Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-09-15

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)

Dear Anmol,

Hope you are doing well, I know you are coming tomorrow morning. I am really sorry I have to go to office for a metting, before leaving for office I handover my house keys to my neighbours so you can collect keys from them when you reach and have some rest until I came back.

I think you are travelling by train, I will explain you the route from station to home. you need to go in the parking lot of the train station where you can take bus number 41C, and that drops you off 5 mins far from home. My wife will pick you up from there.

I will be back around 6 pm. My friends already arranged tonight party in our building party hall where we can have drinks and a variety of food. Be ready for night party see you soon.

Yours faithfully

Rohit

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response successfully covers all three bullet points required in the prompt. You clearly explained the arrangements for the house keys by stating that you will hand them over to your neighbours. You also told your relative how to get from the train station to your house by mentioning bus number 41C and your wife's pick-up plan. Finally, you stated when you will be home and suggested a relevant evening activity involving a party in the building's party hall. All parts of the task are appropriately addressed with relevant details suitable for a General Training Task 1 letter, earning a band score of 6.5.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter maintains a clear overall arrangement with distinct paragraphs for keys, travel directions, and evening plans. However, cohesion is sometimes faulty or mechanical, notably with run-on sentences and comma splices, such as in 'Hope you are doing well, I know you are coming tomorrow morning' and 'you need to go in the parking lot... and that drops you off 5 mins far from home.' Paragraphing is used sufficiently to divide the main ideas, but referencing and linking between clauses could be smoother and more accurate. Therefore, a band score of 6.0 is appropriate.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for the task, with appropriate functional phrases like 'pick you up' and 'have some rest'. You attempt some less common items such as 'neighbours' and 'variety of food'. However, there are noticeable word choice and spelling inaccuracies, such as 'metting' instead of meeting, 'handover' instead of handed over or will hand over, and '5 mins far from home' which lacks natural collocation. These errors do not impede communication, but they restrict the score to a band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'before leaving for office I handover my house keys...' and 'where we can have drinks and a variety of food'. However, there are frequent punctuation errors and run-on sentences, including comma splices and missing capitalisation at the start of sentences ('you need to go...'). There are also tense inconsistencies, such as 'until I came back' instead of come back. These grammatical errors occasionally distract the reader, supporting a band score of 5.5.

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