Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-09-16

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 Aqsa,

I hope you're doing well. I am so delighted to hear that you're coming to meet me for a week. I am thrilled to share alot of things with you. Mother informed me you're coming via train tomorrow. I want to notify you that i have a urgent meeting tomorrow i'll not be there at morning, i'll be there at evening. Therefore, i'll handover my keys to my bestfriend which is my neighbour too. Whenever you came, she'll handover the keys to you. Additionally, she will serve you a breakfast. Obviously after along tiring travel, you would like to have some meal too.

Firstly, I want to demonstate the whole distance from the railway station towards my home. The railway station is 10 min away from my home. I give a responsibility to my best friend. Her driver pick you up from the railyway platform. You're new to the place, so it's challenging for you to travel alone so she would love to handle all the responsibility.

Futhermore, When i came back home, i planed alot of things for us so that we can spend quality time together. I am so excited to meet you after soo long. I will make sure that you will enjoy the whole weekend. I would love to explore different resturants with you trying various cuisines, morover many otherthings as well.

Looking forward for your visit so that we can spend a wonderfull time together.

Your's sincerely,

zohra

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response covers all three bullet points of the task successfully. You clearly explained the arrangements for the house keys by mentioning that your best friend, who is also a neighbour, will hold the keys and provide breakfast. You also gave instructions on getting from the station by explaining that your friend's driver will pick Aqsa up from the platform. Finally, you stated when you will be home (in the evening) and suggested activities such as exploring restaurants and trying various cuisines together. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly for a letter to a relative, fulfilling the communicative purpose well. The ideas are adequately developed and relevant to the prompt, aligning with the criteria for a Band 6.5 or 7.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is generally coherent and follows a logical overall arrangement, moving from arrival arrangements to transport and finally to evening plans. Paragraphing is attempted, though the spacing and indentation are a bit unconventional. Cohesive devices are used to link ideas, such as 'Therefore', 'Additionally', and 'Firstly', but some of these feel slightly mechanical or are misused, such as 'Futhermore' and 'morover'. Referencing is mostly clear, though expressions like 'which is my neighbour too' could be smoother. Overall, the organization is clear enough to guide the reader effortlessly through the text, fitting the Band 6 descriptor well.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully communicating personal news and plans using words like 'delighted', 'thrilled', 'demonstate', and 'cuisines'. However, there are notable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, such as 'alot' (instead of 'a lot'), 'urgent' (spelled 'a urgent'), 'demonstate' (demonstrate), 'resturants' (restaurants), and 'morover' (moreover). Some collocations are also a bit unnatural, such as 'serve you a breakfast' instead of 'give you breakfast' or 'offer you breakfast'. Because these errors do not impede communication but prevent the vocabulary from reaching a higher level, the performance sits comfortably at Band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The response includes a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional and multi-clause structures ('Whenever you came, she'll handover the keys to you' and 'You're new to the place, so it's challenging for you to travel alone'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors in verb tenses, capitalization, and punctuation. Examples include lowercase 'i', 'handover' used as a verb without spacing, 'bestfriend which is' instead of 'best friend, who is', 'came' instead of 'come', 'along tiring travel' instead of 'a long tiring journey', and 'planed' instead of 'planned'. Punctuation errors like comma splices also occur. While the meaning remains clear, the density of minor errors keeps the score at Band 5.5.

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