Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-25
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 6.5)
Dear sajedaa,
Hoping you are doing well. I heard you are planning to take a year long course at University of Toronto.I studied and lived in Ottawa, which is a capital of Canada and 4 hours drive away from Toronto. I graduated with degree of master's in Biotechnology from the University of Ottawa.
Canada is the one of the most beautiful country I have ever seen as it has most breathtaking natural views as well historic buildings.Additionally, people are really nice and welcoming, they make you feel at home there. Furthermore,I was allowed to work part-time on a student visa, so i used to work at cafe nearby school. Hence, I was able to pay tuition fees by my self for university.
This was one of the best decision i made, because it helped me determine the future path i wanted to pursue career wise. I wish you very best for your future endevours.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Najmin
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 7.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0
The response covers all three bullet points required by the task prompt in an appropriate semi-formal letter format. You successfully state where you studied by mentioning Ottawa and the University of Ottawa, describe your impressions of the country by highlighting the beautiful natural views, historic buildings, and welcoming people, and explain why the year abroad was helpful by noting that it helped determine your future career path. The tone is friendly and suits the context of writing to a friend's sister. All parts of the prompt are fully addressed with relevant details, such as working part-time on a student visa.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The letter has a clear overall progression and logical organisation. Ideas are grouped into sensible paragraphs, moving from an introduction and location details to daily life experiences, and finally concluding with career reflections and well-wishes. Cohesive devices such as 'Additionally', 'Furthermore', and 'Hence' are used to connect ideas, although a few of them are slightly mechanical or punctuation around them is occasionally faulty, such as missing spaces after commas. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different topics.
Lexical Resource: Band 6.0
The vocabulary used is generally adequate for the task. You attempt some less common items such as 'breathtaking natural views', 'welcoming', and 'career wise'. However, there are some minor lexical and spelling inaccuracies, such as 'endevours' instead of 'endeavours', omitting articles like 'a' before 'capital of Canada' and 'degree of master's', and missing capitalisation in proper nouns ('sajedaa', 'i'). Despite these errors, communication is never impeded, and the range is sufficient to convey your points clearly.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0
You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as relative clauses ('which is a capital of Canada and 4 hours drive away') and causal clauses ('because it helped me determine the future path'). There are several grammatical and punctuation errors throughout the text, including missing spaces after punctuation marks ('Toronto.I', 'Furthermore,I'), missing articles ('is a capital', 'at cafe'), and capitalization issues ('i'). However, the majority of your simple sentences are error-free, and the mistakes do not impede overall communication.
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