Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The younger sister of one of your friends is thinking about spending a year studying abroad as part of her university course. You did this recently, and she has asked you about your experience.

Write a letter to your friend's sister. In your letter

• tell her where you studied during your year abroad

• describe what you learnt about the country you studied in

• explain why your year abroad was helpful for your studies

Begin your letter as follows:
Dear........,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear meet,

I hope you are doing well. I'm writing this email regarding your question about my abroad experience and other related queires you have as my sister's mentioned. Don't worry I got you and will share all I can.

I studied at Trent University in Canda. It was a great oppurtunity to spend qaulity time there because of such a beatiful enviroment. They have lots of sports ground plus a four story building for library. Moreover, smart class room with light projection and various type of food stalls included.

I learned data anaylist in masters during my study year but apart from this I managed my work and my study both at a time because you have to pay and other expenses for your need. I learned time management since you have so many task in this country to do own your own like cooking, cleaning and etc.

For my personal experience I earn so much self confidence in myself that I can speak in any enviroment at any condition because of social task and many presentation I have done in my class. I also learned that ypu have to maintained good relation to others for your career related helpin your future.

Kind regards,

Avi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points required in the task instructions. You clearly stated where you studied by mentioning 'Trent University in Canda', described what you learned about the country regarding the environment and daily life, and explained how the year abroad helped your studies and personal growth through time management and confidence. The tone is informal and appropriate for a letter to a friend's sister, maintaining a friendly and encouraging approach throughout the response. All parts of the prompt are covered well, and ideas are adequately supported with personal examples, aligning well with the Band 6 or 7 descriptors for Task Achievement.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter follows a clear logical organization with an appropriate opening greeting ('Dear meet,') and a polite closing. Paragraphing is utilized to separate different themes, such as university facilities, lifestyle learning, and personal benefits. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or faulty, as seen in repetitive sentence starters like 'Moreover' and 'I learned'. Referencing and transitions between sentences occasionally feel abrupt, such as the sudden shift from university amenities to studying data analytics. Overall arrangement remains coherent, but paragraph transitions could be smoother to reach a higher band.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common phrases like 'time management' and 'self confidence'. However, there are notable spelling errors ('queires', 'oppurtunity', 'qaulity', 'beatiful', 'enviroment', 'class room', 'anaylist', 'ypu', 'maintained', 'relation') and word-choice inaccuracies ('study year' instead of 'academic year'). While these errors do not impede communication since your meaning remains clear, the frequency of spelling mistakes prevents you from achieving a higher band score in this criterion.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, successfully linking clauses with conjunctions and relative pronouns. There are, however, several grammatical errors throughout the text, such as missing articles ('in masters'), preposition errors ('in any condition'), and awkward phrasing ('managed my work and my study both at a time'). Punctuation is generally acceptable, though capitalization is inconsistent ('Canda'). These errors occur regularly but rarely impede overall communication, placing your grammar performance solidly at the Band 6 level.

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