Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-25

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have just read an article in an international travel magazine which contained some information about your town that is incorrect.

Write a letter to the editor of the magazine. In your letter

• correct the information in the article
• explain why it is important for the magazine to give correct information
• suggest what the magazine should do about this situation

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 to your magazine about the article you published yesterday about the town of Blue village. I noticied some incorrect informations you shared about my town.

In the article you have mentioned that there no trasportation here, I assure you that there is planty of transportation such as Metreo and buses, I have been living in this town for more than 30 years, and I have been using the bus daily for more than ten years.

I would like to highlit the fact that your magazine has more than ten thousand reader around the country, and sharing such incorrect informations will promote a bad reputition about the town. And since it's a tourism village this will affect badly it incomes.

I this the right thing to do is to publish a new article to apologise to the town and to correct the falses information. I believe this is the right thing to do to correct your pervois mistake.

Thank you so much for your understanding and consideration.

Yours faithfully,

Lamia.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three requested points: you correct the claim that there is no transport, explain that inaccurate reporting could harm the town’s reputation and tourism income, and recommend publishing a correction and apology. Your position is clear, and the personal detail about using buses daily helps support your correction. The explanation of the magazine’s influence is relevant, although the impact on the town is stated rather generally; a specific example of how visitors might be misled would develop it further. The proposed response is appropriate, but you could make it more complete by asking the editor to correct the online or print article and clarify the accurate transport options.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear progression: you introduce the problem, provide the correction, explain its consequences, and suggest a remedy before closing politely. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “In the article” and “And since” signal relationships between ideas. The sequence is logical throughout. Some linking is less smooth where several points are joined in one long sentence, particularly the transport paragraph, which combines the correction, evidence, and personal experience. The repeated wording in “the right thing to do” also makes the final recommendation less concise. Breaking up that sentence and varying the transitions would make the organisation feel more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use vocabulary relevant to the purpose, including “incorrect information,” “transportation,” “reputation,” “tourism,” and “apologise,” so the reader can understand the main message. However, spelling and word-form errors are noticeable, as in “noticied,” “informations,” “highlit,” “reputition,” and “pervois.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “affect badly it incomes” and “correct the falses information.” These errors reduce precision and can make parts of the letter harder to read, despite the clear overall meaning. Build accuracy by checking spelling and using natural collocations, for example, “damage the town’s reputation” and “correct the inaccurate information.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including the sentence explaining the magazine’s readership and the consequence for tourism. However, control is inconsistent, and several grammatical errors occur in basic structures as well as longer sentences. For example, “there no transportation” needs a verb (“there is no transportation”), while “more than ten thousand reader” requires a plural noun. The sentence beginning “I this the right thing to do” also has an incorrect verb form, and the long transport sentence joins clauses without clear punctuation. These issues sometimes slow the reader, although the intended meaning is generally recoverable. Practise checking sentence boundaries, verb forms, and singular/plural agreement.

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