Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-22

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 6.5)

Dear Sumit,

I hope you are doing great. I am writing this letter to invite you on the opening of a new theatre of my company at my city, Bhucho mandi on 5th of october.

I am working at an entertainment company and we are opening new branches all around the state punjab. When we were deciding for a location in my city, I suggested your name as a VIP guest on the opening ceremony. As we all know you are a youth icon and a brilliant actor also, your speach will encourage people to take acting classes at the theatre. We have hired great artists to teach people.

This is going to be the one of the biggest theatre of our country with more then 5000 seating and with multiple screens facilitiated with 3D and 4k feature which will make the experience of audiance memorable.

I will send you the address and timing of the event. I hope you will accept my invitaion and give us a chance to meet you soon.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Harpreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response covers all three bullet points required by the task prompt. You successfully provided information about the new theatre, such as its location in Bhucho Mandi and its seating capacity, extended an invitation to the actor Sumit, and explained why he would be an ideal guest due to being a youth icon and brilliant actor. The tone is generally appropriate for a letter to a celebrity, though it slips into informality in places. The ideas are relevant and adequately developed, satisfying the core requirements of General Training Task 1.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall progression and is divided into logical paragraphs that handle different topics, such as the event details, the reasons for the invitation, and the venue's features. However, referencing and cohesive devices are occasionally basic or mechanical, such as repetitive transitions and somewhat disjointed sentence linkages. Paragraphing is used sufficiently and appropriately, but smoother inter-paragraph connections would elevate the overall cohesion of the response.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The lexical range is adequate for the task. You attempt some less common vocabulary items, such as 'youth icon', 'brilliant actor', and 'memorable experience'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors, including 'speach' instead of speech, 'invitaion' instead of invitation, 'facilitiated' instead of facilitated, and 'audiance' instead of audience. Collocations are occasionally awkward, such as 'invite you on the opening' instead of 'invite you to the opening'.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The response demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms. You successfully employ complex structures, such as 'When we were deciding for a location in my city, I suggested your name...' and relative clauses. However, there are several grammatical errors and punctuation lapses, such as missing articles ('at my city', 'at the theatre'), incorrect prepositions ('opening of a new theatre... at my city'), and run-on structures ('...multiple screens facilitiated with 3D and 4k feature which will make the experience of audiance memorable'). These errors occasionally distract the reader but do not impede overall communication.

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