Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-10-29

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)

Dear Sam,

How you have been doing? Hope that everything will be fine at your end. It's been a very long time since we met then i thrilled to hear the news of your visit at my place. I made arrangement for everything to be perfect. I had a plan to receive you from the station, but unfortunately i have an urgent meeting in office at the same time of your arrival. Due to this reason, i am unable to pick you from the station.

However, i have arranged everything for you to come home easily. You can enter the house by using the keys which i have placed in a shoe case placed adjacent to the door.

You need not to worry about how you will arrive at home from train station. I have asked one of my freind, his name is Ali. He will be there in a car waiting for you outside the station. He has an amazing personality. I hope that you will enjoy his company.

You will arrive around 4 pm, and i will be back around 7 pm after meeting. I have prepared your meal. If you get hungry you can eat it. While i will be back, we will go to a nearby resturant to have a lavish dinner. I am so excited to see you, and having a fun.

See you soon!

Take care,

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three required points: you explain where the key is, arrange for Ali to meet Sam at the station, and say you expect to be home around 7 pm before suggesting dinner together. These details make the letter practical and relevant. The key arrangement and evening plan are clear, while the route from the station is less fully explained: Sam is told that Ali will drive, but not how to identify him or what to do if they cannot find each other. The meal is mentioned, but the invitation to eat it and the later restaurant plan could be made clearer. The response covers the task well overall, with some details needing fuller development for a more complete account.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear progression from the greeting and explanation of your absence to the key, station pickup, and evening plans. Separate paragraphs help the reader locate each arrangement, and linking expressions such as “However” and “Due to this reason” show how ideas relate. The sequence is generally easy to follow, although some transitions are slightly awkward or repetitive, and the final paragraph shifts from the prepared meal to a restaurant without clearly explaining the timing. The opening also combines several ideas in one long stretch. To make the organisation more polished, use paragraphing consistently and connect the meal and dinner plans with a clear sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for a personal letter, including practical expressions such as “urgent meeting,” “waiting for you outside the station,” and “nearby restaurant.” There are also attempts at more expressive language, such as “lavish dinner” and “amazing personality,” though these choices are not always the most natural for the context. Several word-choice, collocation, and spelling slips reduce precision: “shoe case” is unclear for the place where a key is kept, “freind” is misspelled, and “having a fun” is not idiomatic. Aim for natural, specific phrases rather than decorative wording, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including explanations with “because” or “due to” and a conditional sentence beginning “If you get hungry.” Meaning is generally clear, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “How you have been doing?” needs question inversion, while “It's been a very long time since we met then i thrilled” has problems with clause structure and the missing verb “was.” Other examples include “You need not to worry,” “While i will be back,” and inconsistent capitalisation of “I.” These errors show that control is not yet consistent. Practise question forms, verb patterns, and time clauses, then proofread for sentence boundaries and capital letters.

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