Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-06

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 Madam,

I hope you are well.

I am writing to feedback about a course that I have been completed recently from your institute.

I would like to explain the situation in detail. I was a student of the cookery course that lasts for 1 month. I ejoyed a lot during learning because I love cooking. The teachers were very supportive and professional. I have learned some new dishes from them and I enjoyed the lesson about how to present and decorate food dishes espacially.

Secondly, I would like to share my last experience with you is, there was a birthday party of my friend yesterday. I made a beautiful cake for her and decorated it very well. Everyone at the party was surprised after look and taste of the cake, no one could believed that I made that cake. This is possible because of your institute.

Secondly, I would like to recommend you something. You should start fundamentals of baking course in your center. I hope it will also successful.

Take care and write back soon.

Kind regards,

Kinza latif

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You successfully cover all three bullet points required in the prompt. You begin by describing what you enjoyed about the course, noting the supportive teachers and specific aspects like food presentation. You then address how much cooking you have done since the course by sharing the anecdote about baking a birthday cake for your friend. Finally, you successfully suggest another course, proposing a baking fundamentals class. However, some ideas remain slightly under-developed, particularly the description of what you enjoyed and the suggestion for the new course, which lacks further explanation about why it would be beneficial. To reach a higher level, you could expand more fully on each bullet point with richer details and clearer extension, showing a fully developed position throughout the letter.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

Your letter has a coherent overall arrangement, and you make use of standard formal letter conventions such as the appropriate sign-off. You also attempt to organise your thoughts into distinct paragraphs for each point. However, the progression between ideas is sometimes mechanical or repetitive, notably through the repeated use of transition phrases like 'Secondly'. Referencing is not always clear, and the overall cohesive devices are occasionally inadequate or mechanical. To improve, you should employ a wider and more flexible range of cohesive devices to link your paragraphs and sentences naturally, ensuring a smooth and logical flow of information from beginning to end.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for this task, successfully communicating your message about the cookery course and your baking experience. You attempt some less common vocabulary, such as 'professional', 'surprised', and 'presentation', which demonstrates a reasonable effort. However, there are some noticeable vocabulary choices, word form errors, and spelling mistakes, such as 'feedback' used as a verb ('to feedback'), 'ejoyed', 'espacially', and 'look and taste' instead of 'the look and taste'. These errors do not impede communication, but they restrict your score. To move up, you need to expand your lexical range and eliminate errors in word choice, spelling, and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You demonstrate a mix of simple and some complex sentence forms, such as 'Everyone at the party was surprised after look and taste of the cake, no one could believed that I made that cake.' There are several errors in grammar and punctuation, including verb tense and form issues like 'that I have been completed recently', 'that lasts' instead of 'that lasted', 'after look', and 'could believed'. While these errors persist, they rarely impede overall communication. To achieve a higher band, you need to use a wider variety of complex structures with greater accuracy, ensuring that verb tenses, prepositions, and dependent clauses are handled correctly and consistently throughout.

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