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,

I am writing to you because I am very excited about international food event. I would like to make a popular dish from my country India in food event.

I would like to make Kachori. This is a very famous in India, people are consuming as a snack. It is a round shaped pastry, filled with some boiled mashed potatoes, peas and some famous indian spices. After that, it is going to fry in oil until its cooked well. Kachori usually serves with tomato sauce.

This dish, we should definitely add in the food event because it is very tasty, and will represnt something in healthy food. Its vegeterian snack, but some people can add meat and make accoring to their taste. I am happy to serve this dish as it is very convient for me.

I hope you like this idea. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Kinal

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you offer to prepare kachori, describe its pastry shell and potato-and-pea filling, and explain why it could represent Indian food at the event. The letter also maintains a suitable, friendly tone, with a clear offer and closing. Your reasons are relevant, especially that it is a familiar Indian snack and can be adapted to different tastes. To make the ideas more fully developed, explain more specifically what makes kachori distinctive or appealing to visitors—for example, its flavour, how it is traditionally served, or why it represents your country. The claim that it represents “healthy food” is not supported and sits awkwardly beside the description of frying it in oil; clarify or replace that reason.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall shape: you introduce your offer, describe the dish, give reasons for including it, and finish with a polite closing. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “After that” and “I hope you like this idea” make the sequence easy to understand. Some links between ideas are less smooth, however. “This dish, we should definitely add” has an awkward opening that interrupts the flow, while the shift from calling the snack vegetarian to saying people can add meat could be explained more clearly. Use a more natural transition, such as “It is usually vegetarian, although it can be adapted,” and connect each reason directly to the event.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to explain the dish, including “pastry,” “mashed potatoes,” “peas,” “spices,” and “vegetarian.” These details make the main idea understandable. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “a very famous” is incomplete in this context, “people are consuming as a snack” is unnatural, and “represnt,” “vegeterian,” and “accoring” are misspelled. “Convenient for me” also gives a personal reason rather than explaining the dish’s appeal to guests. Aim for more natural expressions such as “a popular snack,” “is commonly eaten,” and “represents Indian cuisine,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

Your message is generally understandable, and you attempt more than short, simple statements, including a relative clause in “which is a round shaped pastry” and a reason clause beginning “because.” However, sentence patterns remain fairly limited, and errors in articles, verb forms, and sentence construction recur. For example, write “I am excited about the international food event,” “It is very famous in India,” and “Kachori is usually served with tomato sauce.” The sentence “This dish, we should definitely add in the food event” needs a clearer structure, such as “We should definitely include this dish in the event.” Practise combining accurate clauses and checking subject–verb patterns while keeping your sentences clear.

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