Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-19

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You work for an entertainment company which plans to open a new theatre soon. You want to invite a famous actor to open the new theatre.

Write a letter to this famous actor. In your letter

• give some information about the new theatre

• invite her/him to open the new theatre

• explain why she/he would be a good person to open the theatre

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear sir,

I am writing this letter to invite you for a inauguration of a new theatre we are opening in middle town of the city.

This theatre is located on the mall road of the city and it is in the centre of the market. These theatre has a huge centre stage and it has almost 500 people capacity with a comfortable seating area. Also, lights and sounds systems are installed with the high technology.

It would be pleasure for us if you can come and celebrate a opening ceremony with us. Becuase many people are a huge fan of yours acting skills and your personality in my city.

Lastly, you are down to earth person and everyone is loving you as family member. Furthermore, your fathers belong to these city because he born and brought up here so it would be a tribute to him as well.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerly,

Jency Patel.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response successfully covers all the bullet points outlined in the prompt. You provide details about the new theatre, including its central location, a large stage, a seating capacity of 500 people, and high-tech sound and lighting systems. You also issue a clear invitation to the actor and explain why they would be the ideal person to open the venue, noting their popularity, down-to-earth personality, and family connection to the city. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter to a celebrity, even though there are minor inaccuracies in naming conventions (such as addressing them as 'Dear sir'). All requirements of the prompt are fully addressed with relevant and extended ideas, earning a solid band score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter maintains a coherent overall arrangement with a logical progression from introducing the project to providing details, extending the invitation, and offering supporting reasons. Paragraphing is used adequately to separate distinct ideas, such as the theatre description in the second paragraph and the reasons for the invitation in the third and fourth paragraphs. However, cohesive devices are somewhat basic and mechanical (e.g., 'Also', 'Lastly', 'Furthermore'), and referencing is occasionally unclear, such as 'These theatre' referring back to 'a new theatre'. While the text is easy to follow overall, these limitations keep the response firmly at the band 6 level for cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, successfully communicating your message. You attempt some less common lexical items and descriptive phrases, such as 'high technology', 'down to earth person', and 'tribute'. However, there are several noticeable word choice and collocation errors, such as writing 'invite you for a inauguration' instead of 'to an inauguration', 'in middle town of the city' instead of 'in the downtown area', and 'everyone is loving you' instead of 'everyone loves you'. Spelling is generally correct, but these lexical inaccuracies restrict the overall score to a band 5.5, as they occasionally draw attention and impede natural expression.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms throughout the letter, such as using subordinate clauses introduced by 'because' and 'so'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors in tense, article usage, and subject-verb agreement. Examples include 'These theatre has' (plural determiner with singular noun), 'celebrate a opening ceremony' (incorrect article), and 'your fathers belong to these city because he born and brought up here' (plural noun mismatch with singular pronoun 'he', missing auxiliary verb 'was born'). While these errors do not completely obscure your meaning, their frequency prevents the grammar score from reaching a higher band.

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