Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-15

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 or Madam,

I am writing to inform you that I forget my crucial documents at your hotel when I came there.

I stayed at your hotel on 15 October 2026. I recieved 301 room number. I stayed at your hotel for an important business meeting with my overseas client. Unfortunately, I forget my business papers at my hotel room. I think, it should be on the left side of the bed in front of the mirror.

Those papers are extremely important because our meeting details and payments all are write on those documents. If papers would lost, I may lost my job as my boss gave me responsiblity of the meeting details.

I would appreciate it if you could tell your staff members that they help me to find that papers as they can check the room number 301 and look on my papers. If your staff members found my papers, Please, send it on my address. I will pay you charges of the parcel.

I hope you will consider my problem. I look forward to hear from you.

Yours faithfully,

Kaur.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The letter clearly addresses all three requirements: you identify a likely location (“on the left side of the bed in front of the mirror”), explain the papers’ importance by referring to meeting details and payments, and ask the manager to have staff search room 301 and send the papers to you. The reason for their importance is also supported by the possible consequence for your job. These details make the purpose clear and the response appropriately formal. To strengthen the response further, make the requested action more precise—for example, ask the manager to contact you promptly if the papers are found, and provide or offer your mailing address. The ideas are relevant and extended, though a few practical details remain general.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information follows a sensible sequence: you explain your stay and where the papers may be, describe their significance, and then make a request. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and the closing is appropriate for a formal letter. This gives the response a coherent overall arrangement. However, some links and references are not fully clear or natural, such as “tell your staff members that they help me” and “look on my papers”; the reader has to infer the intended actions. The repeated use of “I stayed at your hotel” also makes the opening feel less smoothly connected. Use direct, clearly linked requests and refer consistently to “the documents” or “the papers” to make progression more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the situation, including “crucial documents,” “business meeting,” “overseas client,” “payments,” and “parcel.” These choices communicate the topic and the importance of the papers. However, the range and control are uneven, with noticeable spelling, word-form, and collocation problems: “recieved,” “responsiblity,” “my hotel room,” and “send it on my address” are not accurate or natural in context. Some wording is also repetitive, particularly “papers” and “hotel.” Aim for precise, conventional phrases such as “left the documents in my room,” “mail them to my address,” and “cover the postage costs.” This would make the letter sound more fluent and appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response includes both short statements and attempts at more complex sentences, such as “Those papers are extremely important because…” and the conditional “If papers would lost…”. The meaning is generally recoverable, but errors occur across verb forms, articles, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “I forget” should be “I forgot,” “I recieved 301 room number” needs a different structure, and “If papers would lost, I may lost my job” requires a correctly formed conditional. The request “I look forward to hear from you” also needs a gerund after “to.” Practise accurate past-tense narration and conditional patterns, while checking articles and verb forms. Greater control of these structures would make the message easier to read.

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