Band 7.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-26

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 7.5)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am expressing my disappointment regarding the papers I forgot in one of your rooms at the hotel.

As a matter of fact, last week, I stayed at your hotel and booked room number 207. I was there between Friday and Sunday. Although I enjoyed all of your amenities which you provided , I forgot a bag which includes several important documents such as health card, passport, graduation certificate and student ID.I think it should be on the table in room number 207.

These are extremely important to me because I have to attend an important meeting after a couple of days. Without those documents I can not enter at my meeting's place.

I would appreciate it if you could courier my documents to my address. I will send you my address and contact number as soon as possible.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Rajvir kaur.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 8.0

The letter covers all three required points clearly. You identify the likely location precisely—“on the table in room number 207”—and explain the documents’ importance by linking them to an upcoming meeting and access to its venue. Your request for the manager to courier the papers is also direct and appropriately polite, and offering to provide your address and contact number gives a practical next step. These details make the purpose clear and the ideas well developed. To make the response even more complete, specify how the manager can contact you or ask them to confirm whether the papers have been found; this would add a useful detail without changing the clear focus of the letter.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.5

The information follows a clear, sensible progression: you introduce the problem, give the stay details and likely location, explain the urgency, and make your request. Linking phrases such as “As a matter of fact,” “because,” and “I would appreciate it if” help signal these stages, while the closing is appropriate for a formal letter. The sequence is easy to follow, and the reader can readily identify the requested action. Some transitions are slightly formulaic, and the main information is presented in one long paragraph. Separate the stay and location details from the explanation of importance and the request, and use a more direct transition such as “I stayed at your hotel last week” to make the organisation feel more natural.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of vocabulary for a formal request, including “disappointment,” “amenities,” “extremely important,” and “courier.” The list of documents is specific, and your meaning remains clear throughout. There are, however, a few choices that are less natural or precise in this context: “papers I forgot” would be better expressed as “documents I left behind,” and “enter at my meeting’s place” is an awkward phrase for gaining access to a venue. “I am expressing my disappointment” also sounds stronger than necessary for a straightforward lost-property enquiry. More natural collocations and a consistently measured tone would improve precision and flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 7.0

You use a mix of sentence forms, including a subordinate clause in “because I have to attend an important meeting” and a polite conditional request, “I would appreciate it if you could courier…”. Several sentences are clear and well controlled, and the message is never difficult to understand. A few grammatical and punctuation issues remain: “I can not enter at my meeting’s place” has an incorrect preposition and awkward possessive construction; “I forgot a bag which includes” shifts tense and uses an unsuitable present-tense verb for the contents; and there are missing spaces after full stops, as in “student ID.I think”. Review tense consistency, prepositions, and sentence punctuation to make the otherwise clear writing more accurate.

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