphing is somewhat inconsistent; the second and third paragraphs could be better structured to separate the description of the job from the request for help. Additionally, some transitions feel a bit mechanical. Improving the variety of cohesive devices would help the flow of the letter feel more natural and sophisticated.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for this task, such as 'keenly interested' and 'beneficial'. However, there are several spelling errors, such as 'intrested' (interested), 'appericiate' (appreciate), 'refrence' (reference), and 'sincerly' (sincerely). Additionally, the phrase 'finding a new job for me' is slightly unnatural; 'looking for a new job' would be more idiomatic. To reach a higher band, focus on accurate spelling and using more precise collocations related to professional job searching.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentences, but there are frequent errors in punctuation and grammar. For example, you often fail to capitalize the personal pronoun 'I' and there are missing spaces after periods (e.g., 'well.I', 'years.it'). There are also minor errors in article usage and verb tense, such as 'from last 10 years' instead of 'for the last 10 years'. While these errors do not impede communication, they occur frequently enough to lower the score. Focusing on basic sentence structure and proofreading for punctuation would significantly improve your accuracy.

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