Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-26

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,

I am writing this letter to provide my valuable feedback about your hotel and its service during my one day visit with my office staff.

On september 15, I organised an all-day meeting for my company at your hotel. My employees really appreciated your hotel interior a lot. They keep on praising the paintings at main lounge, the furniture available for seating and staffs' managing skills to adjust seating capacity with so much kindness and proper organisation.

The only thing that provided inconvenience to participants was the quality of food. The food had lot of spices in it due to which people suffered diarrehea and fever. In addition to this, food did not taste fresh, it felt like chefs had used old leftover vegetables and whipping creams in it.

It would be great if you could have a Quality Technician in all shifts who can keep an eye on Quality checks. A QC can document everything to track date codes, ingredients etc. of material that had been used during preparation.

Thankyou for your service and looking forward for better quality of food.

Yours truly,

Riya

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The letter addresses all three required points and maintains a clear, appropriate purpose. You identify specific features participants liked, including the paintings in the lounge, seating, and staff’s organisation, then explain their dissatisfaction with the lunch and propose a practical quality-control measure. The suggestion that a technician monitor checks and document ingredients and dates is relevant and reasonably developed. To strengthen the response further, explain more precisely how the food could be improved for guests—for example, by checking freshness and offering milder options—rather than focusing mainly on monitoring procedures. The claim that people suffered diarrhoea and fever is serious; present it carefully as reported feedback unless you can confirm the cause.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information is arranged in a clear sequence: purpose, positive feedback, the food complaint, and a recommendation. Paragraphing helps the reader distinguish these points, and links such as “In addition to this” make the second complaint easy to follow. The letter also has a recognisable closing. Some connections and phrasing are less smooth, however: “The only thing that provided inconvenience” is an awkward transition into the complaint, and the final thanks and request for improvement feel compressed into one sentence. Use more natural transitions and give the closing a complete, polished sentence to make the progression feel more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for a formal complaint, including task-relevant terms such as “participants,” “quality,” “ingredients,” and “preparation.” Specific details about the lounge and food also make the message clear. There are, however, several inaccurate or unnatural choices that limit precision: “provided inconvenience,” “staffs’ managing skills,” and “keep an eye on Quality checks” do not sound idiomatic in this context. Spelling and word-form slips such as “september,” “diarrehea,” and “Thankyou” also reduce accuracy. Aim for conventional collocations and consistent formal wording, such as “caused inconvenience,” “staff’s ability to organise,” and “monitor food-safety checks.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response includes both straightforward sentences and more developed structures, such as “The food had lot of spices in it due to which people suffered…” and the recommendation beginning “It would be great if…”. Meaning remains clear overall, but some grammatical errors occur. Examples include the missing article in “had lot of spices,” the awkward construction “due to which people suffered,” and the incomplete or poorly controlled phrasing in “A QC can document everything to track date codes, ingredients etc. of material that had been used.” There are also issues with possessive and plural forms in “staffs’ managing skills.” Review articles, sentence construction, and noun forms, and use punctuation to separate the list of items more clearly.

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