Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-11-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A family member is coming to stay with you. He/she will be arriving by train in the morning, but you won’t be home until the evening.

• explain arrangements you have made for them to have keys and get into the house

• tell your relative how to get from the train station to your house

• say when you will be home and suggest what you could do together that evening

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Hi Arham,

First of all I'm very glad that you are coming to my home nearly after 5 years. I have checked you train schedule and unfortunately, I'm very sorry to tell you that tomorrow I'll not be available to pick you from train station as I have very important meeting with my US client which you know very well .

I have done all the arrangements for your stay and easy access to my home in absence of me. I hand over the keys of my house to the "amjad General store", hopefully you remember it because we always go there daily to buy things in our childhood. He will give you the keys when you reached there. I have arranged a room for you on the first floor because it have attached washroom so you wouldn't have to face problems. Also I have arranged ready made foods for you in the fridge which you see opposite to your room entrance. After reaching the station go to the right side of terminal and here you get the taxi service which can easily drop you to the home. I'm sending you an address and location of house so you don't have to be terrified about journey.

I will be at home hopefully at 5 or 6 pm and then I spend my total time with you. Your dinner is on me so don't eat anything in evening. We will go at the city best restaurant and we will also go to your favourite sitting point which I remembered very well.

Take care of yourself

Your Cousin, Razi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

You address all three requested points and maintain a warm, appropriate tone for a cousin. The key arrangement is clear: the keys will be left at Amjad General Store, and you explain why the place should be familiar. You also give directions from the station, mention that you will arrive around 5 or 6 p.m., and suggest dinner and a visit to a favourite spot. These details make the letter useful and personal. To strengthen the response further, make the route more precise—for example, explain how to travel from the station to the store or house, rather than relying mainly on a taxi and a location link. A little more detail about the evening plan would also make the ideas more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter follows a clear overall progression: you explain why you cannot meet your cousin, describe the arrangements and journey, then move on to your return and evening plans. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and the friendly opening and closing suit the purpose. Linking expressions such as “First of all,” “Also,” and “After reaching the station” guide the reader through the information. At times, however, several different arrangements are crowded into one paragraph, and the sequence from collecting the keys to finding the room and food could be easier to follow. Use clearer sequencing, such as “First,” “Once you arrive,” and “After you get inside,” and separate the travel directions from the house arrangements.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the practical arrangements and create a personal tone, including “attached washroom,” “taxi service,” and “favourite sitting point.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “easy access” and “ready made foods.” However, some word choices and collocations are unnatural or imprecise: “checked you train schedule,” “hand over the keys,” and “city best restaurant” do not express the intended meanings naturally. “Terrified about journey” is also too strong for ordinary travel concerns. These choices do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and naturalness. Aim to learn common word partnerships and check whether a phrase fits the context, especially when describing travel, food, and arrangements.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and longer sentences, including clauses with “because” and “which,” and the reader can generally understand the arrangements. However, some grammatical errors recur in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “when you reached there” should use a future form such as “when you reach there,” while “it have attached washroom” needs subject–verb agreement and an article. In “then I spend my total time with you,” the tense should match your future plan. Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly the extra space before the full stop after “very well.” Practise checking each sentence for tense consistency, singular/plural agreement, and complete, correctly punctuated clauses.

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