Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-18

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have a bicycle that you are no longer using. You would like to sell it to a friend.

Write a letter to your friend. In your letter
• explain why you are no longer using your bicycle.
• describe your bicycle.
• explain why you think your friend would like to have it.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear _________,

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Dear Jitesh,

hope you doing well, i am writing a letter to sell my bicycle, as you aware i am permanently going to abroad london so i would like sell my bicycle to you.

I want to sell my bicycle to you because it very useful for morming ride. Their is lot of features in that cycle. the specail feature is in this the digitel meter which will track your pulse & how much calories your burn at the time of riding. moreover this bycycle have mutiple chain system.

I bought this bicycle few months back ans it is very expensive when i buy this bicycle it was almost 25 thousand rupee. if we check the current price it is increased by 5 thousand rupee. so i would sell this bicycle to you in 15 thousand. as i know you fitness freak and it is good to you for buying that cycle. your revert is highly appriciabk

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. The student successfully explains the reason for selling the bicycle (moving permanently to London), describes the bicycle by mentioning features like the digital meter and multiple chain system, and explains why the friend would like it because he is a fitness freak. Although the ideas are somewhat brief and could be extended further for a higher band, the purpose of the letter is clear and all parts of the prompt are satisfactorily addressed, aligning well with the Band 6 descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter maintains a coherent overall arrangement and follows an informal, friendly letter format starting with 'Dear Jitesh,'. However, paragraphing is somewhat weak, as the second and third paragraphs are quite dense and could be broken down more effectively. Cohesive devices are occasionally faulty or missing, such as missing articles ('going to abroad london', 'it very useful') and abrupt transitions between sentences. Nevertheless, the progression of ideas is generally clear and easy to follow, supporting a solid Band 5.5 to 6.0 performance.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'fitness freak' and 'digital meter'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'morming' for morning, 'specail' for special, 'digitel' for digital, 'bycycle' for bicycle, and 'appriciabk' for appreciable. These lexical inaccuracies and spelling slips prevent the vocabulary score from reaching a higher band, though communication remains mostly clear, fitting the Band 5.0 descriptor well.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional and causal clauses ('as you aware i am permanently going to abroad london so i would like sell my bicycle to you'). However, grammatical accuracy is weak, featuring frequent errors such as missing auxiliary verbs ('hope you doing well'), missing prepositions ('going to abroad'), and capitalization issues at the beginning of sentences ('the specail feature...'). While the meaning is generally comprehensible, the high frequency of basic grammatical errors places this response firmly in the Band 5 category.

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