Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-03

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 6.0)

Dear Luis,

I am writing this letter to discuss about our upcoming event as i am a member of an international students club. As in this event we have different food from all over the world. I would like to add a popular dish from my own country, but firstly i would like to get approval from you. As i would explain about the dish the name of the dish is pakoda this is very famous in India. This is spicy with lot of vegetables in it and have very different taste from any of other dishes. It is mostly eat with tea and coffee. The main reason is why i really want to add this dish in the event because when our relative or friend came to our house we specially make this dish so it is very special for us. Hope you will think about this and add this in our event menu.

Kind regards,

Parneet kaur

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

You have addressed all three bullet points in the prompt: offering to make a dish, describing it, and explaining its significance. However, the development of these ideas is somewhat limited. For instance, the description of the dish as 'spicy with lot of vegetables' is quite basic. To reach a higher band, you should aim to provide more descriptive detail about the preparation or the specific ingredients to better engage the reader. The tone is generally appropriate for a letter to a club member, though the structure could be more formal to better suit the context of an event proposal.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is easy to follow, and the ideas are logically sequenced. You use basic cohesive devices like 'As', 'but', and 'because' to connect your thoughts. However, the paragraphing is insufficient; the entire body of the letter is written as a single block of text. To improve, you should separate your introduction, the description of the dish, and your explanation into distinct paragraphs. Additionally, some transitions are a bit repetitive, and the flow between sentences could be improved by using a wider variety of linking words to create a more professional structure.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is adequate for the task, allowing you to communicate your message clearly. You use some topic-specific vocabulary such as 'international students club' and 'event menu'. However, the range is somewhat limited, and there are instances of awkward phrasing, such as 'discuss about' (discuss is transitive) and 'mostly eat with' (should be 'mostly eaten with'). To improve, try to incorporate more precise adjectives to describe the food and avoid repetitive sentence structures. Expanding your range of collocations will help you achieve a higher score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text. Examples include 'as i am a member' (capitalization of 'I'), 'discuss about' (unnecessary preposition), 'lot of vegetables' (missing article 'a'), and 'when our relative or friend came' (tense inconsistency). While these errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your meaning, they are frequent enough to impact the overall accuracy. Focusing on subject-verb agreement and consistent verb tenses will significantly improve your writing quality.

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