Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-23

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

During a recent plane journey, you sat next to a businessman who owns a chain of restaurants. You talked to him and he suggested that you should contact him about a possible job in one of his restaurants.

Write a letter to this businessman. In your letter

• remind him when and where you met
• tell him what kind of job you are interested in
• say why you think you would be suitable for the job

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ................. ,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

ar sir,

I'm writing you regarding the last time we met at Sanco international airport Brazil, flight 228, I'm the passenger that sat beside you, at exactly 10:am Friday 23 October 2026. That was flight traveling from Brazil to United Kingdom.

During our conversation you as me to write to the management for a job opportunity at your 5 star restaurant in Manchester City. I have Bsc in management and i have 3 years working experience.

I have work in several public places such as gas station, restaurant and airport, I have good communication skills that will help me to get along easily with your customers and that will help to retain your existing customers and help to attract new customers through referrals from the old customers, i can also speak English and French for your foreign customers.

I will be very grateful if you consider me qualified to be hired to your restaurant and i promise to work with All my strength to improve your restaurant with my verse experience.

Yours faithfully

Howell Howell

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you identify the flight and date, express interest in a restaurant job, and give relevant reasons for your suitability, including a management degree, work experience, communication skills, and English and French. The letter is clearly directed to the businessman and maintains a suitably polite purpose. However, the job you want is not specified precisely: “a job opportunity” does not tell him whether you are seeking a management, customer-service, or other role. Your experience is also listed broadly rather than linked to particular duties or achievements. Clarifying the position and briefly showing how your background prepares you for it would make the response more complete and developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information follows a sensible sequence: you recall the meeting, explain the job discussion, present your qualifications, and close with a request. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and links such as “During our conversation” and “I can also” make relationships between ideas clear. This gives the letter coherent overall organisation and some effective progression. At times, however, the long sentence about communication skills, retaining customers, referrals, and attracting new customers carries several ideas at once. Breaking it into shorter sentences and grouping your experience separately from your customer-service strengths would make the progression smoother and the connections less crowded.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a sufficient range of vocabulary for the purpose, including relevant terms such as “management,” “communication skills,” “retain,” and “referrals.” These help explain your qualifications and potential contribution. However, some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unclear, including “write to the management” when addressing the owner, “public places” for your previous workplaces, and “verse experience” for your experience. “5 star restaurant” is understandable but could be expressed more naturally as “five-star restaurant.” These slips do not prevent the reader from understanding your main message, but more precise workplace and employment vocabulary would make the letter sound more professional and controlled.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main message remains understandable. However, errors occur in verb forms, sentence construction, articles, and punctuation. For example, “you as me” should be “you asked me,” while “I have work in several public places” needs a corrected verb form, such as “I have worked in several settings.” The opening sentence is also a run-on, and “at exactly 10:am Friday 23 October 2026” needs clearer grammatical phrasing and punctuation. Capitalisation is inconsistent in “i” and “All.” Review past-tense forms, sentence boundaries, and basic punctuation; these corrections would improve accuracy while preserving your attempts at longer structures.

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