Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Predictions Nov 2026 · 2026-11-10
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
You live in a neighbourhood with a community hall that can be hired for local events. You and several other residents are hoping to arrange a regular evening activity there, and you have agreed to contact the hall manager. You have not met the manager before, so you need to explain your plans and find out whether the hall would be suitable.
Write a letter to the manager of the community hall. In your letter
- describe the weekly board-game evening you would like to hold and who would take part
- explain why the community hall would be a suitable place for this activity
- ask about available times, hire charges and the facilities provided
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Student answer (Band 5.5)
Dear sir/Madam,
I am writing to reuqest that we would like to book you community hall for board-game competition.
On November 17th, our society is arranging a game competition in evening.Children from age 8 to 16 will be taking part in this competition.Furthermore,winners would be awarded with laptops and cycles.
As this community centre is very close to our society and have huge visitor sitting area with pleanty of play ground area, so i think this place would be the excellent choice for games.In addition, we could buy all sancks for community centre canteen that will help us to sabe time as well.
Owing to aforemention reason, we would like to book your hall and please let us know, what time is avialable on 17th evening.I would also like to ask about the booking price as we need it for 4 hours and please tell us about the facilities that will be provided by community centre.
I look forward to hearnig back from you soon.
king regards,
Deepak
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The letter covers the main purpose and includes relevant details: it describes a board-game competition for children aged 8–16, gives a reason the hall may suit the event, and asks about an available time, the price and facilities. However, the task asks about a regular weekly evening activity, whereas the response focuses on a single event on November 17th. The participants are identified, but the plan is not clearly presented as recurring. The suitability explanation is also only partly developed: proximity and space are mentioned, but the connection between these features and a board-game evening could be clearer. Explain the weekly format and who else, if anyone, will participate, then make each enquiry specific.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The information is arranged in a generally coherent order: the opening states the purpose, the next paragraph describes the event, and the final paragraph makes the booking enquiries. This makes the letter’s overall message easy to follow. Paragraphing is useful, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore,” “In addition,” and “Owing to” show an effort to connect ideas. However, some connections feel mechanical or unclear, particularly the long sentence beginning “As this community centre…” and the transition from buying snacks to the hall’s suitability. Punctuation spacing also interrupts the flow. Use shorter, more direct sentences and connect each reason explicitly to the activity.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The response uses enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the basic plan, including “board-game competition,” “visitor sitting area,” “canteen,” “booking price,” and “facilities.” There is some attempt at more formal language, such as “I am writing to request” and “I look forward to hearing back.” However, spelling errors and imprecise or unnatural combinations are noticeable, including “reuqest,” “pleanty,” “sancks,” “sabe,” and “visitor sitting area.” “Competition” may also suggest a one-off contest rather than the regular social evening requested. Choose accurate, natural phrases such as “weekly board-game evening” and “seating area,” and proofread spelling and word forms carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The letter attempts both simple and more complex sentence forms, for example, “Children from age 8 to 16 will be taking part” and the sentence beginning “As this community centre…”. However, the longer structures are often faulty, and errors sometimes make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. In “our society is arranging a game competition in evening,” the article and time expression are not controlled; “this community centre… have” also has a subject–verb agreement problem. The sentence beginning “Owing to aforemention reason” combines a formal opener with an awkward request structure. Use one clear clause for each enquiry, check agreement and articles, and punctuate sentence boundaries consistently.
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