Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-24

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)

hello sir

I am writing to you this letter beacause i just saw you penaflex about announcement that you are looking for people for part time job. In these day its hard to find peoples who work voluntary However, i would like to work in museum beacuase i am very interested in historical thing and also this is very close to my home its very easy for me to do. it will be my first time in this kind of work so it seems very exciting

i would like to tell you about my previous experience of work. i work in clothing brand as a VM. I also expert in aranging and display products which looks unique. while i also done these type of work so it is very easy for me do this job

i just want to tell you that i am only available for 3 hours at Night from 7PM to 10PM i hope this will not be issue because I am already working on other place

thanks for your time and looking forward

KIND REGARDS

X,Y,Z

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response covers all three bullet points from the prompt successfully. The candidate explains why they want to do voluntary work by stating they are interested in historical things and live close to the museum. Useful skills and qualities are mentioned, such as previous experience working as a Visual Merchandiser (VM) and expertise in arranging and displaying products uniquely. Furthermore, availability is clearly stated as being from 7 PM to 10 PM. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a museum director, even with some informal elements. All parts of the task are adequately addressed, earning a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The letter lacks appropriate paragraphing and formal structure in places. The opening greeting 'hello sir' is too informal, and the text is clumped into dense blocks rather than well-defined paragraphs. Cohesive devices are basic and sometimes repetitive, as seen with 'while i also done these type of work so it is very easy for me do this job'. Referencing is generally clear enough to follow the main ideas, but overall organization and logical progression are hindered by poor punctuation, lack of capitalisation, and missing transition markers. This places the response at a Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for basic communication but is limited and repetitive. The candidate attempts some less common vocabulary such as 'voluntary' and 'VM' (Visual Merchandiser), alongside descriptive phrases like 'aranging and display products'. However, there are notable lexical errors, such as spelling 'beacause', 'penaflex', and 'aranging', as well as collocation issues like 'working on other place' instead of 'working at another place'. While communication is not severely impeded, the frequency of errors restricts the score to a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The writing demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying primarily on simple sentences strung together with conjunctions. There is a complete lack of punctuation rules, such as missing capital letters for the pronoun 'I' and starting sentences without proper punctuation marks. Grammatical errors are frequent, including tense and agreement issues like 'In these day its hard to find peoples who work voluntary' and 'i work in clothing brand'. Complex structures are attempted but are generally faulty. Due to the high frequency of basic grammatical and punctuation errors, a Band 4.0 is appropriate.

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