Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-06

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

Write a letter to the local council. In your letter

• give details of how you and your friends or family use the centre
• explain why the sports and leisure centre is important for the local community
• describe the possible effects on local people if the centre closes

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Sir,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to express my gratitude for maintaining the standard at the local centre. It is integral part of our community. We are using leisure center for many different purposes such as birthday, wedding and anniversary celebration. The capacity of centre is good enough so we can easily accomodate 70 to 80 people at a time.

Othere than that, we used to organize many events for children. It is great opportunity for them to meet other people from the same interest. It helps them to improve their fitness and strength which makes them more flexible and resilient.

I believe that our community has many sentiment to the centre. I still remember the time when it was closed for a day last month, a significant number of people were upset because many of them used to visit there everyday to socialize. If it closed permanently, it many have detrimental impacts on our community.

Please consider this email as a suggestion and if possible, circulate the notice before it closed.

Thank you

Kind regards,

Vaibhav

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the task, meeting the core requirements of a general letter. You successfully give details of how you and your family use the centre, mentioning that you use it for celebrations like birthdays and weddings and can accommodate around 70 to 80 people. You also explain why it is important and describe the possible effects of its closure, stating that it would have detrimental impacts and that people would lose a place to socialize. However, some ideas remain under-developed or are only partially extended. For example, while you mention organizing events for children, this idea is introduced abruptly without sufficient elaboration on how the centre facilitates these activities. To move to a higher band, you should expand on each bullet point with more specific details, fully developing all of your main ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter maintains a coherent overall arrangement and follows a logical letter-writing format, beginning with an appropriate opening and concluding with sign-offs. Paragraphing is used to separate different points, such as community usage, children's events, and the consequences of closure. However, cohesion is sometimes faulty or mechanical. For instance, the transition "Othere than that" is poorly spelled and creates a slightly awkward link between paragraphs. Furthermore, referencing is not always clear, such as the ambiguous pronoun use in "many sentiment to the centre." To achieve a higher band, you need to use a wider range of cohesive devices more smoothly and ensure that referencing throughout the text is precise and transparent.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

An adequate range of vocabulary is attempted for the task, successfully communicating everyday concepts relating to community spaces. You attempt some less common vocabulary items, such as "resilient," "detrimental impacts," and "gratitude." However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors that detract from precision, such as writing "Othere" instead of "Other," "accomodate" instead of "accommodate," and using "sentiment" instead of "sentiments" or "emotional attachment." Additionally, phrases like "maintaining the standard at the local centre" lack natural collocation in this specific context. These lexical inaccuracies do not impede communication, but to reach a higher level, you must demonstrate more precise word choices, correct spelling, and natural collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The writing displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as "If it closed permanently, it many have detrimental impacts." However, there are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation that place the writing at this level. There are issues with articles and plurals, such as "It is integral part" (missing the article 'an') and "The capacity of centre" (missing 'the'). Verb forms and auxiliary usage also show errors, such as "We are using leisure center" instead of the simple present for habits, and "it many have" instead of "it may have." To improve your grammatical score, you should focus on eliminating basic errors in articles, prepositions, and verb modals while increasing the proportion of error-free complex sentences.

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