Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-02

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 6.5)

Dear Luis,

I am writing to express my interest to offer a quite popular dish from my country at the event, which is going to organise by our International Student's club.

The dish biryani has authenitc indian taste, as it includes long grain basmati rice, marinated chicken with aromatic spices and curd. If it is cooked on slow steam with saffron and roasted cashews, a person can smell its aroma from miles away.

Since our event is showing different nation's union by including distinct continental cousines, a hot pot of biryani can bring happiness and warmth among members.

I am so thrilled to have an experience of our south asian food with my club's friends.

Please let me know if you need any information about this particular dish's receipe.

Yours Sincerely,

Alka

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you offer to make biryani, describe its ingredients and preparation, and explain that it could bring “happiness and warmth” to the event. The dish is clearly relevant, and the offer is easy to understand. However, the reasons for including it are less fully developed: explain more specifically what makes biryani representative of your country or how it would add variety to the event. The description could also clarify what “curd” is for readers unfamiliar with the ingredient. The response is 18 words below the required minimum, so it needs further development to meet the task requirements. Adding a practical detail, such as how many people you could serve, would help extend the letter meaningfully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter follows a sensible order: you make the offer, describe the dish, explain its value to the event, and close by inviting questions. This gives the reader a coherent overall progression. The linking phrases “Since” and “If” help connect ideas, although the relationship between the event’s international theme and biryani’s contribution could be made more explicit. The final two sentences both focus on your enthusiasm and further information, so you could use that space to add a practical detail and create a more purposeful ending. Paragraphing is limited, but the sequence remains understandable; separating the description from the explanation would make the organisation clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including “marinated,” “aromatic spices,” “saffron,” and “roasted cashews.” These details make the dish appealing and show an attempt to use more specific language. Some word choices and spelling errors reduce precision, however: “authenitc” is misspelled, “continental cousines” is inaccurate, and “receipe” is misspelled. Phrases such as “a person can smell its aroma from miles away” are vivid but somewhat exaggerated for a formal letter. Aim for accurate collocations and spelling, and choose wording that explains the dish naturally, such as describing its distinctive flavour or its popularity in South Asia.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “which is going to organise…” and a conditional sentence beginning “If it is cooked…”. The meaning is generally clear, but some grammatical errors remain. In the opening, “I am writing to express my interest to offer” would be more naturally structured as “interest in offering.” The passive construction “which is going to organise” needs a past participle and an appropriate subject, while “a person can smell” shifts awkwardly from the dish to a general person. Check possessives and punctuation in the closing as well. More consistently accurate complex sentences would strengthen control.

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