Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A museum near your home is looking for people to do part-time voluntary/unpaid work. You would like to do some voluntary/unpaid work at the museum. Write a letter to the museum director to apply for the voluntary/unpaid work. In your letter

• explain why you want to do voluntary/unpaid work at the museum
• describe some skills and qualities you have that would be useful
• give details of when you would be available for work

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Dear Mam/Sir,

I would like to join for the voluntary/unfaid work in the museum.Now I dont have any work so I decided to join for a couple of day to do voluntary work. I do this because I want my day meaningful to help for someone needed.

I have a lot of experience in carpentry so this skills can contribute a lots.

And also Im a hard working people I know i can give a lot of thing that help to all individual who are willing to join in tha unfaid voluntary work in the museum.Hoping that some individual in the community join to this .its help for the keep the museum make beautiful and to preseved the natural beauty of our very own meseum.

I like to start to join the activities this coming week. looking forward to hearing from your.Its an honor to join that activities

Thank you very much

Respectfully,

Ramel dela Cuesta

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You make a relevant application and address the three requested points: you explain that you want to make your day meaningful and help others, mention carpentry and being hardworking, and say you would like to start the coming week. However, the reasons for choosing this museum and the way your carpentry skills could help are only briefly stated, while your availability is not specific about days or hours. The purpose of some sentences is also unclear, particularly the comments about other community members joining. The greeting differs from the requested “Dear Sir or Madam,” and the closing could be more formal. Develop each point with clear, relevant details to make the application more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The letter has a recognisable sequence: you introduce your application, describe a skill and personal quality, then mention when you hope to begin and close politely. This gives the reader a basic sense of its purpose. However, ideas are not consistently grouped or connected, and several sentences run together, such as the passage beginning “And also Im a hard working people.” The repeated references to voluntary work and community members do not create a clear progression, and “Hoping that…” is not clearly linked to the preceding point. Use separate paragraphs for your motivation, relevant qualities, and availability, and connect each idea with simple, accurate transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to an application, including “voluntary work,” “experience in carpentry,” “hard working,” and “looking forward to hearing from you.” These choices help communicate the general purpose. However, the range is limited and several word choices or spellings make the message less clear or natural: “join for” does not fit this context, “a couple of day” is inaccurate, and “preserved the natural beauty” seems unrelated to the museum role as described. There are also repeated forms of “join” and “help.” Choose precise expressions for applying, contributing, and describing availability, and check spelling and word forms before sending the letter.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response mainly uses short, simple statements, with a few attempts to link ideas using “because” and “so.” This communicates the broad message, but the range of sentence structures is limited and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. For example, “I want my day meaningful to help for someone needed” lacks a clear grammatical structure, while “Im a hard working people” has problems with the subject and agreement. Verb forms and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “I like to start to join” and the run-on passage after “museum.” Practise complete sentences, subject–verb agreement, articles, and punctuation, then proofread each sentence.

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