Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-31

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,

How're you? I've heard a good news that you're organising an event to celebrate different cuisines from all over the world.

I'm excited about the event as well as I want to take a part on behalf of my nation 'India'. I've learned a few dishes from my mother before coming to Canada so that I could've lived independently. I would like to enter the event as a participant if you don't mind it.

As soon as I've got a news about the function, I got confused between a couple of dishes which include: Butter Chicken and Butter Paneer. I prefer to go with the second one as that one is a vegeterian so everyone can taste it. Basically, it is made up of cottage cheese and gravy and I would serve it with the Naan bread.

You must be wondering that why would my dish be included? So, the answer is that most of our club members are indians so they would definitely love to try food from their own region.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Harshdeep Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you offer to participate, identify butter paneer, and explain why it could suit the club. The dish is described as being made with cottage cheese and gravy and served with naan, while the vegetarian option gives a relevant reason for its inclusion. However, some points are less fully developed: the offer is phrased as a request to enter as a participant rather than a direct, confident offer to prepare the dish, and the claim that most members are Indian is not explained or supported. A little more detail about the dish’s flavour or cultural significance, and a clearer explanation of its appeal to members from other backgrounds, would make the response more complete and persuasive. The friendly letter format is appropriate overall, though the closing could be more natural for someone you know.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: an opening, an offer, a description of the dish, a reason for including it, and a closing. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and links such as “As soon as” and “So” make the sequence easy to understand. This meets the lower-band expectations securely and shows some ability to organise ideas clearly. To make progression more consistently smooth, avoid framing the reason as a question—“You must be wondering that why…”—and then answering it; state the reason directly. The transition from your offer to the choice between two dishes could also be more concise, as the extra explanation slightly interrupts the main purpose of the letter.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for the topic and includes relevant food terms such as “cuisines,” “cottage cheese,” “gravy,” and “Naan bread.” You also attempt more specific expressions, including “on behalf of my nation” and “a couple of dishes,” although some choices are inaccurate or unnatural. For example, “a good news” is not the usual form, “enter the event as a participant” is awkward in this context, and “vegeterian” is misspelled. “Food from their own region” is understandable but could be more precise when referring to national cuisine. These issues do not prevent the reader from understanding your message, but more natural collocations and accurate spelling would improve control and flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the conditional “if you don't mind it” and the clause explaining that you learned dishes before coming to Canada. The message remains clear, but some grammatical errors appear in otherwise understandable sentences. For example, “I want to take a part” needs a different article pattern, and “I could've lived independently” does not express the intended purpose as naturally as a purpose clause. Tense choices also shift in “As soon as I've got a news … I got confused,” and the question structure “why would my dish be included” is not correctly embedded after “wondering.” Review articles, verb tense consistency, and indirect-question word order while continuing to use varied sentence structures.

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