Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-29

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 Mr Khan,

I am writing this letter with great pleasure to invite you to inaugurate our new theatre in Santa Cruz Mumbai. The opening ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 10 o'clock in the morning.

Recently I am working at Rajashree film production house. Our company has decided to open new theatre in Mumbai, and we would honoured to have you inagurate it. So I kindly invite invite

you to attend this ceremony and make this occasion

more precious with your presence. I am

Delighted to invite you on this occasion, as you are a versatile actor and producer. Additionally you have a huge fan following so everyone would be happy to meet you. We will also decide to telecast your mane pyaar kiya movie at the ceremony. It would be honoured if you could attend the ceremony and make event truly special.

Hope to see you very soon at this occasion

Yours sincerely,

Bijal.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. You successfully provided information about the new theatre located in Santa Cruz, Mumbai, including the opening date and time. You extended an invitation to Mr Khan and clearly explained why he would be a suitable person to open the theatre, citing his versatility as an actor and producer, his huge fan following, and the special plan to screen his movie 'Maine Pyar Kiya'. Although some ideas like the movie screening are slightly informal, the task is fully addressed and ideas are sufficiently developed for a General Training letter. Therefore, this warrants a solid band score.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter maintains a clear overall arrangement and purpose throughout. The tone is generally appropriate for a formal invitation, and the sequence of ideas flows logically from the announcement of the opening to the invitation and the justification. However, paragraphing is somewhat inconsistent and poorly managed, with several abrupt, short lines and a lack of clear separation for distinct ideas. Cohesive devices are used simply rather than flexibly, with some repetitive phrasing (e.g., repeatedly using 'to invite you'). Referencing is mostly clear, but the formatting issues pull down the overall cohesion score.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for the task, successfully incorporating terms like 'inaugurate', 'versatile', and 'ceremony'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors, such as 'inagurate' (misspelled), 'mane' (instead of 'Maine'), and repetitive phrasing like 'attend this ceremony' and 'make this occasion'. There are also awkward collocations, such as 'Recently I am working', which affects precision. The vocabulary is minimally sufficient to convey your message, but inaccuracies prevent it from reaching a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'I am delighted to invite you on this occasion, as you are a versatile actor and producer.' However, there are notable grammatical errors and tense inaccuracies, such as 'Recently I am working' (should be 'Recently I have been working') and punctuation/capitalization slips ('Additionally you have', 'mane pyaar kiya'). Some sentences feel repetitive in structure. While the errors do not impede overall communication and the reader can easily follow your message, they occur frequently enough to place the response at this band level.

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