Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-20

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 happy to see your advertisment that you are looking for someone to help you in next summar. My name is Alex and I live in your neighbourhood. Let me give brief introduction of mine which can help you to see how I can fit to your requirements. I have around 15+ years of experience in hospitality worked for major hotels and mid range homestays who takes care end to end property maintainance. Small to large scale house hold activities. I can bring my expertise to help you in your home to apply all the best practices, techniques, hygiene and protols to help in your home tasks.

The reason I would be interested to help you because not for pay just help our neighbours to apply all the best practices, techniques and hygiene skills and knowledge which I have acquired for these many years. I will be happy to share and work with you.

As requirement is only for few hours, I am available post by work times week days from 5pm to 9pm and on weekends morning 9am to 12pm. You can let me know time works for you. I will be happy to help you.

Looking forward to meet you.

Regards,

Alex

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you describe relevant experience that could help with household tasks, explain your motivation, and give weekday and weekend availability. Your hospitality background is a useful reason to consider you, but the actual help you could provide remains broad: “house hold activities” and “property maintenance” do not identify particular jobs such as cleaning, cooking, or shopping. The reason is also somewhat unclear because you say you want to help “not for pay,” without explaining more personally why this work appeals to you. Availability is specific, but you do not say when you will not be available. Develop these details and state any unavailable times explicitly to make the letter more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and offer, a paragraph about your motivation, and a final paragraph giving your schedule. This makes the main information easy to locate, and the closing is appropriate. The progression is generally logical, though some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “The reason I would be interested to help you because” does not form a clear link between the reason and the offer, while “As requirement is only for few hours” moves abruptly into availability. The first paragraph also packs several ideas into a long block. Use clearer transitions and separate your experience from the specific tasks you can undertake; this would make the organisation more fluent and cohesion less noticeable.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for the situation, including “hospitality,” “experience,” “hygiene,” and “available,” and your meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “end to end property maintenance,” but several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, and spelling errors are noticeable: “advertisment,” “summar,” “maintainance,” and “protols.” Phrases such as “best practices” and “techniques” are repeated without clarifying what you would actually do, while “house hold activities” is imprecise. Aim for accurate, natural collocations and concrete household vocabulary. Proofreading spelling and avoiding repeated general phrases would make your range more effective and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and the reader can usually understand your main message. However, control is uneven, particularly in longer sentences. For example, “I have around 15+ years of experience in hospitality worked for major hotels” lacks a grammatical connection between the experience and the work history. In “The reason I would be interested to help you because,” the clause structure is incomplete, and “who takes care” does not agree with the plural “homestays.” Articles and prepositions are also sometimes missing, as in “in next summar” and “available post by work times.” Use shorter, complete sentences when needed, and check clause structure, agreement, and articles. More accurate complex sentences would improve clarity.

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