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 want to invite you for the opening of a theatre that my company is planing to open soon. This theatre is opening with many rooms to run various movies. My company is planing to start the first show with your recent movie. Every theatre room have capacity of 40 people. Theatre is very spacious with all the amenties such as washroom and food area.

We are excited to invite you to perform the opening ceremony of new theatre. It will be a great honoured for us if you come. Company is planing to open it next month. Please make plans to attend this ceremony.

It will be helpful for us to attract more audience if you will be the special guest here. Everyone admire your work in the movies as you are famous for your acting. It will be the great event if you join and influence people to visit this place.

I hope you will plan to join this ceremony.

Kind regards,

Simran Kaur

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The candidate addresses all three bullet points required in the task instructions. Information about the new theatre is provided, including its capacity and amenities such as a washroom and food area. An explicit invitation is extended to the actor to open the theatre next month, and reasons are given explaining why she or he would be a good person for the job, notably to attract a larger audience and leverage their popularity. However, the development of these ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive, which places the response securely at Band 6. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter, although the opening salutation 'Dear Sir' could be improved since the actor's name is unknown, yet the prompt specifically requested addressing the letter to the actor.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter maintains a coherent overall arrangement with a clear beginning, middle, and end, making the writer's purpose easy to follow. Paragraphing is utilised to separate distinct points, such as the details of the theatre, the invitation, and the reasoning behind selecting the actor. However, cohesive devices are somewhat basic and repetitive, and referencing is occasionally unclear, such as shifting between pronouns. Furthermore, logical progression between sentences feels mechanical at times rather than fluid. Overall, the organizational structure meets the criteria for Band 6, showing adequate control over sequencing and paragraphing.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, allowing the writer to convey simple messages clearly. There are attempts at less common vocabulary, such as 'amenities', 'special guest', and 'influence people', but these are accompanied by lexical inaccuracies and awkward word choices, such as 'great honoured' instead of 'great honour' and repeating 'planing' with a single 'n'. Spelling errors like 'amenties' also occur. While communication is never impeded, the vocabulary range remains limited, fitting the Band 5 to Band 6 profile. Because the language successfully communicates the core message despite errors, a Band 6 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some control over grammar. Examples include subordinate clauses like 'if you will be the special guest here' and 'as you are famous for your acting'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors and awkward phrasing, such as 'Every theatre room have capacity' (subject-verb agreement), 'Theatre is very spacious' (missing article), and the misuse of tenses and modals, such as 'if you will be'. Punctuation is generally acceptable, but the grammatical mistakes cause some distraction for the reader without completely blocking comprehension, which aligns precisely with the Band 5 descriptors.

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