Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-26

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have just read an article in a national newspaper which claims that town centres in your country all look very similar to each other. You don't fully agree with this opinion.

Write a letter to the editor of the newspaper. In your letter

• say which points in the article you agree with
• explain ways in which your town centre is different from most other town centres
• offer to give a guided tour of your town to the writer of the article

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to give my opinion on your recent article that you have pulished in natonal newspaper. my disagreement is particularly with the part, which mentioned that the town centres of my country all looks same.

However, I agree with the point that infrastructure in some areas is not fully developed, which makes the cities less attractive overall.

But there are many aspects, which differentiate our town centres from others such as our town centre although is less developed, but has many old and classic buildings that are preserved. whereas, in other town centre you will not get these specifications.

I would like to offer you a guide tour, which might change your perspective about the town centres of my country. I hope you will consider my thoughts and mention them in your upcoming article.

I look forward to your prompt reply to this letter.

Yours faithfully,

Gurdial Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three required points and make your position clear: you disagree with the claim that town centres all look the same, while agreeing that some areas have underdeveloped infrastructure. You also identify a specific difference—your town’s preserved old and classic buildings—and offer the writer a guided tour. These relevant details meet the task well. However, the explanation of what makes your town distinctive is brief, and the agreement with the article is not illustrated with a concrete example. The tour offer could also be developed by suggesting what the writer would see. More specific support for these points would make the response feel more fully developed and persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter follows a sensible sequence: you introduce your purpose, state the point you agree with, explain your disagreement, and make the tour offer before closing. Paragraphing helps separate these functions, and expressions such as “However” and “I would like to offer you” guide the reader through the message. Some links are less smooth, though. The sentence beginning “But there are many aspects” combines the contrast and the example awkwardly, while “whereas” starts a new sentence without a clear connection to the preceding comparison. A clearer progression from your general position to a specific example, with more precise links between sentences, would strengthen the cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “infrastructure,” “less attractive,” “preserved,” and “perspective,” and the reader can understand your main points. There is some attempt to use more specific language, particularly when describing the buildings. However, several spelling and word-choice errors reduce accuracy, including “pulished,” “natonal,” and “specifications” where a more natural term is needed. Phrases such as “all looks same” and “guide tour” are also not idiomatic. Aim for accurate, natural collocations and check spelling carefully; this would make your vocabulary more precise and fluent without needing unnecessarily complex words.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “a guide tour, which might change your perspective” and a contrast introduced by “although.” The overall meaning remains understandable, but some grammatical errors are noticeable. For example, “town centres … all looks” has subject–verb disagreement, and “although is less developed, but has” is an incorrectly formed contrast structure. The opening also shifts into lowercase after a full stop, and several clauses are joined in ways that make sentence boundaries unclear. Practise accurate agreement and build contrast sentences with either “although” or “but,” not both. Greater control of these patterns would improve accuracy.

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