Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · 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 7.0)

Dear Luis,

I am writing to offer to make a very famous dish from india called Pav Bhaji. I am delighted to help to cook the dish for upcoming international food celebration.

Pav Bhaji is the traditional street food in India which has very delicious tastes. It is the combination of mixed vegetables includes, patatoes, tomatoes, peas and onions. It is garnished with corianders,chopped onions and little butter which gives it distinctive flavour.

It should be included in the event because it is traditional dish in India. Many international students would be very happy once they taste their local street food. Moreover, it is colourful and reasonably easy to serve to a a large number of people and can be served to with different level of spice according to international students's preferences.

I would be happy to make a enough Pav Bhaji for an event and explain its ingredients and receipe to anyone who is interested. Please let me know if you would like to me to bring the dish.

Yours sincerely,

Krupal

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 8.0

The response fully and effectively satisfies all bullet points of the prompt. You successfully offer to make a well-known dish from your country by writing, 'I am writing to offer to make a very famous dish from india called Pav Bhaji.' You then clearly describe the dish, noting its components such as 'potatoes, tomatoes, peas and onions' and how it is garnished. Furthermore, you explain why it should be included in the event, pointing out that international students will enjoy tasting local street food, that it is colourful, easy to serve to large crowds, and adaptable to different spice preferences. All parts of the task are well-developed and appropriate in tone for a letter to a club organiser.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.5

The letter is logically organised with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Each paragraph focuses on a specific aspect of your message: the introduction and offer in the first paragraph, the description of the dish in the second, the justification for its inclusion in the third, and the concluding logistics in the final paragraph. Cohesive devices such as 'Moreover', 'It should be included because', and 'I would be happy to' are used effectively to connect ideas. Paragraphing is used sufficiently and appropriately, making the letter easy and pleasant to read from start to finish.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.5

You demonstrate a sufficient and generally appropriate range of vocabulary for this task. You use good descriptive terms and food-related items such as 'traditional street food', 'garnished', 'distinctive flavour', and 'ingredients and recipe'. While there are a few minor lexical and spelling slips, such as 'india' (capitalisation), 'patatoes' (spelling), 'corianders' (non-count noun usage), and 'receipe' (spelling), these do not impede communication. The vocabulary chosen successfully conveys your message and shows an attempt to use less common items relevant to the topic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.5

The response features a good mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as relative clauses ('which has very delicious tastes') and conditional or modifying phrases ('according to international students's preferences'). There are a few grammatical errors and awkward phrasings present, including 'a enough Pav Bhaji', 'an event' instead of 'the event', and the double possessive error 'international students's'. Punctuation errors also occur, such as spacing issues around commas ('corianders,chopped onions'). However, the majority of sentences are clear and error-free, and these minor issues do not impede overall communication.

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