Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-08-26

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 6.0)

Task - 1

Dear, Harpreet

I hope your are doing well, I am very excited by listened this news your are coming to stay with me, because it would be precious time for us . So, I got to know that your are coming next monday by train in the morning, But, unfortunately that time I will not be at home due to my office work. Although, I will not be able to pick you from railway station, but I arranged a Cab for you and you can enter the house by back door, because I will left the door opened for you.

After that, you can take rest till evening, because I would be at home at 5:00pm. As well as, I will prepared lunch for you, that you can enjoy alone, but dinner time, I will be with you, So we can spend time together. In last, I want to let you know, I already booked a table for our dinner in a restuarent, So hopefully we will have some fun together outside. I will wait for you with alots of excitements.

Best wishes,

Dilpreet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

You have addressed all three bullet points required by the prompt: explaining the key arrangements, providing directions from the station, and suggesting evening plans. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a family member. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. For example, the directions from the station are missing entirely; you mention a cab but do not explain how the relative gets from the station to your house. Additionally, the instruction about the back door is slightly unclear. To improve, ensure you provide specific details for each bullet point to fully satisfy the task requirements.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is organized into logical paragraphs, which helps the reader follow your message. You use some cohesive devices like 'After that' and 'In last' (though 'Finally' would be more natural). However, the flow between sentences is occasionally hindered by awkward phrasing and punctuation errors, such as the comma splice in 'I already booked a table for our dinner in a restuarent, So hopefully...'. The referencing is generally clear, but the overall progression could be smoother with more varied linking words and better control over sentence boundaries.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You have a sufficient range of vocabulary to convey your message, using words like 'precious', 'unfortunately', and 'excitements'. However, there are several errors in word choice and spelling that occasionally distract the reader, such as 'listened this news' (should be 'hearing this news'), 'restuarent' (spelling), and 'alots of' (should be 'a lot of'). While these errors do not prevent communication, they indicate a need for more attention to collocations and standard spelling to reach a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, which is good. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text. Examples include 'I hope your are doing well' (your/you're), 'I will left the door' (should be 'I will leave'), and 'I will prepared lunch' (should be 'I will prepare'). These errors are noticeable and occur in basic verb tenses and pronoun usage. To improve, focus on subject-verb agreement and consistent tense usage, as these errors currently limit your score in this criterion.

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