Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You enjoy walking in the countryside near your home. However, you are noticing that there is more and more litter left there by other walkers.

Write a letter to your local newspaper. In your letter

• say why you enjoy walking and where

• describe the litter you have seen on your walks

• suggest what might be done about the problem

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing this to inform you about the little that has been left by others in the local park. Since this place is located near my house, I always enjoy walking there during morning and evening time. This place is extremely beautiful, and provide pretty pleasant environment for daily visitors.

Although this place was completely clean before, I have noticed that several people left their garbage, such as cans, bottles and food bags. This is not only destroying the environment but also affecting its beauty. I have already tried to contact local management team, but the problem persisits.

As I did not receive any support from either park management team or from other people, I would appreciate if you could write about this in your newspaper. This may help to raise awareness among local residents, and they may feel more encouraged to clean this park. This approach may be benficial to gather public support immensly.

I look forward to hearning from you.

Yours Sincerely,

Manish

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points and maintain a suitable, polite letter style. The reason for walking is clear: the park is near your home, and you enjoy its beauty and pleasant surroundings. You also identify specific rubbish—“cans, bottles and food bags”—and propose newspaper coverage to raise awareness. These details meet the task well. To make the response more fully developed, explain more precisely what action you want readers or the newspaper to take; “write about this” and encouraging residents to clean the park remain somewhat general. You mention contacting the management team, but adding a practical measure, such as bins, signs, or organised clean-ups, would strengthen the proposed solution.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear progression: you introduce the location and your enjoyment of it, describe the litter, and then request help from the newspaper. Paragraphing supports this sequence, and linking expressions such as “Although,” “As,” and “This may help” make the relationships between ideas understandable. The closing is also appropriate for a formal letter. Some connections could be more precise: “As I did not receive any support” follows the statement that the problem persists, but the relationship between these points is not fully explained. The repeated use of “This place” and “This” also makes some references less specific. Varying these references and linking the proposed actions more directly would make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the topic, with relevant terms such as “local park,” “garbage,” “environment,” and “raise awareness.” You also attempt more formal expressions, including “local residents” and “public support.” However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “little” appears to mean “litter,” “food bags” is less natural than “food packaging,” and “gather public support” is awkward in this context. There are also misspellings such as “persisits,” “benficial,” “immensly,” and “hearning.” These do not prevent understanding, but careful proofreading and more natural combinations would improve control and make the letter sound more polished.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “Although this place was completely clean before” and the purpose clause “This may help to raise awareness.” Most ideas remain clear despite some grammatical errors. For example, “This place is extremely beautiful, and provide” has a subject–verb agreement error; “I would appreciate if” needs “it” after “appreciate”; and “during morning and evening time” needs more natural article and number choices. The sentence beginning “As I did not receive any support” is also awkwardly structured because the reason for requesting newspaper coverage is not clearly expressed. Review agreement, articles, and sentence construction, while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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