Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You recently booked a part-time course at a college. You now need to cancel your booking.

Write a letter to the college administrator. In your letter:

• say which part-time course you booked
• explain why you need to cancel your booking
• ask about booking a different course

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Rspected sir,

I am studing in second year of Physiotherapy department at MGP collage. I want to inform you that recently I have been registereing in the Kinesiology course for part time at your collage last 3 days before. which I want to cancle my current course and choose another course.

After researching releted to my phsyio subjects, one of my tutior suggested me to choose manual therapy couse, as this will help me to learn about hands on practice, identify the muscls origine and insersion. So that I can treat patient with proper diagnosis and give perfect treatment.

Kinisiology techniques mainly help diagnising childern, but I wanted to gain-in depth knowledge and practical skills. That's why I want to chnage my mind.

I want to ask you that can I book another course related to manual therapy. If this course will be available, please let me know sir. I want to enrolled in this course.

your sincerely,

Dr. smruti patel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response covers all three bullet points required by the prompt. The writer successfully identifies the course booked ('Kinesiology course for part time'), explains the reason for cancellation ('one of my tutior suggested me to choose manual therapy couse'), and asks about booking an alternative course ('can I book another course related to manual therapy'). The tone is appropriate for a formal letter to a college administrator, although the greeting 'Rspected sir' contains a typo. The ideas are relevant and directly answer the task requirements, satisfying the criteria for a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The letter is divided into clear paragraphs that separate the different parts of the task. However, the logical progression is occasionally disrupted by awkward transitions and run-on structures, such as starting a sentence with 'which' to refer back to the previous sentence. Cohesive devices are somewhat mechanical ('After researching', 'That's why'), and referencing is not always completely clear. Paragraphing is used sufficiently to structure the letter, placing it firmly at Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, with subject-specific terms like 'Physiotherapy', 'Kinesiology', and 'manual therapy'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, including 'Rspected', 'collage', 'registereing', 'cancle', 'releted', 'tutior', 'couse', 'muscls', 'insersion', 'diagnising', 'childern', 'chnage', and 'enrolled'. These spelling errors do not completely impede communication, but they restrict the lexical score to a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'After researching releted to my phsyio subjects, one of my tutior suggested me to choose...' and 'If this course will be available, please let me know sir.' However, there are frequent grammatical errors, incorrect verb tenses ('I am studing', 'I have been registereing'), and punctuation mistakes. Errors such as missing articles ('treat patient') and awkward phrasing occur throughout, though meaning is generally preserved. This performance aligns with Band 5.0 descriptors.

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