Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-08

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

Write a letter to the manager of the hotel. In your letter

• say where you think you left the papers
• explain why they are so important
• tell the manager what you want him/her to do

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Hotel Manager,

I am writing to ask about my important documents, which leaved at your hotel last week. I booked your five river hotel room for celebrating my brithday with my friends. However, I forgeted my papers in the room.

I know the place where you can find it, my papers would be in the side table drawer. This is very important documents for me, I cannot book my exam without it. Moreover, I want to express one thing I really appreciate you for good services, and food was also very an amazing.

I would gratefull it if you could send my papers by post, I will happy to send an extra charge's mailing fee. If post is not possible, I would like to pick up from your hotel. Could you please let me know by this Friday how your plan?

Thank your for your time and considerations. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,

Amandeep

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three required points: you identify the likely location as “the side table drawer,” explain that the papers are needed to book an exam, and request that they be posted or made available for collection. The request for a reply by Friday also gives the manager a clear next step. These details make the purpose easy to understand and the ideas are relevant. To make the response more fully developed, clarify what the papers are—for example, whether they are exam registration documents—and give a little more context about the meeting or the room. The birthday and service comments are polite, but they take space without strengthening the explanation of the documents’ importance or the recovery request.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The message follows a sensible sequence: it introduces the problem, identifies where the papers may be, explains their importance, and then makes a request. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “However” and “Moreover” show an effort to connect ideas. Some connections are less smooth, however: the praise for the hotel’s food interrupts the explanation of why the papers matter, and “If post is not possible” could be linked more clearly to the first request. The reference in “find it” is also unclear because the writer has mentioned plural “documents” and “papers.” Grouping related information more tightly and using clearer references would make the progression more natural.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the situation, including “documents,” “side table drawer,” “by post,” and “pick up,” so the reader can understand the main request. There is also an attempt at polite, formal language in “I am writing to ask” and “I look forward to hearing from you.” However, noticeable spelling, word-form, and collocation errors reduce precision, including “brithday,” “gratefull,” “extra charge's mailing fee,” and “very an amazing.” Some expressions are also unnatural, such as “five river hotel room” and “book my exam.” Aim for accurate, conventional phrases such as “hotel room,” “register for my exam,” and “cover the postage.” Proofreading spelling and choosing natural collocations would make the vocabulary more reliable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response includes both simple statements and attempts at longer structures, such as “If post is not possible, I would like to pick up from your hotel.” The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction occur across the letter. For example, “which leaved” needs a passive form (“which I left”), “I forgeted” should be “I forgot,” and “This is very important documents” has a number-agreement problem. In “I would gratefull it if,” the conditional structure is not formed correctly, while “Could you please let me know by this Friday how your plan?” needs an indirect-question structure. Practise accurate past-tense and conditional patterns, and check each sentence for a clear subject and verb.

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