Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-27

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,

I am writing to express my concern about the increasing amount of litter left by walker near countryside near my home.

i enjoy walking in countryside because it is peaceful, and i can enjoy fresh air and beautiful scenery. Moreover, walking help me relax after my busy day and improve my mood. i usually go for walk in evening or at a weekends when i have free time.

Recently, I have noticed plastic bottles, empty cans and food wrappers along with walking path. In some areas, there are also plastic bags and leftover food near the trees and benches

In addition, i suggest that the local council install more garbage bins and put up sign or asking visitor to area clean.

i hope you publish this letter to rise awareness of this issue. Also, the council can organize regular cleaning activities and introduce fine for people who rubbish on the ground.

I hope you will consider publishing my concerns in your newspaper so that more people can help protect our countryside.

your faithfully,

Dhruvil

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three bullet points and maintain a clear, appropriate purpose: you explain that you enjoy the peace, fresh air and scenery, describe bottles, cans, wrappers and bags, and propose bins, signs, clean-up activities and fines. These relevant details support your concern and make the letter useful to a newspaper. The suggestions are clear, though they are mostly listed rather than explained—for example, you could say how signs or fines might encourage walkers to change their behaviour. The opening and closing also suit a formal letter, but the sign-off should be “Yours faithfully” when the recipient is unnamed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a generally clear progression: it introduces the concern, explains your enjoyment of walking, describes the litter, and then offers solutions. Paragraphing helps distinguish these points, and connectors such as “Moreover,” “Recently” and “In addition” guide the reader. This meets the lower-band expectation of an overall coherent arrangement and shows some features of stronger, more flexible organisation. However, the final paragraph combines suggestions with two separate requests to publish the letter, so the purpose becomes repetitive. Group the proposed actions together and finish with one concise request. A few paragraph transitions could also be more natural rather than relying on formulaic linking phrases.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for the topic and includes useful specific items such as “plastic bottles,” “food wrappers,” “garbage bins” and “regular cleaning activities.” These choices make the problem and proposed responses easy to understand. You also attempt more formal expressions, including “express my concern” and “raise awareness,” although the latter is misspelled as “rise awareness.” Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “litter left by walker,” “sign or asking visitor” and “people who rubbish on the ground.” These do not prevent the reader from understanding your message, but they limit precision. Aim to use natural combinations such as “litter left by walkers,” “put up signs asking visitors to keep the area clean,” and “people who drop litter.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple sentences and some longer structures, including “because it is peaceful” and “after my busy day,” so there is some variety. The main ideas remain understandable, but errors in sentence structure and basic grammar occur across the letter. Examples include “walking help me relax” instead of “walking helps me relax,” “at a weekends” instead of “at weekends,” and “install more garbage bins and put up sign or asking visitor,” where the structure is incomplete and agreement and articles are missing. Capitalisation of “I” is also inconsistent, and the closing punctuation needs attention. Practise checking subject–verb agreement, articles, plurals and complete parallel structures; greater accuracy in these areas would make your varied sentences more controlled.

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