Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-18

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have decided to look for a new job.

Write a letter to a friend. In your letter
• explain why you are looking for a new job.
• describe the kind of job you would like to have.
• ask your friend to help you find a job

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear _________,

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Dear Soni,

Hope you are doing great, here, want to discuss regarding my new job. as you know my previous job has been very hectic for me . thats why I am trying to looking for a new job .Also , I am not setisfied with low pay rate, it is hard to survive for me.Additonally, I have remeber last month you was asking me about one job in marketing sector,with high reliable pay roll. Also that is not far from my flate, convenient to ups and down.Moreover,we can get together and share our room as well.Its long time i been far from parents so I can easly meet with them in every week. I hope you will fully understand my situation and we will meet soon .

Regards,

Sandeep

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response covers all three bullet points required in the task: explaining the job search, describing the desired job, and asking the friend for help. However, the tone is quite informal and rushed, and the development of ideas is limited. Crucially, the response falls short of the 150-word minimum, containing only 130 words. This under-length restriction impacts the ability to fully and effectively develop all parts of the prompt, resulting in a penalty to the overall task achievement score. To reach a higher band, the student needs to expand on the details of the job they are looking for and ensure the word count requirement is fully met.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The letter lacks proper paragraphing, presented as a single dense block of text instead of logical sections. Cohesive devices are minimal, repetitive, and sometimes misused, such as the overuse of comma splices and the disjointed transition 'Also' at the beginning of multiple sentences. While the general narrative flows chronologically, the lack of clear paragraphs and structured cohesion makes the progression of ideas a bit mechanical and difficult to follow in places, aligning with the Band 5 descriptor.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with clear limitations in range. Examples include phrases like 'very hectic', 'low pay rate', and 'high reliable pay roll'. There are also spelling errors such as 'setisfied', 'Additonally', 'remeber', 'flate', and 'easly'. The writer attempts some less common phrases like 'marketing sector', but word choice and collocation inaccuracies are noticeable throughout the text, restricting the lexical score to a Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The text displays a very limited range of structures, consisting mostly of simple and flawed compound-complex sentences. There are frequent grammatical errors, including missing articles ('in marketing sector'), incorrect verb forms ('trying to looking'), tense issues ('you was asking', 'i been far'), and severe punctuation and capitalization errors ('thats why', 'Also ,'). These errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a weak control over basic grammatical structures, consistent with a Band 5 rating.

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