Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-08-26

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 6.5)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to express my satisfaction with the services provided by your hotel during a recent business meetings, I arranged business conference in your hotel and our all clients were impressed by all sort of services except food.

Our all clients were surprised by organisation of conference room, stage decoration, comfortable sofas and chairs for seating, warm welcome by receptionist and proper ventilation facilities. Additionally, your staff was supportive, friendly, helpful, and they provided assistance to our guests whenever they encountered difficulties regarding finding meeting venue or other.

After spending long hours in the meeting room, our clients were quite hungry and wanted some delicious and tempting food. However, the limited meals options made them disappointed, because availability of non-vegetarian cuisines were responsible for restricting vegetarian guests to face hunger and other guest dislike the taste of meals.

It would be advisable if you could add diverse cultural cuisines in your food menu in order to fulfil the needs of every visitors of your hotel. For example, adding Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian Authentic and plenty of vegetarian dishes will encourage them consume their desire, testy, delicious and nutrition-rich food for fulfil their hunger. Also, I will improve your professional image among the clients over time.

I hope my suggestions will be helpful to you in order to overcome your problems. Please let me know if you need any assistance.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours sincerely,

Twinkle

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The letter successfully addresses all three bullet points of the prompt. You clearly identified the positive aspects of the hotel, explained the issues with the food, and provided constructive suggestions for improvement. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter of complaint. The ideas are well-developed and relevant to the task. To reach a higher band, ensure that the explanation of why the food was unsatisfactory is more precise; for instance, mentioning specific dietary requirements or the quality of the ingredients would add more depth to your argument.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The letter is logically organized with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Each paragraph focuses on a specific aspect of the task. You use some cohesive devices like 'Additionally' and 'However' to link ideas. However, the flow is occasionally interrupted by minor errors in sentence structure, such as the comma splice in the first paragraph ('...business meetings, I arranged...'). Improving the variety of linking words and ensuring smoother transitions between sentences would enhance the overall coherence of the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using words like 'impressed', 'supportive', and 'tempting'. There are some instances of awkward phrasing or word choice, such as 'availability of non-vegetarian cuisines were responsible for restricting vegetarian guests to face hunger' and 'encourage them consume their desire'. These errors do not impede communication, but they do limit the precision of your writing. Expanding your vocabulary to include more natural collocations would help elevate your score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While the meaning is generally clear, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with subject-verb agreement ('availability... were', 'guest dislike') and article usage ('the limited meals options'). Punctuation errors, such as the comma splice in the opening, also occur. To improve, focus on proofreading for basic grammatical accuracy and ensuring that complex sentences are constructed correctly. Increasing the variety of your sentence structures while maintaining accuracy will help you achieve a higher band.

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