Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-15
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
You recently received a letter from a friend asking for advice about whether to go to college or to try to get a job. You think he/she should get a job.
Write a letter to this friend. In your letter
- say why he/she would not enjoy going to college
- explain why getting a job is a good idea for him/her
- suggest types of job that would be suitable for him/her
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear ................. ,
Student answer (Band 6.0)
Dear Meet,
I received your inqury letter recently, and decided the reply letter as the momment I read that. Although the benefits of going to college are numures, I prefer you to find a job instead studying further. There are multiple reason for it.
As colleges which are you trying to get into, are inviting many international student. As they are dumb, and weak. They required easier courses and examination system to graduate. So they have decided to nerf entire system drastically. As you are intelligent and want competitive level in studies, going to any college might waste your time.
So rather then going for college that disappoints you, job could be best thing to do in this infletion era. As the hourly salary is going to increase by $1.9 by end of this month allowing to earn more. And I have found exact course on Telegram that is free, so after job timing, you could learn from it. So it would be win-win situation for you.
As I know you since childhood, and you are good in cleaning, any cleaner job would be best for you. Select any near restaurents/hotels that think best for you .
Waiting for your reply, your friend.
SAM
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The response covers all parts of the prompt, successfully adopting an informal tone for a friend. You address why he might not enjoy college by mentioning that it could waste his time due to altered standards. You explain why getting a job is beneficial, citing financial advantages like the increase in hourly salary alongside free online learning resources. Finally, you suggest a suitable job as a cleaner. However, the tone and content regarding international students and describing them as 'dumb, and weak' is inappropriate and affects the natural development of ideas, keeping the task response at band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The letter follows a clear informal structure with an appropriate salutation ('Dear Meet,') and sign-off ('your friend. SAM'). Paragraphing is utilised to separate distinct ideas, such as college drawbacks, job benefits, and job suggestions. Cohesive devices are present, including transition markers like 'Although', 'So', and 'As'. However, some logical transitions and referencing are slightly mechanical or awkward, such as starting multiple sentences with 'As' and 'So'. Overall progression is coherent and easy to follow throughout the response, meeting the requirements for a band 6.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The vocabulary used is generally adequate for the task, with some attempts at less common lexical items such as 'inqury', 'infletion', and 'win-win situation'. However, there are notable spelling errors ('inqury', 'momment', 'numures', 'restaurents') and inappropriate word choices ('nerf entire system', 'dumb, and weak'). These errors occasionally impede communication or reflect unnatural collocations. The range is sufficient to convey the main points, but accuracy issues constrain the lexical score to a band 5.5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including subordinate clauses introduced by 'Although' and 'As'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors and punctuation issues throughout the text, such as sentence fragments ('As colleges which are you trying to get into, are inviting many international student.'), comma splices, and articles missing or misused ('decided the reply letter as the momment', 'job could be best thing'). While meaning is generally clear despite these issues, the high frequency of errors prevents the score from reaching band 6.0.
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