Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-13

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You recently organised an all-day meeting for your company, which took place in a local hotel. In their feedback, participants at the meeting said that they liked the hotel, but they were unhappy about the food that was served for lunch.

Write a letter to the manager of the hotel. In your letter

• say what the participants liked about the hotel
• explain why they were unhappy about the food
• suggest what the manager should do to improve the food in future

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 am writing this letter to inform you that I have recently organised an all day meeting for my company, in your hotel. I have satisfied with your other services but I have disappointed with your food service.

I have booked hall for my company meeting. Hall was very clean. Chairs and tables were properly arranged. Mic and other electronics equipments were also arranged well. Your staff services are very good.So that other employee in my company very happy with your hotel services, they give me positive feedback about your services.

Unfortunately, your food service was not good. I have ordered vegetarian dishes. In vegetarian dishes potatoes was not cooked well. Panner was not fresh.Rice was not cooked well. After eating your food one of my company employee suffered from stomach pain because of they eat improper cooked food. So that my colleagues give me negative feedback regarding your food serviced.

I think you should personally visited your hotel kitchen and check the quality of the food. I hope you can consider my point. Take the appropriate action. I ensure that I have not put negative reviews on social media.

Thank you for your valuable time.

Yours sincerely,

Riya Modi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three points and maintains a clear purpose: you praise the hall and equipment, explain the problems with the vegetarian lunch, and ask the manager to check the kitchen and food quality. Specific details such as the poorly cooked potatoes and rice, and the employee’s stomach pain, make the complaint credible and support your request. The tone is generally appropriate for a formal complaint, although the final warning about not posting negative reviews on social media sounds more like pressure than a constructive suggestion. To strengthen the response further, make the proposed improvements more specific—for example, recommend checking food freshness and cooking standards before service, or gathering dietary requirements in advance.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: purpose, positive feedback, complaint, and suggested action. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and linking words such as “Unfortunately” signal the shift to the problem effectively. The progression is generally logical, but some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “So that” is used twice to introduce results, and the sentence about the employee’s illness is difficult to follow because the cause-and-effect relationship is not expressed smoothly. The closing also moves abruptly from asking for action to mentioning social media. Use a wider range of natural links and make each paragraph’s ideas connect more smoothly to the next.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main points, including relevant terms such as “vegetarian dishes,” “positive feedback,” and “quality of the food.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations sound unnatural, which keeps the message from being consistently precise. Examples include “I have satisfied with your other services,” “food serviced,” and “improper cooked food.” There are also spelling or form issues in “Panner” and “electronics equipments.” Choose standard expressions for a formal complaint and check spelling and word forms carefully. More precise language for the requested improvements, such as food freshness, preparation standards, and kitchen inspection, would also make the letter more effective.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response communicates its main meaning, but grammatical control is uneven and the sentence patterns are mostly simple, with limited accurate use of more complex structures. Errors occur in verb forms and sentence construction, for example, “I have satisfied” and “I have disappointed” need a suitable passive or adjective structure, while “I think you should personally visited” uses the wrong verb form after “should.” Agreement and articles are also problematic in “potatoes was not cooked well” and “I have booked hall.” The sentence beginning “After eating your food” has an unclear subject and cause-and-effect structure. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and modal patterns, and proofread agreement and articles while retaining some longer sentence forms.

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