Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The system used for rubbish/garbage collection in your local area is not working properly. This is causing problems for you and your neighbours. Write a letter to the local council. In your letter

• describe how the rubbish collection system is not working properly
• explain how this is affecting you and your neighbours
• suggest what should be done about the problem

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear sir or Madam,

I am writing this letter to inform you about rubbish collection system is not working properly in my area. So it causing problems and create health issues.

I have notice that dustbins were overloaded but not removed properly by system. So rubbish spread nearby area. Bad smell from the rubbish spread in my area. Furthermore risk of increase the mosquitoes in my area. So public health was affected. That's way my main concern is remove the garbage as possible as earlier.

Furthermore, I would like to told one event happend with my closest neighbour. Due to increase development of the mosquitoes affecting their health. Mosquitoes bites cause dengue fever in their body. So that their hospitalised for one week. The treatment was provided in time. Now he was fine. That way garbage cause health issues in individuals.

I suggest you that uninstall dustbins in short distance. So that public easily remove their garbage. I request you to please increase your employees so that garbage removal process will be make easily and quickly. I hope you can consider my point. Take proper action regarding this issue.

Thank you so much for your valuable time.

Yours sincerely,

Riya Modi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three requested points: you describe overflowing bins and rubbish spreading, explain the smell and health effects, and propose more bins and additional collection staff. The account of your neighbour’s dengue fever gives a concrete example that supports the impact of the problem, and your request for council action is clear. To make the response more fully developed, specify how often collections are missed or how long the rubbish remains, and make the proposed remedies more precise—for example, request a regular collection schedule as well as more conveniently placed bins. The letter is relevant and its purpose remains clear throughout, although some supporting details and recommendations are general.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a recognisable progression: it introduces the complaint, describes its effects, gives a neighbour’s example, and ends with recommendations. Paragraphing helps separate these stages, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “So” show how ideas relate. This provides a coherent overall arrangement. However, “So” is used repeatedly, sometimes where a clearer cause-and-effect link or a new sentence would work better, and “Furthermore” introduces related points several times. Some references, such as “their” and “That way,” are not immediately clear. To strengthen the progression, use a wider range of precise links and make each paragraph’s main point explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the complaint, including “dustbins,” “overloaded,” “rubbish,” “mosquitoes,” and “treatment.” The specific reference to dengue fever also helps convey the seriousness of the impact. However, the range is limited and several word choices or combinations are unnatural, such as “rubbish spread nearby area,” “increase the mosquitoes,” and “uninstall dustbins.” These choices can make the reader pause to interpret your meaning. Aim to learn common collocations for council complaints, such as rubbish accumulating, bins overflowing, and increasing collection frequency. More precise vocabulary would make your recommendations and description clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some connected and complex sentences, for example, “I suggest you that uninstall dustbins in short distance” and “I request you to please increase your employees so that garbage removal process will be make easily and quickly.” These show an effort to explain recommendations and consequences, but the structures are often faulty. Errors include missing or incorrect articles and verb forms (“I have notice,” “I would like to told”), agreement and tense problems (“their hospitalised,” “Now he was fine”), and incomplete sentence construction (“So it causing problems”). These errors sometimes make the reader work to understand the message. Practise accurate basic sentence patterns first, then build longer sentences with correctly formed clauses and consistent tense.

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