Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-24

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 hope this letter finds you well. I am writing on the behalf of an international Students's club member as you know club is organising an event in order to celebrate popular cuisin throughout the world.

I want to offer one suggestion that our country's famous dish should be included as it is good idea as international students get chance to enjoy the taste of our nation as well as know about dishes.

Although, our country have a lot of delicious dishes, i would think that sweet dish such as rashgulla is good one for this event. As this sweet reminds us the taste of eastern parts of the India, by eating this sweet dish everyone's mood become happy and experienced inner satisfaction.

Moving to toward the reason why i recommended this as it represent our country's sweetness with others. Being India, celebration not complete without sweet dishes. So, including Rusgulla, we feel connected to our roots as well as it's good way to attract audience interest.

I hope you would be consider this

your faithfully,

Manpreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response successfully covers all the bullet points outlined in the prompt. You introduce yourself as a club member, offer to make a popular dish from your country, describe it as a sweet dish named 'rashgulla', and explain why it should be included by highlighting its cultural significance and ability to connect people to their roots. Your position and purpose are clear throughout the letter, and the ideas are appropriately developed for a General Training Task 1 response, demonstrating a clear understanding of the communicative purpose.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter maintains a clear logical flow from the opening greeting to the closing sign-off. You organise your thoughts into relevant paragraphs addressing different prompts. However, the progression is occasionally hindered by abrupt transitions and faulty cohesive devices, such as 'Moving to toward the reason why i recommended this'. Referencing is also slightly unclear at times, for instance, in sentences like 'by eating this sweet dish everyone's mood become happy'. Paragraphing is used, but the overall structure could be smoother with more precise transitional phrases.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common words and phrases such as 'cultural significance' (implied), 'inner satisfaction', and 'connect to our roots'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, such as 'cuisin' instead of 'cuisine', 'rashgulla' (Rusgulla), and grammatical inaccuracies in collocations like 'everyone's mood become happy'. While these errors do not impede overall communication, they restrict the lexical score to a Band 6.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional and subordinate clauses ('Although, our country have a lot of delicious dishes, i would think...'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors regarding subject-verb agreement and articles, including 'our country have' instead of 'has', 'Being India' instead of 'Being from India', and 'i would think that sweet dish such as' lacking articles. Punctuation and capitalization are also inconsistent, particularly with lowercase 'i' and missing commas. These errors require some effort to decode at times, placing this response firmly at Band 5.5.

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