Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-08

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 am writing to express my concer with regard to the food we received during our all day meeting at your hotel last week. The hotel and its facilities were great .However, some of the employees were really disappointed with the lunch that they received during the event.

Participants were enjoyed the seating arrangemets and they praised about the clealiness of the rooms. Before starting the event, your staff members made sure that the place was free of debris and waste. Also, plenty of water bottles were available on the dusk during the meeting.

Howevre,they served soup for lunch and it was salty and the breds were hard,which made the employees a hard time to eat well. In addition, we ran out of crispy chickens before serving to everyone. Also, why there were not enough butter packages with the soup?

I strongly suggest either the chef or the food coordinatore to check and enquire about quality of the food before serving to the people in the future. Also, please try to provid people a standard menu.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours Faithfully,

KeK KU.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The letter addresses all three points: it praises the seating and room cleanliness, explains complaints about salty soup, hard bread and insufficient chicken and butter, and recommends checking food quality and offering a standard menu. These details make the purpose clear and relevant. The positive feedback is somewhat less developed than the food complaints, and the final recommendation is broad: “provide people a standard menu” does not explain what a suitable menu should include or how feedback could be used. The opening and closing are appropriate for a formal complaint, although the salutation differs from the requested “Dear Sir or Madam.” To strengthen the response, develop the praise and make the proposed improvements more specific, such as checking portions and offering alternatives before the event.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information is arranged in a sensible sequence: the purpose and general reaction come first, followed by positive details, the food problems, and recommendations. Paragraphing helps distinguish these functions, and transitions such as “However,” “In addition,” and “I look forward to hearing from you” guide the reader. The progression is clear overall, though some linking is mechanical or repetitive: “Also” appears several times, and the question about butter interrupts the list of complaints rather than being integrated smoothly. A few references are also imprecise, such as “they” in “they served soup,” where the hotel staff or catering team could be named. Use a wider range of natural transitions and connect related details more smoothly to make the letter flow more flexibly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses enough vocabulary to communicate the main points, including “seating arrangements,” “cleanliness,” “facilities,” and “quality of the food.” However, noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision and sometimes make the reader pause: “concer,” “clealiness,” “breds,” and “coordinatore” are misspelled, while “praised about” and “on the dusk” are unnatural expressions. Some wording is also vague, particularly “a standard menu” and “made the employees a hard time.” These issues fit a limited but functional range: the intended meaning is generally recoverable, but control of collocation and spelling is inconsistent. Proofread carefully and learn common formal complaint phrases and food-service vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

There is some variety in sentence forms, including a complex sentence with “which made…” and a recommendation beginning “I strongly suggest…”. Most ideas remain understandable, but grammatical errors occur in verb forms, articles, agreement and sentence construction. For example, “Participants were enjoyed” should be “Participants enjoyed,” and “they praised about” needs a different grammatical pattern, such as “they praised the cleanliness.” The question “why there were not enough butter packages” is not formed as an indirect question; write “why there were not enough…” only within a statement, or “Why weren’t there enough…?” as a direct question. Punctuation spacing is also inconsistent. More accurate control of these patterns, alongside the existing sentence variety, would improve clarity.

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