Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You are a member of an International Students' club. The club is organising an event to celebrate popular food from around the world.

Write a letter to the event organiser, Luis. In your letter

• offer to make a popular dish from your country
• describe what this dish is
• explain why it should be included in the event

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Luis,

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Dear Luis,

I am Anjani, an Indian. I am writing to show my interest in the food fest you are going to organise. What piques my interest is not only the theme of the event, tradtional food, but also an opportunity to make my country feel proud by representing a famous cuisin. I am confident that I would be a potential competant.

The dish I want to prepare is rice pudding, as it has all the key ingredients our ancestors used in the past to enhance its flavor. It's made from boiling milk and rice at lwo flame with continous stiring by an individual for nearly 2 to 3 hours, followed by the addition of dry fruits and healthy herbs, which resulted into sweet and delicious in taste.

In addition, another noteworhy reason to add this dish in the international food festival is that it represents the culture heritage of India, as condiments and special flavouring agents added in this are amazing and it is based on natural products. As well as, it is not something like just boiled and represented, it takes a whole day in pre and post prepration. Firstly, rice needs to be soaked over night, then milk and other things are added and finally it is served in biodegradeable plates made from banana leaves.

I would therefore appreciate it if you could give me a chance to present my country's popular couisin. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Anjani

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you offer to prepare rice pudding, explain its ingredients and preparation, and give reasons for including it, especially its connection to Indian heritage and the use of banana-leaf plates. Your willingness to contribute is also clear in the closing request. The preparation details give the organiser a useful picture of the dish, and the cultural explanation extends your proposal. Some support is less precise, however: the claim that the dish uses ingredients ancestors used “to enhance its flavor” is broad, and the reason that it takes a whole day to prepare does not fully explain why it belongs at the event. Make the cultural or culinary value of these details more explicit to strengthen the case.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: you introduce your interest, describe the dish, explain its cultural significance and preparation, then make a polite request. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and links such as “In addition” and “I would therefore” guide the reader. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent overall arrangement, while the specific details and progression show some features of stronger organisation. However, connections are occasionally mechanical or unclear. “As well as” does not form a complete link to the preceding sentence, and “Firstly” introduces a preparation sequence without a matching final marker. Use transitions that express the exact relationship between ideas, and keep each paragraph focused on one purpose.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for a formal letter about food and culture, including “traditional food,” “flavouring agents,” “cultural heritage,” and “biodegradable plates.” These choices help convey the dish’s ingredients and significance, and you attempt some less common expressions. However, several spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision, such as “tradtional,” “cuisin,” “competant,” “noteworhy,” and “prepration.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise: “make my country feel proud” and “sweet and delicious in taste” do not sound idiomatic. Proofread spelling and choose natural collocations; this will make your meaning more fluent without requiring more elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of sentence forms, including a relative clause (“which resulted into…”) and longer sentences describing the cooking process. The main message remains understandable, but control is uneven: some complex constructions are faulty, and several sentences contain errors in verb form, clause structure, or agreement. For example, “which resulted into sweet and delicious in taste” does not form a complete, grammatically sound description, while “it takes a whole day in pre and post preparation” has an unclear grammatical pattern. The opening “I am Anjani, an Indian” is understandable but could be expressed more naturally as “I am Anjani, and I am from India.” Build accuracy by checking each long sentence for a clear subject and verb, and use shorter sentences when needed.

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