Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-08-16

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 6.0)

Dear sir,

I hope you are doing great. I am writing this letter to express my feeling about cookery course which i took last month. It was quite enjoyable and considerable part of enhancing cooking skills.

Firstly, i wanted to share my feedback about staff, were generally supportive and friendly in every phase and, i did not feel any problem. I learned this skill 3-4 times in a weak which was quite enough to get familiar with it. Secondly, practical session were highly interesting due to this i learned ample of dishes which i cook at my home for my family, they compliment me about food which i made for them that encourage me to engage in more skills.

So want to enroll in the baking course regarding, cakes, breads, cookies and pastries as well as techniques with decoration for these. It would be great if could tell me the details about this course such as fees and schedule.

Thank you for your understanding and time. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Your sincerely,

Kiran

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response addresses all three bullet points of the prompt. You described your enjoyment of the practical sessions, mentioned how often you have been cooking since the course, and suggested a baking course. The tone is generally appropriate for a letter to a course director. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited; for instance, the explanation of how much you have cooked since the course is a bit vague, and the suggestion for the new course could be more detailed regarding why you think it would be a popular addition. Overall, the task is fully addressed, but the depth of the content could be improved to reach a higher band.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is organized into logical paragraphs, which helps the reader follow your points. You use basic cohesive devices like 'Firstly', 'Secondly', and 'So' to transition between ideas. However, some of the linking is a bit mechanical, and there are instances where the flow is slightly disrupted by grammatical errors, such as the phrase 'due to this i learned'. The referencing is generally clear, but the overall progression could be smoother with a wider variety of cohesive devices to connect sentences more naturally.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using words like 'supportive', 'practical', and 'enroll'. However, there are some inaccuracies in word choice and collocation, such as 'considerable part of enhancing' (which is unnatural) and 'learned this skill 3-4 times in a weak' (where 'practiced' would be more accurate than 'learned'). There is also a spelling error ('weak' instead of 'week'). To improve, focus on using more precise collocations and ensuring that your word choices are contextually appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While the meaning is generally clear, there are frequent grammatical errors, including missing articles ('the cookery course'), subject-verb agreement issues ('practical session were'), and punctuation errors (e.g., 'Dear sir,' should be 'Dear Sir or Madam,' as per the prompt). Additionally, there are issues with sentence fragments and awkward phrasing, such as 'So want to enroll in the baking course regarding, cakes...'. These errors do not prevent communication, but they are noticeable and occur throughout the text.

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