Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-17

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 regarding an event you are going to organise to celebrate famous cuisines from around the globe.

I heared that there will be so many food counters. Everyone will introduce their cultural food. Due to this, I decided I will also represent my cultural dish.

'Halwa' is really popular dish in my country specially in Punjab. People make it on special events or festivals because they think it comes with luck and it is healthy. Halwa is made by flour, ghee as well as water.

I want to include this tasty dish in an upcoming event because I have changed the recipe with slight mixture of western culture. the main motive is that to show friendship between countries. Moreover, some of my other teammates who are from Japan are going to help me.

I would appreciate it if you could let me know as soon as possible.

Thank you very much for your valuable time.

Yours faithfully,

Sarbjit kaur.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The student has successfully covered all parts of the bullet points provided in the prompt. First, she offers to make a popular dish from her country, explicitly stating 'I decided I will also represent my cultural dish.' Second, she describes the dish by naming 'Halwa' and explaining its ingredients such as 'flour, ghee as well as water,' and mentioning its cultural context in Punjab. Third, she explains why it should be included by highlighting the desire to 'show friendship between countries' through a recipe adapted with a western culture mixture. The tone is appropriate for a semi-formal letter to a club organiser. All requirements of the task have been addressed relevantly and clearly, leading to a solid performance for this criterion.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is organised into logical paragraphs, starting with an appropriate greeting and ending with a formal sign-off. Cohesive devices such as 'Due to this,' 'Moreover,' and 'I would appreciate it if' are used to connect ideas. However, the paragraphing is slightly choppy, with several very short single-sentence paragraphs, which detracts from a smooth flow. Referencing is generally clear, though the progression between sentences in the middle section could be smoother. Overall, the arrangement is coherent and easy to follow, satisfying the requirements for a Band 6.0 performance.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, with some attempts at less common lexical items such as 'cuisines,' 'popular dish,' and 'motive.' There are, however, several lexical inaccuracies and spelling errors, such as 'heared' instead of heard and 'specially' instead of especially. Prepositional and collocation choices are sometimes simplistic, for instance, 'made by flour' instead of 'made with flour.' Despite these flaws, communication is not impeded, and the range of vocabulary is sufficient to convey the intended message clearly, placing it comfortably in the Band 6 category.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional structures ('I would appreciate it if you could let me know') and relative clauses ('who are from Japan'). There are noticeable grammatical errors throughout the text, including tense issues ('I heared that there will be'), missing articles ('with slight mixture'), and minor punctuation errors, such as the lowercase 'the' at the beginning of the sentence 'the main motive is that to show.' While these errors are frequent, they rarely impede overall communication, demonstrating a control level consistent with a Band 6 score.

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