Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You recently did a short cookery course. The cookery school has asked for your feedback on this course. Write a letter to the course director at the cookery school. In your letter

• describe what you enjoyed about the course
• say how much cooking you've done since the course
• suggest another cookery course you’d like the school to offer

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 writing a letter to provide my feedback on the short cookery course that I recently attended in your school.

I am fascinated about a learning cookery course in your school then your school gave me opportunity for learning a cookery course. I felt over the moon when i did cookery course in your school. A teachers was extremely polite and always understand me. Moreover, teachers taught me a considerable lessons about cooking and how to use choose correct ingredients .The main reason is that why I enjoyed a-lot there is students because they are very helpful and I like to did work with them.

Since completing the course, I have been cooking regularly at home. Now it is cup of tea for me to make any kind of dishes that I like a lot, such as pasta, noodles and many other delicious dishes. I have also tried numerous recipes for my family and they are extremely impressed with my cooking skills.

I would definitely recommend some an advanced cooking course in the future. It would be great opportunity for students to add some additional courses. I would like to suggest that teach them how to make pastries and cakes which will be highly interesting for students.

Thank you for organising such as enjoyable courses for students. I look forward to attending more courses with your school.

Your faithfully,

Simranpreet kaur

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three requested points and maintains a suitable purpose: you describe enjoying the teachers and working with other students, explain that you now cook regularly for your family, and suggest a course on pastries and cakes. These details make the response relevant and give the reader a clear sense of your experience. The cooking section is particularly well supported with examples such as pasta and noodles and your family’s reaction. To make the feedback more fully developed, explain more specifically what you learned or what made the teaching enjoyable, and clarify whether you are recommending an advanced course or proposing a particular pastry-and-cake course. The purpose and overall message remain clear throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information follows a clear sequence: you introduce the purpose, discuss the course, describe your cooking since then, and make a future-course suggestion before closing. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “Moreover,” “Since completing the course,” and “I would definitely” guide the reader through the letter. Some connections within sentences are less smooth, particularly “The main reason is that why I enjoyed a-lot there is students,” which makes the relationship between your enjoyment and the other students difficult to follow. The final suggestion also shifts between an advanced course and a course about pastries and cakes. Make these links more direct and use clear references to avoid repetition; this would make the progression feel more effortless.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a range of vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “over the moon,” “considerable lessons,” “numerous recipes,” and “extremely impressed.” These choices help convey enthusiasm and give the letter some variety. However, several word combinations and forms are noticeably unnatural, such as “fascinated about a learning cookery course,” “a considerable lessons,” and “some an advanced cooking course.” “Cup of tea” is also not the natural expression for saying that cooking has become easy. These choices sometimes make the reader pause, even though the intended meaning is generally recoverable. Focus on accurate collocations and natural phrases for describing learning and skill: for example, “keen to take a cookery course,” “valuable lessons,” and “cooking has become second nature.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts both simple and more extended sentence forms, including “Since completing the course, I have been cooking regularly at home” and the sentence describing recipes tried for your family. The main ideas are usually understandable, but errors in sentence construction, agreement, articles, and verb forms occur across the letter. For example, “A teachers was” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “I like to did work with them” uses an incorrect verb form. The sentence beginning “The main reason is that why” is also structurally difficult to follow. There are some punctuation and capitalisation slips, such as the lowercase “i” and the missing space before the full stop after “ingredients.” Practise building accurate clauses and checking agreement and verb forms before adding complexity.

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