Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-09

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 writing to response your advertising looking for someone help your in home for upcoming summer. I would love the opportunity to assist in your household chores.

I can help in wide variety of tasks such as, organizing cupboards, washing clothes and dishes, moping and dusting and watering plants. I am available to run errand for shopping, grocery and pickup something. I can also take care of your children.

I am eager in this work because I genuinely like to help people. I would pursue my degree in Hosptiatly so I can gain some practical experience. I want learn English and earn some money for my expensive.

Regarding my availability, I am available from June to August between 10:00am to 1:00pm. I will not available during thr weekend due to prior family commitments.

Thankyou consider my letter. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

your sincerely,

Madhuri

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points in the task: you list household help, explain your reasons for wanting the work, and give a period and daily hours when you are available, as well as noting that weekends are unavailable. The examples of chores make your offer relevant and clear. However, some details are less fully explained: “I can also take care of your children” is not developed, and your reasons—helping people, gaining hospitality experience, improving English and earning money—are presented quickly without showing which is most important. Clarifying your experience or how your help would benefit Mrs Barrett would make the letter more complete and persuasive. The purpose and overall message remain clear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: you introduce your purpose, describe the help you can offer, explain your motivation, and then state your availability before closing. Paragraphing supports this progression, and phrases such as “Regarding my availability” help signal a change of topic. Some connections between ideas are less smooth, however. The list of chores and errands is crowded into one paragraph, while the reasons for wanting the job shift rapidly from helping people to study, English and money. Grouping related points and adding a brief explanation between them would improve flow. The closing is recognisable, but the sign-off and preceding sentence need more conventional phrasing to make the letter feel fully polished.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of vocabulary for domestic work, including “organizing cupboards,” “washing clothes and dishes,” “dusting,” and “watering plants.” “Practical experience” and “prior family commitments” also communicate useful details. However, several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems make the language less natural: “response your advertising,” “moping,” “run errand,” “Hosptiatly,” and “my expensive.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your main message, but they show that control of vocabulary is uneven. Aim to learn common phrases as complete units and check spelling carefully, especially for words connected to your studies and reasons for applying.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You communicate using both simple statements and some longer structures, such as “I am eager in this work because…” and the sentence explaining your availability. The main ideas are generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “someone help your in home” needs a correctly formed infinitive phrase, and “I will not available” is missing the verb “be.” In “I want learn English,” the infinitive marker is also needed. There are errors with articles, prepositions and sentence punctuation in the task list, including “such as, organizing…”. Practise accurate sentence patterns for offers, reasons and availability; this will help you retain variety while making your writing more reliable.

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