Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-12

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

Mrs Barrett, an English-speaking woman who lives in your town, has advertised for someone to help her in her home for a few hours a day next summer.

Write a letter to Mrs Barrett. In your letter

• suggest how you could help her in her home
• say why you would like to do this work
• explain when you will and will not be available

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Mrs Barrett,

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Dear Mrs Barrett,

I hope this letter finds you in good health. I am writing share my interest in response to your advertisement about the help you need at your home next summer.

To begin with, I have extensive experience working as a house-help and has served numerous homes till date. I can help with cooking, cleaning, laundry, and gardening. Moreover, I am a government certified child-care professional which you requested as a must have in your requirements.

Additionally, I am intrigued by your English proficiency in this part of the country where Hindi is the primary language; I feel this would be helpful for me in future. I can start from March 31, 2027 and can work for upto 20 hours and 5 days a week with Saturdays and Sundays off. Furthermore, I have attached my identity proof and resume for your reference.

Thank you for your consideration. I expect a response within 7 days which will allow me to plan the upcoming summer. Please contact me at my phone, [redacted phone] if you have any further questions for me.

Yours Sincerely,

Sachin Jain

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The candidate has successfully addressed all three bullet points required in the prompt. You suggested how you could help Mrs Barrett by detailing tasks such as 'cooking, cleaning, laundry, and gardening'. You explained why you would like to do this work by mentioning your interest in her English proficiency and personal future development. Furthermore, you clearly outlined your availability, stating you can start from March 31, 2027, working up to 20 hours and 5 days a week with weekends off. The tone of the letter is appropriately formal and polite throughout, maintaining a suitable semi-formal or formal register for corresponding with an older resident in town. All parts of the task are well-covered with relevant, clear, and extended ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The letter exhibits a clear logical organisation and progression from the opening purpose to specific details about experience, availability, and finally the call to action. Paragraphing is used appropriately and separates distinct themes effectively. Cohesive devices are employed reasonably well to link ideas, such as 'To begin with,' 'Moreover,' and 'Additionally,' though some transitional phrasing feels slightly mechanical. Referencing throughout the response is generally clear, and the overall arrangement guides the reader smoothly from the introduction to the closing sign-off without significant disruption to the flow of information.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The candidate demonstrates a sufficient range of vocabulary with some flexibility and precision appropriate for a general correspondence task. Phrasing such as 'extensive experience working as a house-help,' 'government certified child-care professional,' and 'identity proof and resume' shows good control over functional topic-specific vocabulary. While there is a minor lexical slip in the phrasing 'writing share my interest' missing a preposition, and 'upto' should be two words, the vocabulary used is more than adequate to convey precise meanings. Less common items are attempted with a generally solid awareness of appropriate style.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, incorporating relative clauses and compound-complex sentences effectively. There are, however, some noticeable grammatical errors. For instance, in the second paragraph, there is a subject-verb agreement error: 'I have extensive experience working as a house-help and has served numerous homes till date,' where 'has' should be 'have'. Additionally, the phrase 'writing share' is missing the infinitive marker 'to'. Punctuation is generally sound, and while these errors do occur, they rarely impede communication and the majority of sentences remain clear and comprehensible.

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