Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-14

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 6.5)

Dear sir/madam,

I am writing to inform you that I may be left my important papers at your hotel during my stay in hotel. I think I left them on the desk in room no. 221.

These papers are very important to me because it have my personal and educational data. I need this document for my college and other purposes. some of documents are original which are difficult to replace them and it would be a time consuming process. When i returned home,then I realized I had forgotten my documents.

i kindly request to you please ask your housekeeeping staff if they found any document from room no.221. if they found please contact with me and delive it to my home address. i will ready to pay you shipping charges.

thank you for your time and assistance. i am looking forword to hearing back from you.

yours sincerely,

Gurpreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The letter addresses all three required points clearly. You identify a plausible location—“on the desk in room no. 221”—explain the papers’ importance through their personal and educational information and the difficulty of replacing originals, and ask the manager to check with housekeeping, contact you, and arrange delivery. These details make the request purposeful and sufficiently supported. The explanation of why the papers matter is somewhat general, however: specifying what college process or deadline depends on them would make the importance more fully developed. Overall, the purpose and requested action remain clear throughout, with only limited room to make the supporting details more precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information follows a sensible order: you explain why you are writing, identify where the papers may be, describe their importance, and then make your request. This gives the letter a clear progression, and phrases such as “because” and “When I returned home” help connect the explanation to the situation. The closing also appropriately signals that you expect a reply. Some links are less smooth, particularly “When i returned home,then,” and the request is crowded into one long sequence of actions. Separate the request into clearer sentences and use paragraph breaks for the location, importance, and requested action. This would make the organisation easier to follow and the connections less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use adequate vocabulary to communicate the situation and request, including “personal and educational data,” “original,” “replace,” and “shipping charges.” These choices convey the main ideas, and the reader can understand what you need. However, some word combinations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “left my important papers,” “contact with me,” and “deliver it to my home address.” There are also spelling errors, including “housekeeeping,” “delive,” and “looking forword,” as well as repeated use of “papers” and “documents.” Aim for more natural collocations and check spelling carefully; this would make the letter sound more precise and appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter includes simple statements and some attempts to connect ideas, for example, “These papers are very important to me because…” and “When I returned home…”. The intended meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. “I may be left” should be “I may have left,” and “it have” needs subject–verb agreement and a clearer plural reference, such as “they contain.” The request “I kindly request to you please ask” has an incorrect structure; use “I kindly ask you to…” Capitalisation and punctuation also need attention, as in “some” after a full stop and “home,then.” Practise accurate verb forms, agreement, and sentence boundaries while retaining a mix of sentence patterns.

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