Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-15

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 Mr Luis,

Hope you are doing well, i am wrting a latter to draw attention toward indian traditional food. You can offer that particular indian dish in event also.

Sir i am privillage member of international club, as we all know club is organising event to celebrate popular food from around the world. it is good event for all students to know about the taste and traditional food of each country of the world. moreover they know what kind food famous in world. it is great experience for evey student to try every cuisine.

Being a indian student i want to suggest the indian meal which is called Butter chicken rice meal, it is one of the most famous dish in punjab as well as in many indian cities. People make this in routines & eat this dish moreover they serve this ultimate meal to thier guest on every occasion.

So it is my suggestion to add this popular dish in event. so students can enjoy that famous dish st event.

Your Thankfully.

Jatin Kumar

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student addresses all parts of the prompt successfully by offering to make a popular dish from their country, describing the dish, and explaining why it should be included in the event. The writer introduces the proposal ('i am wrting a latter to draw attention toward indian traditional food'), describes the dish ('Butter chicken rice meal... one of the most famous dish in punjab'), and explains its inclusion ('so students can enjoy that famous dish st event'). However, the development of ideas remains somewhat repetitive and basic throughout the letter, which prevents it from reaching a higher band. The tone is mostly appropriate for an informal or semi-formal letter to a club organiser, although the salutation 'Dear Mr Luis' is slightly awkward since the prompt asks to address Luis directly. Overall, the task is adequately covered.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The letter exhibits a coherent overall arrangement with clear paragraphing used to separate the introduction, background details, the specific proposal, and the conclusion. However, the progression of ideas is sometimes hindered by mechanical and repetitive cohesive devices (such as 'moreover', 'so', and 'it is'). Referencing is occasionally unclear, as seen in sentences like 'moreover they know what kind food famous in world', where pronouns lack precise antecedents. While the letter is easy to follow, the over-reliance on basic conjunctions and repetitive sentence openers prevents the cohesion from being fluid or sophisticated.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The lexical resource is limited and adequate for the task. The student uses a sufficient range of everyday vocabulary to convey their message, such as 'international club', 'cuisine', and 'occasion'. However, there are numerous lexical and spelling errors that detract from the writing, including 'wrting' (writing), 'latter' (letter), 'privillage' (privileged), 'routines' (routine), and 'thier' (their). Attempts to use less common vocabulary are constrained by these recurring errors and awkward word choices, such as 'good event' instead of 'great opportunity'. Although communication is not seriously impeded, the frequency of basic vocabulary and spelling inaccuracies keeps this criterion at the band 5.0 level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, though control over grammar and punctuation is inconsistent. There are frequent basic errors, including capitalization mistakes ('indian'), missing articles ('in event', 'Being a indian student'), punctuation omissions, and subject-verb agreement issues ('what kind food famous'). Run-on sentences and comma splices also occur, such as in the second paragraph ('it is good event for all students to know about the taste and traditional food of each country of the world. moreover they know...'). While some simple sentences are error-free, complex structures are often faulty and require effort from the reader to parse, placing the performance firmly in the band 5.0 category.

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