Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-02

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 concerning an article I read on your international travel magazine. It contains some information about my town that is incorrect.

It said that my town does not have a good source of water which is very wrong. My community has a good water supply done by the government last ten years and it is still functional. We have water supplied to homes directly from the authorities, we also have a clean water from the stream and boreholes done by the individuals.

I believe it is crucial for the magazine to correct the information about the community

to change the narrative of people about the town. It would also portray a sense of well being of the town.

I suggest the magazine should apologize to the community and helps us to solicit for investors or grant for the farmers and livestock owners for better opportunity. My town is good with agriculture.

I looking forward to your response. Thanks for your consideration.

Yours faithfully,

Lynda.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requested points: you correct the claim about water, explain why accurate reporting matters, and propose an apology and support for local agriculture. The correction is relevant and includes useful details, such as government water provision and supplies from streams and boreholes. Your explanation that the article could change people’s view of the town is also clear, but the importance of accuracy could be developed further—for example, by explaining how false information might affect visitors or local businesses. The proposed request for investors or grants is not clearly connected to what the magazine itself can do. A more specific action, such as publishing a correction or contacting local authorities to verify facts, would make the response more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: you introduce the problem, give the correction, explain its importance, and make a request before closing. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “I believe” and “I suggest” signal the purpose of each section. Some links between ideas are less smooth, however. The sentence about the magazine helping to solicit investment shifts from correcting inaccurate reporting to seeking agricultural support, so the connection is unclear. The water paragraph also places several sources of water in one long sentence. Separating these details and using clearer transitions would strengthen progression and make the letter’s requests easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including “water supply,” “authorities,” “boreholes,” “narrative,” and “investors.” These choices communicate the main points, and some topic-specific language adds useful detail. There are, however, several imprecise or unnatural expressions, such as “a good source of water,” “water supply done by the government,” and “portray a sense of well being of the town.” “Solicit for investors or grant” is also not a natural collocation in this context. Aim for more precise phrases such as “reliable water supply,” “installed by the government,” and “seek investment or grants.” This would make the letter sound more fluent and appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors are present, particularly in verb forms and sentence construction. For example, “I looking forward to your response” needs a finite verb (“I am looking forward”), while “the magazine should apologize … and helps us” mixes verb forms; use “should apologize … and help.” In “My community has a good water supply done by the government last ten years,” the time expression and passive construction need revision, such as “The government installed our water supply ten years ago.” There is also a run-on structure in the sentence listing water sources. More consistent verb forms and clearer sentence boundaries would improve accuracy.

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