Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-26

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You work for an international company, and would like to spend six months working in its head office in another country. Write a letter to your manager. In your letter

• explain why you want to work in the company's head office for six months
• say how your work could be done while you are away
• ask for his/her help in arranging it

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear sir,

I am writing this to share my interest to work at our head office in London for six months. We got a memo that there is requirement of a software developer and I think, I am the best fit.

The main reason of choosing this opportunity is to learn about their way to complete their tasks in this job. I have heard that Europeans are best in managing their work and life balance. As per the Times report, people in UK travels around 3 days a week along with their fulltime job.

During this time, I will manage my work online in my free time while attending our daily meetings in our scheduled time. I have calculated the time difference and found that our meeting time is in the evenings in UK, which will be more convinient for me after my work there.

Let me know if this work for company and I can draft an official letter to advise to the company. Advise if any further requirements are there for this role and hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Kush

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you explain your interest in the London head office, describe how you would attend meetings remotely, and ask your manager to confirm whether the arrangement is possible. The reason for going—learning how colleagues organise their work—is relevant, but the claim about Europeans’ work-life balance and the Times report is broad and does not clearly explain why six months at the head office would benefit your role or the company. The work plan also needs more detail about how your software-development duties would be covered or coordinated while you are away. Make the request more direct and specify the manager’s help you need, such as approval and contact with the London office.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: the opening states your purpose, the next paragraph gives your reason, and the following paragraph explains your proposed work schedule. This makes the main points easy to locate. You also use basic links such as “The main reason” and “During this time” to guide the reader. To make the progression more natural and fully controlled, connect the reason for the placement more explicitly to the proposed work arrangement, and give the final request a clearer sequence. The closing sentence, “Let me know if this work for company and I can draft an official letter,” combines several actions without making clear who should prepare or send the letter. Separate the request, any follow-up questions, and the closing.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is adequate for the purpose, and phrases such as “head office,” “time difference,” and “daily meetings” communicate the relevant workplace context. You also attempt more specific language, including “software developer” and “work and life balance.” However, several choices or collocations are inaccurate or awkward, which limits precision: “share my interest to work” is less natural than “express my interest in working,” and “requirement of a software developer” would be clearer as “a need for a software developer.” There are also spelling errors in “convinient” and “fulltime.” Aim for natural professional phrasing and check spelling, especially in a formal letter.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, and the main message remains understandable. The sentence about calculating the time difference, for example, combines related information effectively. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, agreement, and verb forms: “there is requirement” needs an article, “people in UK travels” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “Let me know if this work for company” needs a correctly formed verb and article. The sentence beginning “I have heard that Europeans…” also uses a broad generalisation, but the main grammatical improvement is to check each clause for a clear subject and correctly inflected verb. More accurate control of these patterns would strengthen the letter.

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