Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-18

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 6.0)

Dear Mrs Barrett,

I am Kushang Patel, an international student in this city, recently I have watched your advertisement that you are looking for someone to help at your residence. I will appriciate if you give me this chance to help you. Actually I am student of management so I have good management skills and addtionally I am an artist so I will help you to arragne things properly and will also decor your home according your taste.

I would like to do this types of help, because I am interested in it and I considered my self as a helping hand person even back in my country I did many help and also attended many voluntery works which I want to follow here as well. In addition, helping someone gives me peace of mind and I also prefer make a strong bond with eachother on this new land.

Talking about my avaibality so I am not available in week days as I have my university classes, whereas on weekends I am fully available to help you.

Thank you,

Kushang Patel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The candidate successfully covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. First, the student suggests how they could help in the home by utilizing management skills to arrange items and decorate according to Mrs Barrett's taste. Second, the reason for wanting to do the work is clearly stated, explaining a desire to help others, gain peace of mind, and build community bonds. Third, availability is explicitly addressed by stating that the writer is unavailable on weekdays due to university classes, but fully available on weekends. The tone is appropriate for a semi-formal letter, and all parts of the prompt are adequately addressed, earning a solid band score for task fulfillment.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter demonstrates a logical overall arrangement, opening with an appropriate salutation and closing. Ideas are grouped into distinct paragraphs covering the introduction and purpose, the reasons and volunteering background, and finally availability. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or faulty. Run-on sentences and punctuation issues are present, such as in the sentence beginning with 'Actually I am student of management so I have good management skills...'. Reference pronouns are occasionally unclear, and transitional devices could be used more flexibly and accurately to guide the reader smoothly through the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The lexical range is adequate for completing the task, demonstrating attempts at less common vocabulary such as 'international student', 'management skills', and 'peace of mind'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the letter, including 'appriciate' instead of 'appreciate', 'arragne' instead of 'arrange', 'decor' instead of 'decorate', and 'avaibality' instead of 'availability'. Additionally, some phrasing is slightly unnatural, such as 'helping hand person' and 'on this new land'. These errors do not impede communication but prevent the vocabulary score from reaching a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional and causal clauses using 'because' and 'whereas'. However, grammatical accuracy is inconsistent. There are several run-on sentences connected by comma splices or coordinating conjunctions without proper punctuation, such as 'I am Kushang Patel, an international student in this city, recently I have watched your advertisement...'. Other errors include missing articles ('I am student of management'), incorrect prepositions, and minor spelling issues in tense markers. While communication is not severely impeded, the frequency of grammatical errors keeps the score at this level.

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