Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 Priya,

I hope this letter finds you and your family in good spirits. I heard that you are planning to take admission in Healthcare Leadership course in Bow Valley College. I'm writing to offer some suggestions that may help you to guide while learning this course.

I have graduated from Bow Valley College in 2024. I took admission in this leadership couse in 2022, and It is a 2 years couse. Before learning this couse, I studied about leadership by watching Youtube videos, which helped me a lot in assignments.

Apart from this healthcare couse, I have also learned about Canadian culture and traditions. In addition, what I like the most about this country is delicious foods and public transportation. There is no racism in Canada because every people is treated equally in this beautiful nation.

There were numerous reasons why living in canada was helfup for my studies. The main reason was that it helped me to improve my communication and English because I used to interact with students and other peoples every day in English. The another reason was that I had an excellent presentation at the end of the course because of good communication and collaboration.

Please let me know if you need any further guidances or informations.

Best regards,

Alpesh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The candidate addresses all three bullet points required in the task instructions, although there is some confusion in the premise of the letter. The prompt asks to write to a friend's sister about *your* recent year studying abroad as part of your university course. However, the student writes about graduating from Bow Valley College themselves in Canada, while also addressing Priya as if she is taking admission in the same course. Despite this slight misinterpretation of the persona, the response successfully covers where they studied (Bow Valley College, Canada), describes what was learned about the country (culture, traditions, food, and public transportation), and explains why it was helpful for their studies (improving English and communication skills leading to a good presentation). The tone is appropriate for a friendly letter.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The letter has a clear, coherent overall arrangement and follows a standard informal letter format with an appropriate opening and closing. Paragraphing is used sufficiently to separate different points, such as background information, cultural observations, and academic benefits. Cohesive devices are used, although some transitions feel a bit mechanical or repetitive, such as 'Apart from this' and 'The main reason was'. Referencing is generally clear, though occasional shifts in focus slightly disrupt the logical flow between sentences. Overall, the organization is easy to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully incorporating terms related to education and living abroad, such as 'healthcare leadership', 'traditions', 'public transportation', and 'collaboration'. However, there are several spelling and word choice errors, such as spelling 'course' as 'couse' multiple times, writing 'helfup' instead of 'helpful', and using 'peoples' instead of 'people'. There are also unnatural collocations like 'take admission in' instead of 'enroll in'. These errors do not impede communication, placing the response solidly in the band 6 range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The response demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing relative clauses and subordinate structures like 'that may help you to guide while learning this course' and 'because I used to interact with students and other peoples every day in English.' There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, such as 'help you to guide', 'It is a 2 years couse' (instead of '2-year course'), and 'The another reason'. Punctuation is generally acceptable, and while the errors are noticeable, they rarely impede the overall understanding of the message.

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