Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-08-19

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 5.5)

dear luis

i hope you are doing well, i am a member of the International Student Club. as you know the club is organising a event to celebrate the popular food from different countrys. i would like to take part in that competition and represent a food from my culture which is a very popular dish called saag. it is one of the most popular dish in punjab. it made of the bend of all the green veggies high in protine and really food for health. since its a event to represent food from different cultures and cuntries i thing i would be a great opportunity for mr to reprent a dish from my culture and nation and it would also increse the verity to food we are bringing to the event. i hope you will allow me to take part in it i am egerly waiting for your reply.

your sincerly

gurpreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You offered to make a dish, described it as a blend of green vegetables, and explained its value to the event. However, the development of these ideas is quite brief. To reach a higher band, you should expand on the description of the dish—perhaps mentioning its texture or traditional serving method—and provide more specific reasons why it would benefit the event, such as its cultural significance or health benefits. The tone is appropriate for a letter to an event organiser, maintaining a polite and enthusiastic approach throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The letter follows a logical progression, moving from the introduction to the offer, description, and justification. However, the lack of paragraphing makes the text appear as a single block, which hinders readability. You rely on basic connectors like 'and' and 'since', but there is a lack of more sophisticated cohesive devices to link your ideas smoothly. To improve, ensure you use clear paragraph breaks for each new point and experiment with a wider variety of linking words such as 'furthermore', 'consequently', or 'in addition' to improve the flow between sentences.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is generally adequate for the task, but there are several spelling errors, such as 'countrys', 'cuntries', 'protine', 'verity', and 'egerly'. These errors are frequent enough to be noticeable. While you attempt to use topic-specific vocabulary like 'represent' and 'culture', the range is somewhat limited. To improve, focus on accuracy in spelling and try to incorporate more precise adjectives to describe the food, rather than repeating 'popular' multiple times. Expanding your range of descriptive language will help you achieve a higher score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including issues with subject-verb agreement ('it made of', 'it a event'), missing articles ('a event'), and punctuation errors, such as the lack of capital letters at the start of sentences and the misuse of commas. You primarily use simple sentence structures. To improve, you should focus on basic sentence construction, ensuring every sentence has a clear subject and verb, and work on using articles correctly. Incorporating a few more complex sentences with relative clauses would also help demonstrate a wider grammatical range.

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