Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-08-07

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You are a member of an International Students' club. The club is organising an event to celebrate popular food from around the world.

Write a letter to the event organiser, Luis. In your letter

• offer to make a popular dish from your country
• describe what this dish is
• explain why it should be included in the event

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Luis,

Student answer (Band 4.0)

Dear Priya,

Hope you're doing well. I am excited to hear that you got a new job, and looking for accommodation.

I would recommend you a rental house that should be close to your workplace. I saw the advertisement on social media about a rental room. I think you should visit and consider it.

When it comes to job, if you'll rent it so you will save a lot of time of travelling to your work. Moreover, grocery store, gym, and other essential places are very close to this house. Renting this will help you to focus on your job because this area is very peaceful and friendly neighbourhood which is mentioned in the advertisement.

While finding the best accommodation is also a hectic, considering factors like travel time, peaceful amibence, essential stores nearby help you to get good rental accommodation. Budget is another thing you should keep in your mind as you will just start your job.

I hope you will get good accommodation with better price. I'm thrilled to meet you in new house soon!

With love,

Suman.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 1.0

The response is completely off-topic. The task instructions required you to write to an event organiser named Luis about a food event, but you wrote to a person named Priya about finding rental accommodation. Because you failed to address any of the bullet points regarding the food event, this response cannot be assessed as a successful completion of the task. In an actual IELTS examination, this would result in a very low score for Task Achievement as the prompt was ignored entirely.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The letter is organised into paragraphs, and there is a logical flow within the context of the advice being given to Priya. You use some cohesive devices such as 'Moreover', 'While', and 'When it comes to', which help connect ideas. However, because the content is irrelevant to the prompt, the overall coherence is undermined by the fact that the letter does not serve the purpose requested by the examiner. Paragraphing is present, but the logical progression is disconnected from the actual task requirements.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

You demonstrate a sufficient range of vocabulary to express your ideas about housing, such as 'advertisement', 'accommodation', 'essential', and 'peaceful ambience'. There are some minor errors in word choice, such as 'better price' instead of 'better rent' or 'more affordable price', and 'hectic' used as a noun. While the vocabulary is adequate for the topic you chose to write about, it does not address the specific requirements of the food-related task provided in the prompt.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'If you'll rent it so you will save a lot of time'. However, there are several grammatical errors, including 'I am excited to hear that you got a new job, and looking for accommodation' (missing subject 'are'), 'if you'll rent it so you will' (incorrect conditional structure), and 'friendly neighbourhood which is mentioned' (missing article 'a'). These errors are frequent but do not generally impede the reader's understanding of your advice to Priya.

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