Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-28

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 doing well.I am writing this letter with regard to the advertisement i saw on the local newsboard where you were looking for someone who could help you in your home for a couple of days in upcoming summer.So,I think i will be able to assist you with this.

Moreover, I am very organised and tend to keep my house well-maintained.I can cook multi-cuisines which everyone in my family enjoys. In my free time i learnt to garden the plants and maintain the lawn which will be helpful to you. I am keen on helping because i am planning to open my own business of providing such services to people so it can prove to be supportive and beneficial. However, i am available five days a week except monday and wednesday from 9 am to 4 pm.

I look forward to receiving you response.

Yours Faithfully,

Drishti

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The candidate successfully covers all three bullet points required by the task. She suggests how she could help by mentioning that she can maintain the house, cook multi-cuisine meals, and garden. She clearly states why she would like to do this work, explaining her future business plans. Furthermore, she outlines her availability precisely, noting the days and hours she can and cannot work. The tone is appropriate for a semi-formal letter to an acquaintance or local resident. All parts of the prompt are addressed with relevant and extended ideas, placing this response comfortably at Band 7.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter is logically organised with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and uses standard letter conventions such as an appropriate salutation and sign-off. Paragraphing is utilised to separate distinct ideas, such as the introduction from the body paragraph containing skills and availability. Cohesive devices are employed, although some are used rather mechanically (e.g., starting sentences with 'Moreover' and 'However'). Referencing is generally clear, and the overall progression of information is easy to follow, supporting a Band 6.5 score.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting some less common phrases such as 'well-maintained', 'multi-cuisines', and 'supportive and beneficial'. However, there are some noticeable inaccuracies in word choice and collocation, such as 'gardent the plants' instead of 'tend to the garden' or 'do some gardening', and 'receiving you response' instead of 'your response'. Despite these occasional lexical errors, meaning is never obscured, which is characteristic of Band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as the conditional-style or causal structures seen in '...so it can prove to be supportive and beneficial' and '...where you were looking for someone who could help you...'. There are several punctuation and spacing errors throughout the text, including missing spaces after commas and periods (e.g., 'well.I', 'advertisement i', 'So,I', 'However, i'), as well as lowercase letters used for the pronoun 'i'. Nevertheless, these grammatical and mechanical errors rarely impede communication, reflecting a solid Band 6.0 performance.

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