Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have seen an advertisement in an Australian magazine for someone to live with a family for six months and look after their six-year-old child.

Write a letter to the parents. In your letter

• explain why you would like the job
• give details of why you would be a suitable person to employ
• say how you would spend your free time while you are in Australia

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 following up on an advertisement I saw on an magazine which listed potential job opportunity which involves caring six-year-old child and living with family for period of six months. As I am travelling Australia on work-visit visa and previous childcare experience I believe I am perfectly suitable for this role.

First, working at childcare faciltiy in Canada, I am always surrounded by a number of children. I am always appreciated by my employer as easy communicate and get things done efficently in this industry. Moreover, I have always lived in big family which makes this job perfectly suitable for me. I will have opportunity live with lovely family even in abroad.

Intrestingly, I wanted to explore farm region in Australia which perfectly align with this opportunity as your home is situated in rural area. My free time will be spent on farms playing with non harming animals such as cows. I am sure your child will also love that.

I am looking forward to hear back from you.

Yours sincerely,

Ranjot

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The candidate has attempted all parts of the task. They explain why they want the job by mentioning their travel plans and background, give details of their suitability through childcare experience, and state how they would spend their free time, specifically mentioning the rural farm setting. However, some bullet points are slightly under-developed and lack specific expansion. For example, the mention of playing with cows in free time is somewhat simplistic. Despite this, the purpose of the letter is clear, and the tone is appropriate for a job inquiry, satisfying the core requirements of a General Training Task 1 response, aligning well with Band 6 descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is organised into logical paragraphs, with an introduction, body paragraphs addressing different aspects of the prompt, and a standard sign-off. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'First', 'Moreover', and 'Intrestingly' (though with a spelling error). However, referencing and transitions are sometimes mechanical or abrupt, such as the sudden shift into talking about farm regions. Paragraphing is adequate, but overall the flow between ideas could be smoother and more sophisticated to reach a higher band. This represents solid Band 6 performance.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common phrases such as 'potential job opportunity', 'work-visit visa', and 'rural area'. However, there are noticeable lexical and collocational errors throughout the text. For instance, the student writes 'on an magazine' instead of 'in a magazine', 'caring six-year-old child' missing a preposition, and 'non harming animals' instead of 'harmless animals'. Additionally, 'Intrestingly' contains a spelling mistake. These errors do not completely impede communication, placing the vocabulary firmly at the Band 5.5 to 6 level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'As I am travelling Australia on work-visit visa and previous childcare experience I believe I am perfectly suitable for this role.' However, this sentence contains grammatical omissions ('on a work-visit visa with previous...'). There are frequent errors in articles, prepositions, and verb forms, such as 'opportunity live with' instead of 'opportunity to live with' and 'looking forward to hear back' instead of 'looking forward to hearing back'. While these errors rarely impede overall comprehension, they constrain the grammatical score to Band 5.0.

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