Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-02

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 am writting this letter to you as a feedback of our recent meeting arrangements at your hotel. First of all, thanks for warmth welcome of our team .

I would also like to appraise about the infrastructure provided and seeting arrangement made by your team . Especially, the hall with huge screen was convienient for our discussion.

However, the food served to us was cold and there was lack of staff due to which there was a delay in service . Other than that food option were not enough ,only particular category of dishes was available such as non-vegetarian . Some of our employees only eat vegetarian food , they were unable to eat anything at all.

In solution to that i will suggest you to increase a number of staff and addtion of some vegetarian items in menu for future. I hope this will help your organisation to boost rating and increase attraction of more customers.

your sincerly

Tushar kharb

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points in the task: you praise the welcome, meeting hall and screen, explain that lunch was cold and service delayed, and recommend more staff and vegetarian choices. These details make the complaint relevant and clear, and the closing explains why improvement could benefit the hotel. To strengthen the response further, develop the reasons and recommendations a little more—for example, explain how the limited menu affected attendees or suggest keeping food warm and offering a balanced range of dishes. The purpose is clear throughout, though the request could be framed more directly and formally to the manager.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear progression: opening and positive comments, a paragraph describing the problems, and a final paragraph proposing changes. Linking expressions such as “First of all,” “However,” and “Other than that” help readers follow the shift from praise to criticism and then to suggestions. Paragraphing is appropriate and the main points are easy to locate. Some connections are less smooth, particularly “In solution to that,” and the opening moves quickly from the meeting arrangements to the welcome. Use more natural transitions and make the relationship between each problem and its proposed remedy explicit to make the progression feel more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the situation, including “meeting arrangements,” “seating arrangement,” “delay in service,” and “vegetarian items.” These choices communicate the main points, but several spelling errors and awkward or inaccurate collocations reduce precision: “writting,” “appraise about,” “convienient,” and “addtion” are examples. Phrases such as “warmth welcome” and “boost rating” also do not sound natural in this context. Aim for accurate, conventional expressions used in formal correspondence, and check spelling carefully. A broader set of precise terms for catering and service would help you describe the shortcomings and recommendations more effectively.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response includes both simple statements and some longer structures, such as the sentence explaining that the food was cold and staff shortages caused delays. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and errors appear in sentence boundaries, articles, agreement and punctuation. For example, “Other than that food option were not enough” has an agreement problem and lacks clear sentence punctuation, while “Some of our employees only eat vegetarian food, they were unable to eat anything at all” joins two independent clauses with a comma. Capitalisation is also inconsistent in “i” and the sign-off. Practise accurate sentence boundaries and check articles, plurals and agreement while retaining the longer sentence forms you attempt.

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