Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-18

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 am writing this letter to inform you to prepare a food of my country in your event.

Upcoming sunday, 20 oct, the club organise an event to celebrate popular food from all over the world. I want to add popular dish from my country that is none other than kheer. it is very popular as well as delicious food in my country.

The dish is made up of not only rice but also by milk and sugar. Mostly people of my country prefer to make this dish on festivals. This dish is enjoy by every religion people of my country.

Moreover, I prefer this dish in your event because i want to promote my country food in your country by this event.

I will be happy and thankful to you if you add this dish in your event.

Yours faithfully,

Arwinder Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you offer to prepare kheer, describe its ingredients, and explain that you want to promote your country’s food. The dish is relevantly identified as rice, milk and sugar, and you mention its place at festivals and its appeal across religions. However, the explanation of why it belongs at the event is less developed: “I want to promote my country food” gives a reason, but you could explain what visitors would learn or enjoy. The offer could also be more direct and practical, for example by saying you are willing to cook and bring it. The response is five words below the required minimum, so add a little relevant detail to meet the task requirement.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The letter follows a generally sensible order: you introduce the event, name and describe the dish, give a reason for including it, and close politely. Paragraphing helps separate the description from your request. Some links between ideas are mechanical or unclear, however. “Moreover” does not introduce a clearly additional reason, and the opening sentence says you are writing “to inform” Luis, although the purpose is to offer to contribute. The event date and the dish description also sit together without a smooth transition. Use clearer progression, such as moving from your offer to the ingredients and then to the dish’s cultural significance, with linking phrases that show those relationships.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main message, with relevant terms such as “popular dish,” “festivals,” and “promote.” However, the range is limited and several phrases are unnatural or imprecise, including “prepare a food,” “popular food from all over the world,” and “every religion people.” These choices make parts of the letter less fluent, even though the reader can understand your meaning. Aim for more precise food and cultural vocabulary, and check common collocations. For example, describe kheer as a traditional dessert and explain that it is enjoyed by people from different religious backgrounds. This would make the description more natural and informative.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You communicate the main ideas using mostly simple sentence patterns, and the meaning is generally recoverable. There are some errors in verb forms, articles, agreement and sentence construction. For example, “the club organise” needs a correctly formed verb, while “This dish is enjoy” needs a passive form such as “is enjoyed.” The phrase “I want to add popular dish” is missing an article, and “every religion people” does not form a correct noun phrase. Capitalisation and punctuation also need attention, particularly “sunday” and “i.” Practise accurate simple sentences first, then add a few controlled complex structures to explain the dish’s ingredients and cultural importance.

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