Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-11

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 Luis,

I would like to inform you about an event which decided to organise by our team.

Firstly, I would be a grateful for your time. Also, I have thought to introduce a dish from my home country India, beacuse we have a huge list to select a perfect dish for our upcomeing event.

In addition, I would like to suggest you to select a Pavbhaji from the list which i will send you on Whatsapp and Pavbhaji is a very poular vegeterian dish in my country. Moreover, there are also health benefits related to this dish because it comes with different types of healthy vegetables.

Lastly, I would like to tell you why this is important because we have plenty of students from India and they are vegetarian. So, this dish will be a best choice to introduce my country

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address the three requested points: you offer to contribute an Indian dish, identify pav bhaji, and explain that it could represent the many Indian vegetarian students. However, the response only partially fulfils the task because the dish is not really described beyond being a popular vegetarian food made with vegetables; readers would benefit from knowing what it consists of or how it is served. The reason for including it is relevant but brief, and the opening about an event “which decided to organise by our team” does not clearly fit your role as a club member writing to the organiser. The response is also eight words below the required minimum. Add a fuller description and develop your reasons for choosing this dish.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The letter has a recognisable sequence, moving from an introduction to the dish and then to a reason for including it. Paragraph breaks and signposts such as “In addition” and “Lastly” help the reader follow the main points. However, the progression is not always smooth: the opening refers to an event organised by “our team,” then the next paragraph shifts to offering a dish, and the connection between these ideas is unclear. Some linking phrases, including “Firstly” and “Also,” feel mechanical, while the long sentence about selecting pav bhaji and sending a list on WhatsApp contains several ideas without clear separation. Organise the letter around the three bullet points and use clearer sentence boundaries and references.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the basic message, including “dish,” “vegetarian,” “health benefits,” and “students from India.” The repeated references to the dish and the event are understandable, but the range is limited and some word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “a huge list to select a perfect dish” and “a best choice.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “beacuse,” “upcomeing,” “poular,” and “vegeterian,” which reduce the accuracy of the writing. Aim for more precise food vocabulary and check spelling carefully. For example, you could explain that pav bhaji is a spiced vegetable curry served with bread, rather than relying on the general phrase “healthy vegetables.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences, for example with “because,” and the reader can generally understand your main points. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences awkward or unclear. In “an event which decided to organise by our team,” the verb construction is incomplete; “an event that our team has decided to organise” would be clearer. Other examples include “I would be a grateful” and “I would like to suggest you to select,” where the article or verb pattern is incorrect. Capitalisation and punctuation also need attention, as in lowercase “i” and the final sentence without a full stop. Practise accurate verb patterns and vary sentence forms while keeping each sentence controlled.

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