Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to inform you about my important documents which I had an accidently left at room number 12C,where I recently stayed.My name is sukhdeep Kaur and I stayed on 20 October for two days.

I still remembered that I was attending my meeting during evening outside the balcony .When I left the room and I checked everything but unfortnately I forget a file of paper at the same place where I had attended my meeting .

This file is quite important for me because it has all my identity and work related documents.I had scheduled my next appointment out of country where I am unable to travel without my file.

I would kindly request your staff to recheck the room where I checked-in.It would be really apppreciated if you could please send me this file by mail ,as I am occupied not to travel back.I would not mind paying all the cost associated with the mailing service.

Thank you for your time and consideration.I look forward to hearing from you response.

Yours faithfully,

Sukhdeep kaur.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The letter addresses all three required points clearly. You identify a likely location—“room number 12C” and “the same place where I had attended my meeting”—explain that the file contains identity and work documents needed for overseas travel, and request that staff search the room and mail it to you. These details make the purpose clear and the request practical. The explanation of the papers’ importance is relevant, though “all my identity and work related documents” and the travel consequence could be expressed more precisely. To strengthen the response further, make the location completely unambiguous: clarify whether the papers were left in the room or on the balcony, since both are mentioned.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information follows a sensible order: you introduce the problem, describe where the papers may have been left, explain their importance, and make a request. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “because” and “I would kindly request” signal relationships between ideas. The progression is clear overall, although the location details are not fully consistent: you mention the balcony and then “the same place” as the meeting, leaving the exact spot uncertain. Some transitions are also abrupt, particularly between the account of checking the room and the explanation of the file’s importance. Use clearer references and a linking phrase to make these connections more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for a formal request, including “identity,” “work related documents,” “scheduled,” “associated with,” and “consideration.” The reader can understand the purpose throughout, and the tone is generally appropriate. However, some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “I had an accidently left,” “a file of paper,” and “send me this file by mail.” Spelling errors in “unfortnately” and “appreciated,” along with inconsistent capitalization of your name, also reduce accuracy. Aim for more natural combinations such as “left a file containing important documents” and “send the file by post,” and proofread spelling and capitalization carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter includes both simple and more developed sentence forms, for example the explanation beginning “This file is quite important for me because…” and the request using “if you could please…”. Meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. In “I still remembered that I was attending my meeting,” the tense does not fit the past account; “I remember attending my meeting” would be more natural. The opening also has an incorrect verb construction in “I had an accidently left,” and “I look forward to hearing from you response” needs a grammatical pattern such as “I look forward to hearing from you.” Improve control of verb forms, articles, and sentence punctuation, especially by separating sentences with appropriate spaces and full stops.

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