Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-08-05

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 Avneet,

Hope you are in radiant health and high spirits. I was really excited to hear that you are thinking to learn a new language.

Since choosing a right language is a difficult task, I will highly recommend French, as it is one of the wildely spoken language in the world. It is a valuable skill that will help you both in your personal and professional life.

Although, learning a French language takes time, it will helps you find better job opportunities, makes travel easier and interesting. As you already struggling with process of permanent residence , it is one of the the best pathway to achieve that.

While you may find it bit challenging at first, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it once you have started. I would suggest you to practice online through TEF Canada. As soon as you feel more confident you can start training. in person, it will give you a chance to interact with students.

I hope you will consider my advice, I would love to hear your first sentence in French very soon!

Your friend,

Gurpreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 1.0

The response is completely off-topic. The task required writing a letter to a museum director to apply for a volunteer position, covering specific points like motivation, skills, and availability. Instead, the student wrote a personal letter to a friend named Avneet advising them to learn French. Because the response fails to address the prompt entirely, it cannot be assessed against the task requirements. In an actual IELTS examination, this would result in a score of 1.0 for Task Achievement as it does not address the task at all.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The letter is logically organized as a personal correspondence, with clear paragraphing and appropriate use of cohesive devices such as 'Although', 'While', and 'As soon as'. The progression of ideas is easy to follow, and the letter follows a standard structure for informal writing. Despite the content being irrelevant to the task prompt, the internal structure and flow of the text are coherent and well-managed.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The vocabulary is adequate for a personal letter, showing a reasonable range of expressions such as 'radiant health', 'high spirits', and 'professional life'. There are some minor errors, such as 'wildely' (spelling) and 'the the' (repetition). While the range is sufficient for the level of the writing, it lacks the specific vocabulary that would have been required for a formal application letter to a museum.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. There are several grammatical errors, such as 'thinking to learn' (should be 'thinking of learning'), 'it will helps' (subject-verb agreement), and 'as you already struggling' (missing auxiliary verb). Punctuation is generally acceptable, but the errors in verb forms and sentence construction are noticeable. The control of grammar is sufficient for basic communication but lacks the accuracy required for higher bands.

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