Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-30

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 6.5)

Dear Xyz,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to you because I have decided to quit my job and started looking for another firm.

As a quality control supervisor, my duties and responsibilities are same for more than 3 years and now their is no promotion guaranteed at the present moment. Beside this, company's management has paused hiring and they are not to gave us raise. Although, team is good and the vice president is always good to me be, but I want to grow in my career and looking for new challenges.

As you know, I am found of chemistry related things since the college time. Chemicals excites me and I love to do practical things like HPLC testing, Sulphur tests, batch mixing or making. Those kind of roles required the best analytical skills which I possed.

I know you are working in chemical industry and you are active on linkdien and other hiring sites. Could you please help me to get new job or if your organization is going to expand the team I am happy to join. See if their is ny opening.

Lets meet next Sunday at cafe; my treat. Let me know.

Your faithfully,

Piyush

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response successfully covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. You clearly explain why you are looking for a new job, citing stagnant promotion prospects and a lack of salary increases as your current supervisor. You also describe the kind of role you would like to have, specifically mentioning your passion for chemistry-related tasks like HPLC testing and Sulphur tests. Finally, you successfully ask your friend for help in finding a new opportunity and propose checking for openings in their organization. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly throughout the letter, matching the General Training requirements well.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter is logically organised with a clear beginning, middle, and end, making good use of paragraphing to separate different points, such as your reasons for leaving, your desired job, and your request for help. Cohesive devices are used adequately with words like 'Although', 'Beside this', and 'Could you please', though some transitions are slightly repetitive or mechanical. Referencing is generally clear, and the overall progression of ideas is easy to follow from the introductory greeting down to the closing sign-off.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You demonstrate a sufficient range of vocabulary suitable for a workplace context, using terms such as 'quality control supervisor', 'analytical skills', and 'chemical industry'. However, there are some noticeable lexical errors and awkward collocations, such as writing 'started looking' instead of 'starting', 'am found of' instead of 'fond of', and 'Chemicals excites me' instead of 'excite'. Despite these occasional inaccuracies and spelling issues like 'linkdien', the vocabulary is adequate to convey your meaning clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The writing includes a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some control over grammar with structures such as 'As a quality control supervisor, my duties...' and 'I know you are working in...'. However, there are several noticeable grammatical and mechanical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('their is no promotion', 'Chemicals excites me', 'Those kind of roles required', 'their is ny opening'), preposition errors ('since the college time'), and punctuation slips ('cafe;'). These errors do not impede overall communication, but they lower the accuracy score.

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