Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-12

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 6.0)

Dear luis,

I am writing to explain you about the event where the club will celebrate the most famous dish from the entire globe. From my country there are several items we can include such as saag , maki ki roti as well as rajma chawal .However i think the Allo Parantha will be great.

The dish is Alllo Parantha which means it has potatoes , onions, green chilli , cumin seeds as well as some secret spices. It also depends upon person if someone does not like spicy they can customize it . This dish usually serve with curd and different types of pickles.

Additionally, it should be included in event because it is a healthy dish not a fast food . People can eat whenever they want as a breakfast , lunch and they can also eat with butter. It is also suitable for dinner nut some people think its heavy for night time some people usually eat it so don't worry about dinner.

I am waiting for your response and let me know if you want me change something.

Thank you,

jashan

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response successfully covers all the bullet points outlined in the prompt. You begin by addressing Luis and offering to make a popular dish, specifically mentioning 'Allo Parantha'. You then describe the dish well by explaining its key ingredients such as potatoes, onions, green chili, cumin seeds, and secret spices, while also mentioning how it is served with curd and pickles. Furthermore, you adequately explain why it should be included in the event, highlighting that it is a healthy home-style dish suitable for multiple meal times, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The ideas are clearly relevant to the context of an international students' club food celebration. All parts of the prompt are addressed with sufficient development, leading to a solid performance for this criterion.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter maintains a clear overall progression and follows a logical structure that mirrors the requirements of the prompt. You use some cohesive devices and transitions to connect your thoughts, such as 'However', 'Additionally', and 'It also depends'. Paragraphing is used to separate distinct ideas, moving from your introduction and offer, to the description of the dish, and finally to the reasons for inclusion. However, there are some mechanical or slightly faulty cohesive ties and referencing issues, such as 'nut some people think its heavy', which disrupt the smooth flow of the text. Overall arrangement is coherent, but greater control over transition phrasing would elevate this score.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for the task, successfully conveying everyday food items and descriptions like 'secret spices', 'curd and different types of pickles', and 'fast food'. You make several attempts to use less common or topic-specific terms, though there are noticeable lexical and spelling inaccuracies, such as 'Allo Parantha' (spelled inconsistently and informally), 'maki ki roti', and typographical issues like missing capitalization ('luis', 'jashan') and spacing errors around punctuation marks. Word choices are generally clear enough to ensure communication is not impeded, but precision and spelling control prevent a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writing demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional or concessive clauses ('if someone does not like spicy they can customize it' and 'although some people think its heavy'). There are, however, several grammatical errors throughout the text, including verb tense and complementation errors ('explain you about'), missing subject pronouns ('This dish usually serve', 'nut some people think'), and punctuation errors. While these errors are noticeable and require some re-reading, they do not completely impede communication. Your control over basic structures is fair, but frequent slips in grammar and punctuation limit your score here.

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