Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-22

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You work for an international company. You have seen an advertisement for a training course which will be useful for your job.

Write a letter to your manager. In your letter

• describe the training course you want to do
• explain what the company could do to help you
• say how the course will be useful for your job

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing this letter to request the approval of a certified marketing course which is going to be held in th beginning of next month.

I have been working in your company as a manager for two years. Being an active employee, I have learnt a lot skills including communication and team work. Now, I got an opportunity to acquire latest skill and that is advanced course in marketing. This course will facilite me to learn all the basic to advance marketing including developing attractive adds running social media handles and how to use it for business purposes. I believe that learning these would help me to contribute towards the success of our company.

To get registered, I need a chracter certificate of the my current occupation. I would appreciate your efforts if you allot me the chracter certificate along with my experience letter.I would apologise for my temporary absence during this course. Additionally, I will try to windup my running task Furthermore,I will train my colleague to handle my work.

I assure you that gaining this course would be very benficial for our company a it will improve our advertisement and will help to

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The candidate addresses all three key bullet points required by the task prompt. The letter begins with an accidental introductory fragment at the very top, but the main body successfully describes the marketing course, explains what the company needs to do to help by providing a character certificate and experience letter, and demonstrates how the course will be useful for the job. The ideas are relevant and generally clear, such as mentioning social media handles and business purposes. However, some points, particularly the exact details of the course, remain slightly under-developed, and the letter ends rather abruptly. Overall, the response fulfills the task requirements reasonably well, earning a solid band score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter maintains a reasonably clear logical organisation, beginning with the correct salutation 'Dear Sir or Madam,' and flowing from the course request to company assistance and finally to workload management. Paragraphing is used to separate distinct topics, which aids readability. However, cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or lacking, as seen in transitions like 'Furthermore,I will train'. Referencing is mostly clear, but the overarching progression stumbles slightly near the end where sentences trail off incomplete. Cohesion is functional overall, granting the text a clear cohesive structure that fits a band 6.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student displays an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'certified marketing course', 'active employee', and 'temporary absence'. However, there are notable spelling errors and typos throughout the text, including 'facilite' instead of facilitate, 'adds' instead of ads, 'chracter' instead of character, 'benficial' instead of beneficial, and fragmented introductory lines. Despite these inaccuracies, the vocabulary is sufficient to convey the intended message without heavily impeding communication, which places the response securely at a band 6.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating control over relative clauses and conditionals such as 'I am writing this letter to request...' and 'If you allot me...'. There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, such as 'I learnt a lot skills', 'Now, I got an opportunity', 'gaining this course', and missing punctuation or spacing after commas and periods. Furthermore, the final sentence is incomplete. While these errors are noticeable, they rarely impede communication entirely. The control of grammar aligns with a band 6 level.

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