Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-07-30

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

Your friend has been offered a place on a course at the university where you studied. He/She would like your advice about finding a place to live.

Write an email to your friend. In your email

• describe where you lived when you were a student at the university
• recommend the best way for him/her to look for accommodation
• warn him/her of mistakes students make when choosing accommodation

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your email as follows:

Dear ..........,

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Dear Emmy,

Firstly congratulations for your new journey at university level, and thankyou for felling me pleasure of getting suggestion for accommodation.

If i talk about my situation in reside in apartment near to kings way avenue, beside the main street. It is quite near place from university and become convenient for me and help to save time and money also. Furthermore, it also have easy excess to shopping center and grocery store.

In addition, there all couple of ways for finding better accommodation Like ;- Facebook market place and website is living hat.com , However these are really trustworthy sites for getting quite and peaceful place for live.

In this period of time students face scam and physical harassment cases from landlord. sometimes they ask for lease agreement, After that they show bad behavior and also get giving there deposit after lease end. So these are some mistakes the students often do while searching for living place.

Ask me for any further assistant,

Yours Best regards,

Panthpreet Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

You have addressed all three bullet points required by the task: describing your past accommodation, recommending a search method, and warning about potential pitfalls. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. For instance, the warning section is a bit vague and could have been more specific to help your friend avoid these issues. While you have covered the requirements, the response would benefit from more detailed explanations to fully develop the ideas presented, which would move your score higher into the band 7 range.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The email is organized into clear paragraphs, which helps the reader follow your points. You use some cohesive devices such as 'Firstly', 'Furthermore', and 'In addition' to link your ideas. However, some transitions feel a bit mechanical or slightly misused, such as 'Like ;- Facebook market place'. Additionally, the flow between sentences is occasionally interrupted by grammatical errors, which makes the progression of ideas feel a little disjointed at times. Improving the variety and naturalness of your linking words will help improve the overall coherence of your writing.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is generally adequate for the task, allowing you to communicate your message clearly. You use some relevant terms like 'lease agreement', 'accommodation', and 'convenient'. However, there are several instances of awkward phrasing and word choice errors, such as 'felling me pleasure of getting suggestion' and 'easy excess to'. These errors indicate a limited range and some difficulty with collocations. To improve, focus on learning common word pairings and ensuring that your vocabulary choices are precise and natural in the context of an informal email.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an attempt to use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including issues with articles ('the university', 'a place'), subject-verb agreement ('it also have'), and sentence construction ('If i talk about my situation in reside in apartment'). These errors are noticeable and occasionally make the reader pause, although they do not completely impede communication. To reach a higher band, you should focus on proofreading for basic grammatical accuracy, particularly with verb forms and prepositions.

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