Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-03

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 6.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I feel highly motivated to let you know of a present complain, that has been irritating me for a long period of time regarding the continous decreasing quantity of litters for the walkers in the countryside.

I am habitual of morning walk in the countryside near by my residency on seaside footpath. I really enjoy watching sunrise and the cool breeze while walking along with my wife and the dog.

However, during the walk it took us a while to find any workable litter to through the garbage in it. We usually have some snacks or coffee and we have to hold the trash in the hands sometimes for a mile or more as most of the litters are either broken or are not available on their designated places.

Thus, requesting you to kindly please publish this issue in the local newspaper so that the district municiple coroporation will get to know about this and purchase more litters to put on the walk way after every particular distance.

For this I shall be really thankful to you.

Yours sincerely,

Fahad Maqbool

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address the three requested points: you explain that you walk on a seaside footpath near your home and enjoy the sunrise and cool breeze, describe the lack of usable bins, and ask the newspaper to raise the issue so the local authority can provide more. The purpose is clear, and the letter has an appropriate opening and closing. However, the description focuses mainly on bins being broken or absent rather than giving a fuller picture of the litter left by walkers, such as the kinds of rubbish or where it accumulates. The proposed response is also quite narrow: adding bins is relevant, but you could develop it with another measure, such as signs or regular clean-ups. These points leave some parts less fully addressed than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: you introduce the concern, give personal context, describe the problem, and make a request. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “However” and “Thus” make the progression easy to follow. The reader can understand how your walking experience leads to your request. Some connections are less smooth, though: “Thus, requesting you to kindly please publish this issue” does not form a complete, natural transition, and the relationship between the litter you see and the shortage of bins could be made more explicit. A more direct progression from observed rubbish to practical solutions, with less formulaic linking, would make the organisation more polished.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “sunrise,” “cool breeze,” “trash,” and “designated places,” and the reader can generally understand your concern. There are, however, noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems that sometimes make the message less clear. “Continous decreasing quantity of litters” is an awkward way to describe the problem, and “workable litter” appears to mean a usable rubbish bin. The repeated use of “litters” also confuses litter with litter bins; “litter” is generally uncountable, while “bins” names the containers. Spelling errors such as “municiple” and “coroporation” further reduce accuracy. More precise topic vocabulary and careful proofreading would improve clarity and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of sentence forms, including a longer sentence explaining what happens during your walks and a purpose clause in your request. The main message remains understandable, but several grammatical errors affect naturalness and sometimes make the reader pause. For example, “I am habitual of morning walk” needs a more accurate construction, and “it took us a while to find” does not fit smoothly with the intended general, repeated situation. In “hold the trash in the hands,” the article and possessive structure are not well controlled. The request beginning “Thus, requesting you” is also a sentence fragment. Practise complete sentence structures, articles, and consistent tense choices, while retaining some complex sentences.

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