Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-29

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 this email regarding the advertisement published in The Times Newspaper about you require someone to assist you in your home next summer. I am happy to help you for a day.

I have a professional experience of 5 years as a technician, where I gained knowledge about heating and air-conditioning system. Currently, I am working as a painter, so I have quite an experience in painting the house effectively.

I usually like to do volunteer work, like I have provided free services to many non-profit organisations located in my city. As I have experience in these services, I always like to help anyone who are in need, considering it as contributing to the community.

Lastly, I am mostly free on the weekends from 10 to 3 pm and during a week, I will be available late evenings from 7 to 10 pm. However, I am unavailable during the day on weekdays because I go for work. I am happy to help you during the summer in the month of June and July.

Please let me know when you will be available and we can schedule a day according to it.

Yours faithfully,

Jenny

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you offer relevant help based on your technician and painting experience, explain your interest in volunteer work, and give specific times when you are available or unavailable. The practical skills are a useful response to the home-help request. However, the offer is initially limited to “a day,” which is less clear than the task’s request for help for a few hours a day over the summer. Your reason for wanting the work is also framed mainly as a general wish to help others, rather than explaining why this particular paid or household role appeals to you. Clarify the duties you could undertake and connect your motivation more directly to Mrs Barrett’s needs.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall progression: you introduce your application, describe relevant experience, explain your motivation, and then set out your availability. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these separate points, and “Lastly” signals the move to scheduling details. This coherent arrangement meets the task well. Some connections are less natural or precise, however: “As I have experience in these services” does not clearly refer back to the volunteer work, and “according to it” leaves the reference unclear. The opening also calls the letter an “email,” which slightly disrupts the chosen format. Use more direct links between ideas and a clear closing request, such as asking Mrs Barrett which tasks she needs help with.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the purpose, including relevant terms such as “technician,” “heating and air-conditioning system,” “non-profit organisations,” and “unavailable.” These details make your skills and schedule understandable. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, but some expressions are inaccurate or awkwardly collocated, including “professional experience of 5 years,” “published in The Times Newspaper,” and “help you for a day.” “Free services” is understandable but less natural than a phrase describing unpaid volunteer work. Aim for conventional application-letter wording and precise descriptions of household tasks; this will make the message sound more fluent and appropriately formal without requiring more elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple sentences and more complex forms, including the relative clause “where I gained knowledge” and the contrast introduced by “However.” Most of the message remains easy to understand, which shows reasonable control. Some grammatical errors persist, though. In “about you require someone,” the clause needs a different structure, such as “about your need for someone” or “that you require someone.” “Anyone who are in need” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “during a week” is not the appropriate article pattern here. There are also article and number issues in “a professional experience” and “heating and air-conditioning system.” Review clause construction, agreement, and articles, while continuing to use varied sentence forms.

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