Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-18

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 Rutvi,

I hope you are doing well. My sister told me about your plan to study abroad, and you want some information about the course and college that I took for my higher education in Canada.

I mastered in robotics and industrial automation in waterloo university. The university is located about 100km from Toronto. It is one of the well known university of Canada. Approximately four hundred students graduate every year.

The course I studied covered PLC and robot programming, with practical on-campus training. This course is excellent for those who want to pursue the automation field. There are many career options available after completing the master's. Such as acquiring high-paying jobs in automation and control engineering.

This study became very helpful for me because I got a job right after the completion of study. I gained more technical knowledge, which helped me to boost my career goals.

I hope this information will help you choose the correct pathway to settle in Canada. Feel free to reach out to me if you need any other additional information from me.

Your faithfully,

Ronak

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response successfully covers all bullet points required by the prompt. You mentioned where you studied ("waterloo university"), described what you learned ("covered PLC and robot programming"), and explained why the year abroad was helpful ("got a job right after the completion of study"). The tone is generally appropriate for a letter to a friend's sister, though the closing sign-off "Your faithfully" contains a minor grammatical slip (should be "Yours faithfully" or "Yours sincerely" for a personal letter). Ideas are relevant and developed well enough to fulfill the communicative purpose, placing this comfortably within Band 6.5 to 7.0. Because all requirements are addressed clearly, a score of 6.5 is awarded.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is coherent overall and follows a logical structure. It begins with an appropriate greeting, moves through the requested points in separate paragraphs, and concludes politely. Paragraphing is used sufficiently to separate different topics, such as the university location, course details, and personal benefits. However, referencing and transitional phrases are sometimes basic or mechanical ("This study became very helpful for me"). Cohesive devices are functional rather than flexible. Therefore, the response aligns best with the Band 6 descriptors for Coherence and Cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using subject-specific terms such as "industrial automation," "robot programming," and "control engineering." There are, however, some lexical and collocation inaccuracies, such as "I mastered in robotics" (should be "I completed my master's degree in robotics" or "I majored in robotics") and "well known university of Canada" (lacks an article). Vocabulary is sufficient to communicate your message clearly, but the presence of noticeable word-choice errors prevents a higher band, placing this firmly at Band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The letter features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms. You successfully attempted relative clauses and prepositional phrases (e.g., "This course is excellent for those who want to pursue the automation field"). However, there are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, such as "the course and college that I took" (a college is attended, not taken) and missing capitalization on proper nouns like "waterloo university." Punctuation errors also occur, such as starting a sentence with a dependent clause fragment ("Such as acquiring high-paying jobs..."). These errors do not impede communication, making Band 6.0 the most accurate descriptor.

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