Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A family member is coming to stay with you. He/she will be arriving by train in the morning, but you won’t be home until the evening.

• explain arrangements you have made for them to have keys and get into the house

• tell your relative how to get from the train station to your house

• say when you will be home and suggest what you could do together that evening

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Dear Ifftakhar,

Hope you are doing well and starting packing your stuff to stay with me.

Mom inform me that you are arriving via train and will reach here in the morning, but sorry to tell you I have an urgent meeting to attend in other city and can not make it home until evening .So when you will arrive I wont be able to pick you up from the station. But you do not get to worry about reaching my home i have already arrange every thing I have asked my friend Ali to pick you up from the station and drop you at my place. I will give my house key to him so you take it from him.

Before I leave for the meeting I will prepare meal for you and put them in the fridge so that when you will have appitite you can take it from the fridge ,microwave it and enjoy.

I have also prepare your room on the second floor next to my room. so get some rest before I came back in the evening. we will have evening tea together in my garden and the we both go outsuide for a dinner. and at night we will play vedio game and do gossiping .

Have a safe journey, and make sure you took the key of my house from Ali .

Yours sincarly

Rabia Tahir

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The letter covers the three requested points: Ali will collect your relative and provide the key, you explain that you will be away until evening, and you suggest tea, dinner, and a game together. These details make the message relevant and generally understandable. However, the directions from the station are not actually given; saying Ali will pick them up replaces the requested explanation of how to reach the house. The arrangements for entry could also be clearer about how the key will be handed over and what to do if Ali is unavailable. Some plans, such as the evening activities, are listed rather than developed. Addressing these gaps and making the arrangements more explicit would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The information follows a broadly sensible order: arrival and transport, food and the room, then evening plans and a closing. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages, and time references such as “in the morning” and “in the evening” support the sequence. However, several ideas are crowded into long sentences, especially the explanation of your meeting and Ali’s role, so the reader has to work to separate the arrangements. Linking words such as “so” and “but” are used repeatedly, and the final paragraph moves quickly between tea, dinner, and gaming. Use clearer sentence boundaries and more varied transitions, and group each practical arrangement together, to make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main arrangements, with useful task-related expressions such as “pick you up from the station,” “put them in the fridge,” and “next to my room.” The tone is friendly and appropriate for a relative. However, several spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “appitite,” “vedio game,” “gossiping,” and “make sure you took the key.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “starting packing your stuff” and “go outsuide for a dinner.” These do not prevent understanding, but they reduce clarity and naturalness. Check spelling carefully and learn common collocations for travel, meals, and social plans.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including clauses with “when” and “so,” and the overall meaning can usually be followed. However, there are some recurring errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “Mom inform me” should be “Mom informed me,” “I have already arrange” needs a past participle, and “when you will arrive” is not the usual form after “when” in this context. The sentence beginning “But you do not get to worry” is also awkwardly constructed, while punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent. Practise accurate past and present perfect forms, and divide long sentences into shorter, correctly punctuated units.

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