Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-23

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,

The intent of this correspondence is to bring your attention to this matter and seek an appropriate resolution.

Regarding the upcoming event, I would like to highlight a few important observations. Every year this event offers a multi-cuisine foods. Indian food dishes are really famous among the world , because of it's characterisric taste and variety of spices. Furthermore, I would like you to add some street style food dishes from India, like chaat, kachori, samosa, panipuri, vadapav and etc.

Additionally, I want to suggest a samosa for a starter at event dinner along with all the menu. Moreover, this dish will be like by everyone, because I have seen many canadians and americans, they love to eat samosas. A samosa is kind of dumpling with a filling of potato and peas with some added spicies and it will serve with two types of sauces, red and mint green one.

This dish is so delicious and fingerlicking for few people. To resolve this matter satisfactorily, I can bring some home made samosas for the event. Apart from that would be immensely great if you will inform all the Indian students about that and inform them to help us out for a preparation.

I extend my appreciation for your consideration and i anticipate your valued response at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,

Maitri Bavarva

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you offer to bring homemade samosas, describe their potato-and-pea filling and sauces, and explain that they are popular with Canadians and Americans. These details make the proposal relevant and understandable. However, the reason for including the dish is asserted rather than fully supported, and the opening about seeking “an appropriate resolution” does not fit a celebratory event. The request to include several other Indian street foods also distracts somewhat from the specific offer of samosas. Develop the event-related justification more clearly—for example, explain how samosas represent Indian cuisine or offer guests a distinctive taste—and keep the letter focused on that proposal.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The letter has a recognisable structure, with separate paragraphs for the event, the dish, and your offer to help, followed by an appropriate closing. Linking expressions such as “Additionally,” “Moreover,” and “Apart from that” help show relationships between ideas. However, the progression is sometimes mechanical, and the opening’s reference to resolving a matter is disconnected from the event. The list of several foods interrupts the focus on samosas, while “this dish” and “that” do not always make the intended reference fully clear. Use simpler, more purposeful transitions and organise the content in a direct sequence: offer the dish, describe it, explain its value, and confirm how you can contribute.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of food-related vocabulary, including “filling,” “potato and peas,” “spices,” “starter,” and “sauces,” which helps convey what a samosa is. There are also attempts at more formal expressions, such as “I extend my appreciation,” although this level of formality is unnatural for a friendly club letter. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, including “multi-cuisine foods,” “characterisric taste,” “fingerlicking,” and “for a preparation.” Spelling errors such as “spicies” and “panipuri” also reduce accuracy. Aim for natural, precise phrasing and check spelling; for example, describe the dish as a “popular Indian snack” rather than using an unclear general phrase.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including explanations with “because” and a description joined with “and.” The main message remains clear, but some grammatical errors occur in sentence construction, articles, agreement, and verb forms. For example, “a multi-cuisine foods” has an article and number mismatch, “this dish will be like by everyone” has an incorrect passive form, and “if you will inform” uses an unsuitable verb form after “if.” There are also missing articles in phrases such as “at event dinner.” Review countable and uncountable nouns, passive constructions, and conditional clauses. More accurate control of these patterns would make your varied sentences easier to read.

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