Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-16
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 great,I am writing this letter because me and my team are going to organise an event for different foods around the world.
we are organising an event for a various types of indian dishes, Italian & Mexican food around the world. I know that you really enjoy an Indian food.
There is different food stalls. specially, pani puri is very popular dish in India. you will definitely love it.
As a member of organisations club, Iam inviting you in event and try new foods around the world.
warm regards,
keya patel
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5
The student has covered some parts of the prompt, such as offering to make a dish (pani puri) and mentioning why it is popular. However, the response fails to meet the 150-word minimum requirement, containing only 98 words. Due to this severe under-length, the ideas remain underdeveloped, and the purpose of the letter is confused at the beginning where the writer states 'me and my team are going to organise an event' rather than writing to Luis who is organising it. Because of the word count penalty and under-developed bullet points, this is awarded a Band 4.5.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The letter uses basic layout conventions with a salutation and sign-off, but the paragraphing is poor and disjointed, with single-sentence paragraphs dominating the text ('There is different food stalls. specially, pani puri is very popular dish in India. you will definitely love it.'). Cohesive devices are very basic and sometimes repetitive. Logical progression is hindered by contradictory information, such as saying she and her team are organising the event, then inviting Luis to it. Overall coherence is heavily affected by the short and fragmented structure, earning a Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive ('different food', 'popular dish', 'food around the world'). There are noticeable errors in word choice and collocation, such as 'organisations club' instead of 'organising club' or 'members' club', and missing prepositions ('try new foods around the world'). While communication is generally achieved for simple ideas, the limited range and lexical inaccuracies restrict the score to a Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response features a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mainly on simple sentences. There are several punctuation and capitalization errors, such as missing capital letters at the beginning of sentences ('we are organising', 'specially', 'you will') and comma splices ('I hope you are doing great,I am writing'). Complex structures are absent. Frequent basic errors and lack of structural variety place this at a Band 5.0.
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