Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-08-12

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 hope you are doing well.I am writing to express my interest to present a popular dish from my country Pakistan in up coming event.Dish I want to present in the event is called Biryani, It's one of the most famous dish of Pakistani culture.

Biryani dish is the combination of boiled rice, slow cooked tomatos with onion, coriander,lemon and special biryani spices. Biryani can be cooked in different variaties like chicken biryani, beef biryani, lamb biryani and vegetarian biryani.

Biryani is not only famous in Pakistan. People from different countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka also like it. I think this dish should be included in the upcoming event because its a event of popular food from arount the wold and all kind of people will attent it and different variaties of the biryani with meat and vegetarian will be suitable for every one.

I hope you accept my request and include this in upcoming event . I am looking forward to your response.

Your sincerely,

Raza Khan Taimori

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The response successfully addresses all three bullet points of the prompt. You clearly offer to prepare Biryani, describe its ingredients, and provide a logical justification for its inclusion in the event. The tone is appropriate for a letter to an event organiser. To reach a higher band, ensure that your ideas are slightly more developed; for instance, you could elaborate on the cultural significance of the dish or describe the sensory experience of the food to make the proposal more persuasive. Overall, the task is fully addressed in a clear and relevant manner.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter follows a logical progression, moving from the introduction to the description and finally the justification. Paragraphing is used, although the structure could be improved by separating the introduction, the body paragraphs, and the closing more distinctly. You use some cohesive devices, such as 'not only... but also' and 'because', but the flow is occasionally hindered by repetitive sentence structures and a lack of varied linking words. To improve, try using a wider range of cohesive devices like 'furthermore', 'consequently', or 'in addition' to connect your ideas more fluidly.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, allowing you to describe the dish and its ingredients clearly. You use some topic-specific vocabulary like 'slow cooked', 'coriander', and 'varieties'. However, there are some minor errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'arount the wold' instead of 'around the world' and 'attent' instead of 'attend'. The range of vocabulary is somewhat limited; using more sophisticated synonyms or descriptive adjectives would enhance the quality of your writing and help you achieve a higher band score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While the meaning is generally clear, there are several grammatical slips, such as missing articles ('in up coming event' should be 'in the upcoming event') and punctuation errors (missing spaces after periods). Subject-verb agreement is mostly accurate, but there are instances where the phrasing is slightly awkward, such as 'I am writing to express my interest to present'. Increasing the variety of complex sentence structures and proofreading for minor errors would significantly improve your score in this criterion.

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