Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-25

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 expressing my interest for offering to make a popular dish from my country in our event in an International Students' club.

As a matter of fact, the club is organising an event to celebrate famous food from around the world and I am going to offer rice pudding. This is one of the popular dish in my nation and local people enjoy this dish on special occasions such as Diwali, Lohri and Holi.There are some ingredient which I usualy contains in it such as dry fruits, rice, milk and sugar.

It should be included in the event because it is popular dish which related to the roots of the cultures.So, people who come from different cultures have opportunity to know about this food.

I would appreciate it if you could give me a chance to include my dish in this upcoming event.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

I am eagerly waiting for your response.

Yours faitfully,

Rajvir kaur

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you offer to prepare rice pudding, identify its ingredients, and explain its cultural value. The examples of Diwali, Lohri and Holi make the dish’s connection to celebrations relevant, while your closing request clearly asks Luis to include it. The explanation of what the dish is is present but brief, and the reason for including it—helping people learn about other cultures—could be developed with a more specific benefit, such as inviting visitors to taste a traditional festive dessert. This covers the task, but some points are less fully explained than others. To strengthen the letter, add a little more detail about its taste, preparation or significance, and make the event’s benefit explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter follows a sensible sequence: you state your offer, describe the dish and its cultural context, explain why it belongs at the event, and finish with a polite request. This makes the overall message easy to follow. Paragraphing also separates the main ideas, and phrases such as “As a matter of fact” and “because” help signal relationships. However, some linking is mechanical or unclear: “As a matter of fact” does not add a clear contrast or explanation, and the shift from the ingredients to the event’s cultural value is abrupt. The missing space after “Holi.” also disrupts the flow. Use simpler, more purposeful transitions and connect the dish’s description directly to why visitors would enjoy learning about it.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the topic, with relevant terms such as “special occasions,” “dry fruits,” “ingredients” and “cultures.” The reader can understand that rice pudding is a familiar festive food and why you want to share it. However, several noticeable word-choice and spelling problems limit precision: “interest for offering” is an awkward collocation, “famous food” is less natural here than “popular dishes,” and “usualy” and “faitfully” are misspelled. “Roots of the cultures” is also unclear in this context. These choices do not prevent understanding, but they make the letter sound less natural. Build accuracy with common collocations and check spelling, while choosing more precise phrases such as “cultural traditions” and “traditional dessert.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple statements and longer structures, including a reason clause in “It should be included … because…” and a polite conditional request: “I would appreciate it if you could…”. These show some range, and the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors persist, particularly with articles, agreement and sentence boundaries. For example, write “one of the popular dishes,” “some ingredients,” and “a popular dish”; the relative clause in “which related to the roots” also needs a verb, such as “which is related to cultural traditions.” In “ingredients which I usualy contains,” the subject and verb do not agree. Add a space after the full stop following “Holi” and use a comma after introductory phrases. More accurate control of these patterns would make the letter smoother.

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