Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-07

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 ,

I hope you are doing well.

I am writing this letter to you concern about our recently meeting in your hotel.We were 80 people in this meeting, we choose your hotel which is very convienient for us.Here i would like to give some feedback about your services.Firstly ambience of the hotel is lovely.As we enter in the hotel your front team came to welcome us with flowers,seating area is spacious.

The hotel interier design is outstanding, we like your beverages service as well.

But my team was very disappointed with the food.They are serving cold food like most of the appitizer has been cold,Your chicken was undercooked.Even though some of the curry was too spicey.

Even i personally told your team member about this they did not taken seriously.

I would like to give some suggestion might be will work to improve the food quality.

However in every big events this thing happen ,but you can improve like for the appitizer you peopleus ethe hot plate food will be hot longer.Ensure that one senior manager is available to check the food quality before servinng. I hope this thing will work.

We will come next time.

Thank you,

Your faithfully,

Karan

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points in the task and maintain a suitable purpose: you praise the hotel’s ambience, spacious seating, welcome and beverage service, explain that the food was cold, the chicken undercooked and some curry too spicy, and suggest using hot plates and having a senior manager check quality. These details make the complaint specific and relevant. The response also has an appropriate letter format and a courteous closing. To strengthen it further, develop the suggestions more clearly—for example, explain how the hotel could keep each dish at a safe serving temperature or respond when guests report a problem. The final promise, “We will come next time,” slightly softens the complaint without explaining whether the improvements are expected before another booking.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a recognisable progression from its purpose and positive feedback to the food complaint and recommendations. Paragraphing helps separate the hotel’s strengths from the problems, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “But” and “However” guide the reader. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. “However in every big events this thing happen” does not clearly link to the proposed improvements, and “Even I personally told your team member…” would fit more naturally directly after the food problems. Several ideas are crowded into long sentences, while the short closing statements feel abrupt. Grouping the positive details, complaint, and practical recommendations into distinct paragraphs, with clearer links between them, would make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main points and include some relevant descriptive language, such as “spacious,” “outstanding,” “undercooked” and “food quality.” The specific descriptions of the meal help make the complaint understandable. However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “convienient,” “appitizer,” “spicey” and “interier.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “front team,” “your beverages service” and “this thing happen.” These choices sometimes make the reader pause, even though the intended meaning is generally recoverable. Aim for accurate, natural collocations—for example, “front-desk staff,” “beverage service” and “this can happen at large events”—and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including “Even though some of the curry was too spicey” and the sentence explaining that you raised the issue with a staff member. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence structure, verb forms, articles and punctuation sometimes make the message difficult to follow. For example, “I am writing this letter to you concern about” lacks a grammatical construction, while “they did not taken seriously” has an incorrect verb form and an unclear object. The opening also joins separate ideas with a comma: “We were 80 people in this meeting, we choose your hotel.” Use complete sentences, check tense consistency, and practise forming clauses with “because,” “although” and “when” accurately.

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