Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-01

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have rented a house by a lake for the summer.

Write a letter to a friend. In your letter
• describe the house.
• describe how you are spending your time there.
• invite your friend to come and visit.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ____

Student answer (Band 4.0)

Dear my friend Ali i buy a house in pakistan iam very happy .i decescrib my house he was big like three floor and each floor have two room . the colur is so cool like off white and each of us own individual room .First floor for my mom and dad because kitchen is in first floor and we do not go to there .kitchen is for my mom .Second is my and zeeshan third floor is for guest floor . i request to you plz you can came to my house .i know you have lots of work but iam very exciting when you came here we can spend time togethere with each other .we going to so many important places plz you can visit i am

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement, falling significantly short of the 150-word limit, which negatively impacts the overall completeness of the task. While the writer attempts to cover all parts of the prompt by briefly mentioning the house, how they are spending time there, and inviting the friend to visit, the ideas are heavily restricted and underdeveloped. For instance, the description of the house is limited to basic facts like "three floor and each floor have two room," and the details about daily activities remain sparse and fragmented. Furthermore, the tone is inconsistent for an informal letter, and the response stops abruptly, preventing the proper development of the required bullet points.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The response lacks a coherent overall arrangement and suffers from a lack of proper logical progression. Sentences are strung together with very few basic cohesive devices, mostly relying on repetitive conjunctions like "and." Paragraphing is absent; the entire letter is presented as a single, dense block of text, which makes the flow difficult to follow. Referencing is also faulty, as seen in the sudden shift from describing the house to issuing an invitation without transitional phrases. While there is a basic attempt to sequence thoughts chronologically from describing the layout to extending an invitation, the lack of structural markers and clear paragraph breaks hinders readability.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, heavily constrained by everyday words and frequent spelling or word-choice errors, such as "decescrib" instead of describe, "colur" instead of colour, and "exciting" instead of excited. The writer manages to convey the general topic using simple terms like "big," "room," and "kitchen," but fails to incorporate less common lexical items or idiomatic phrases suitable for a friendly letter. Word forms are sometimes inaccurate, such as using "guest floor" instead of a guest room. While the language used is sufficient to communicate basic meaning on a familiar topic, the high frequency of lexical slips limits the precision and variety of the response.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The grammatical structure of the writing is extremely limited, consisting almost entirely of simple sentences joined by coordinating conjunctions. There is a noticeable lack of control over basic syntax, evident in severe punctuation errors, capitalization issues, and run-on sentences like "Dear my friend Ali i buy a house in pakistan iam very happy .i decescrib my house he was big like three floor...". Verb tenses are inconsistently handled, switching awkwardly between past and present forms. Complex sentence forms are absent, and frequent grammatical errors—such as subject-verb agreement issues and missing articles—stain the text, causing difficulty for the reader and restricting the grammatical score.

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