Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-05

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 5.0)

Dear Luis,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to discuss my club is going to organise an event to celebrate popular food from all over, and we want that you and your team will plan this event for us, as you are the native of this area.

Firstly, as we are the international students and we all from the different backgrounds and cultures, so, we don not have any idea about the food in your area, but heard a lot about different foods. Therefore, please prepare a special dish from you country.

Furthermore, our team decided that the decided dish would be the dish which rich in every aspects, whether to the nutritional values or flavored aspects, something tang, nor sweet, neither spicy.

Finally, the only reason why we choose the special dish from your country is that because there are many tourist attractions and people visit here from the different corner of the world, and in this event they can try various dishes including this special one. It would be beneficial for them for know more about the culture of this place.

I hope you will understand our concern.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Kind regards,

John.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to address the core instructions of the task. The prompt asks you to offer to make a dish from your own country, describe it, and explain why it should be included. Instead, you have written a letter asking the recipient (Luis) to prepare a dish from his country. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the task requirements. Because you did not follow the instructions to offer your own dish, the response is largely off-topic, which significantly impacts the score for this criterion.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The letter is organised into paragraphs, which is a positive feature. However, the logical progression is hindered by the confusion regarding the task's purpose. While you use some cohesive devices like 'Firstly', 'Furthermore', and 'Finally', they are used to structure an argument that does not align with the prompt. The referencing is sometimes unclear, such as in the phrase 'the decided dish', which lacks a clear antecedent. The overall flow is somewhat mechanical due to the repetitive sentence structures.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is generally adequate for basic communication but lacks the precision and range required for higher bands. You use some repetitive phrasing, such as 'the special dish' and 'the different corner of the world'. There are also some awkward collocations, such as 'flavored aspects' and 'something tang'. While the meaning is generally clear, the lexical range is limited, and there is little evidence of less common or idiomatic language that would demonstrate a higher level of proficiency.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text that occasionally impede the flow of reading. Examples include 'we all from the different backgrounds' (missing verb), 'we don not have' (typo), 'the dish which rich in every aspects' (missing verb and pluralization error), and 'beneficial for them for know' (incorrect preposition). While you attempt some complex sentence structures, they are often marred by these errors. The control of basic grammar is inconsistent, and the frequency of errors prevents a higher score.

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