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

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)

I am writing to share my opinion regarding an article about town centres of my country.

I read your article which includes some points that seems to be true as respect to similar town centres. I completely agree that most of the town centres of the country pay attention to public needs which includes - banks,transporation services,schools and hospitals.

If I talk about my town center, it is completely different because it provides public as well as private colleges which are limited provide in any other town centres.Moreover,my town centres put more imphasize on public hygience such as clean public washrooms.

I offer you a guided tour of my town so you can come to know about the different services that are in my town.Moreover, you may be able to see or know about the cleaniless of my town.

I will surely give you a tour , just let me know when you are free.

Kind rewards,

Tarn

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you identify agreement with the article’s claim about common services, describe colleges and clean public washrooms as features of your town, and offer the writer a guided tour. Your position is clear in “I completely agree” about shared facilities, followed by “my town center…is completely different.” However, the contrast is only briefly explained: the claim that colleges are “limited” elsewhere is not supported with detail, and the town’s distinctive character could be illustrated more specifically. The tour offer is clear, but the invitation could sound more complete by proposing what the writer would see or when you could arrange it. Developing these points with concrete examples would make the response more fully persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter follows a sensible progression from your response to the article, to your town’s differences, and finally to the tour invitation. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “Moreover” make relationships between ideas clear. This gives the response a coherent overall arrangement. To strengthen cohesion further, avoid repeating “Moreover” and “my town” so closely, and use clearer references where needed. For example, “my town centres put more emphasis” is followed by another sentence about cleanliness; a more varied transition could show how this example supports your contrast with other towns. A conventional closing and a slightly more connected explanation of the town’s features would also make the letter flow more naturally.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “public needs,” “guided tour,” “public colleges,” and “public washrooms,” so your meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts to express distinctions, such as “public as well as private colleges.” However, several inaccurate or misspelled choices reduce precision and naturalness: “transporation,” “imphasize,” “hygience,” and “cleaniless” make the letter less polished. Some phrases are also awkward, particularly “limited provide in any other town centres” and “pay attention to public needs.” Aim to learn accurate collocations and check spelling carefully. More precise descriptions of what makes the town distinctive would also help you express the comparison with greater flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the clause “I read your article which includes some points…” and the conditional-purpose construction “so you can come to know…”. The main ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors affect accuracy. In “some points that seems to be true,” the verb should agree with the plural noun; “which includes” also needs agreement with “needs.” The phrase “limited provide” has an incorrect grammatical form, and “If I talk about my town center” is an awkward conditional construction. Punctuation and spacing around commas are inconsistent. Practise subject–verb agreement, verb forms, and sentence punctuation, while keeping the useful variety of structures you are already attempting.

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