Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 5.0)

Dear Luis,

I am writing this to inform you that there are many popular and tasty dishes in my country i want that you will make a dish from my country in your upcoming food event.

The dish from my country it's chapati,sabji in english called (vegetables) and dahi in english it's called yogurt, chapati is made from wheat and sabji is include with many ingredients like Paneer vegetables Haldi mix masals and many more things and the dahi it's made from milk and in dahi you can add many things like salt some little snacks some vegetables then it will become more tasty this dish almost eat everyone in my country on a daily basic.

Because this dish is very famous and tasty that's why i want you to iclude this dish to your food event and i am 100% sure everyone will love this dish.It will make your event even more enjoyable for every person who will visit the event. So yes include this indian dish.

Yours Faithfully,

Gurgopal Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The candidate successfully covers all the bullet points outlined in the prompt. First, you offer to make a popular dish from your country by stating, 'i want that you will make a dish from my country in your upcoming food event.' Second, you describe the dish by explaining its components, mentioning 'chapati, sabji in english called (vegetables) and dahi in english it's called yogurt.' Third, you explain why it should be included, noting that 'this dish almost eat everyone in my country on a daily basic' and that 'it will make your event even more enjoyable.' The tone is appropriately informal for a letter to a club member named Luis, and the purpose of the communication is clear throughout. Although some ideas lack extensive elaboration, all parts of the task are addressed, earning a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The letter maintains a coherent overall arrangement, successfully conveying the writer's intentions to Luis from start to finish. However, paragraphing is a significant issue; the main body of the letter is compressed into one excessively long and dense paragraph, which affects the overall logical progression. Additionally, cohesive devices are basic and repetitive, relying heavily on simple conjunctions like 'and' and 'then' to string clauses together (e.g., 'and dahi in english it's called yogurt, chapati is made from wheat and sabji is include with many ingredients... and the dahi it's made from milk'). Referencing and punctuation are also quite loose, with run-on sentences lacking appropriate terminal punctuation. These organizational and cohesive shortcomings place the response firmly at Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully communicating everyday food items such as 'chapati', 'sabji', 'yogurt', 'Paneer', and 'vegetables'. However, there are noticeable limitations and inaccuracies in word choice and phrasing. For instance, the phrase 'sabji is include with many ingredients' contains a grammatical slip in lexical form, and 'on a daily basic' misuses the adjective instead of the noun 'basis'. Furthermore, vocabulary is somewhat repetitive ('popular', 'tasty', 'dish', 'many things'), reflecting a limited lexical range that struggles to demonstrate flexibility or precision. While the meaning remains mostly clear to the reader, these persistent errors and simple vocabulary choices warrant a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The writing relies heavily on simple sentence structures and massive run-on clauses linked by commas rather than proper periods or semi-colons. A clear example of this is the long middle sentence: 'The dish from my country it's chapati,sabji in english called (vegetables) and dahi in english it's called yogurt, chapati is made from wheat and sabji is include with many ingredients...'. There are frequent grammatical errors, including missing auxiliary verbs ('sabji is include'), subject-verb agreement issues ('this dish almost eat everyone'), and comma splices ('So yes include this indian dish'). The range of grammatical structures is very limited, and the high frequency of punctuation and structural errors can cause some difficulty for the reader, aligning the response with Band 4.5.

See this exact question answered at other band scores — the same prompt compared across bands.

Browse more IELTS Writing model answers or get your own writing scored by the same AI examiner.