Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-27

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 7.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing this to make a request to collect my left documents in your hotel, in that I stayed for last 2 days. My room number was 110, and when I first check in the hotel I put all my papers in the room locker. However, at the time of check out I put them on the TV cabinat and forgot to pick them up.

These are important documents because a passport and some of my office tender's papers are there. I have to submit these papers to my office as soon as possible, otherwise I would be dismissed from the project.

I would like to request you to please collect these documents from the TV cabinat and put them into any safe area like a locker. I will be there tomorrow to collect them.

I hope you help me to collect them up.

Yours faithfully,

Alex.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 8.0

The letter covers all three required points clearly. You identify the likely location as the TV cabinet in room 110, explain that the papers include your passport and office tender documents, and ask the manager to secure them until you collect them the next day. The consequence—being dismissed from the project—also makes the urgency understandable. These details make the request purposeful and well developed. To make the response even more complete, specify how the manager can contact you or confirm that the papers have been found, and clarify whether the passport is among the items left on the cabinet. Overall, the purpose and requested action are clear throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.5

The information follows a sensible sequence: you explain your stay and where the papers were left, then describe their importance, and finally make your request. Separate paragraphs help the reader distinguish these stages, while links such as “However” and “otherwise” show the relationship between events and consequences. The progression is clear and the letter is easy to follow. Some connections are less natural, particularly “I am writing this to make a request … in that I stayed for last 2 days,” which makes the opening harder to process. The closing sentence also repeats the request rather than adding a final practical detail. More precise linking and a concise, purposeful closing would make cohesion more flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the situation, including “important documents,” “passport,” “tender’s papers,” and “safe area.” However, several word choices and collocations are noticeably inaccurate or unnatural, which limits precision: “collect my left documents,” “TV cabinat,” and “collect them up” do not express the intended meaning naturally. “Tender’s papers” is also unclear as a description of work documents. Spelling errors such as “cabin at” (written as “cabin at”/“cabin at” in the intended word) should be checked; the intended spelling is “cabinet.” Aim to use standard hotel and workplace expressions, such as “retrieve the documents,” “TV cabinet,” and “tender documents,” and proofread spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

There is a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, and the reader can generally understand the message. For example, “I have to submit these papers to my office as soon as possible, otherwise I would be dismissed from the project” links a requirement to its consequence. Some grammatical errors remain, including “in that I stayed for last 2 days,” “when I first check in,” and “at the time of check out I put them,” where tense, articles, or sentence construction need attention. The request “I would like to request you to please collect” is also awkwardly structured. Use past tense consistently for the stay and discovery, and practise forming polite requests with a clear pattern, such as “Could you please secure the documents?”

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