Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-01

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)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I hope you aer doing well. I am writting to express my intrest in a training course, that I want to persue and requesting managements support with same, as I believe this would be a significant step towards my carrier development.

Firstly, I want to explain about the course details, this is a creative course of prompt engineering to enhance, Ai skills in design visualisation. All the classes will be scheduled with respect to working individuals and are specially aligned in evenings on weekends so that regular work wont hamper.

I would appritiate if management could support me with 100% scolarship as the course fee is beyond my monthly regular expenses. This will support me to grow my knowledge base and sharpen my skills.

Furthermore, the skills learned will support our creative team to deliver better quality output. This will also help us showcasing our products to customer with ai visualisation, further reducing our sampling cost.

I would appritiate if management considers my request. I look forward hearing your thoughts on this.

Yours sincerely,

Kushagra Shinde

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response successfully addresses all parts of the prompt. You described the training course by mentioning that it focuses on "prompt engineering to enhance, Ai skills in design visualisation." You also explained how the company could help by asking for a "100% scolarship" and detailed how the course will be useful by noting that "skills learned will support our creative team to deliver better quality output." However, some ideas are more fully developed than others. While the benefits to the team and the course description are relevant, the explanation of company support is somewhat brief and could be extended with further details on how funding or flexible scheduling would be managed to fully reach a higher level of development.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response demonstrates a clear overall arrangement with information presented in a logical sequence, moving from an introduction and course description to company support, professional benefits, and a polite closing. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate each main point. Cohesive devices are employed to connect ideas, such as "Firstly," "Furthermore," and "This will also help," showing that the text has a coherent structure. To move further into higher band territory, referencing could be managed more smoothly, as some transitional links feel slightly mechanical rather than entirely natural and flowing. Overall, the organization is clear and easy to follow throughout.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, successfully conveying the intended message despite noticeable limitations. You attempted some less common vocabulary related to your field, such as "prompt engineering," "design visualisation," and "sampling cost." However, there are several spelling and word choice errors, including "aer" instead of are, "writting," "intrest," "persue," "carrier" instead of career, "appritiate," and "scolarship." Additionally, the phrase "requesting managements support with same" is slightly unnatural in style. While these errors do not seriously impede communication, the frequent spelling slips and occasional awkward collocations restrict the vocabulary score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The writing demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing relative clauses and introductory phrases such as "All the classes will be scheduled with respect to working individuals and are specially aligned in evenings on weekends so that regular work wont hamper." There are some errors in grammar and punctuation, including unnecessary commas in places like "a training course, that I want to persue," missing articles, and slight prepositions issues. However, these errors rarely impede communication and the basic meaning remains clear. To achieve a higher band, you would need to produce a higher frequency of error-free sentences while maintaining complex structures.

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