Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-08-24

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 5.0)

Dear Yatin,

I am very happy you are coming to my home. I am writing this letter to let you know that i am not able to came to pick you from the railway station .because i am in the office and i will be came come in the evening . i already made the arrangements for you .Taxi will came to you and he will drop you to my home location. I put front door entrance key inside the carpet in the front door . Go inside take shower i also made food for you . So, do what ever you want to do there. In the evening when i cam back from the office we will play game together ,eat and talk together . we will spend time and make dinner for night together as you know i am a good cook i will make special dish for you.

Thank you.

Mandeep

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

You have addressed all three bullet points in the prompt: explaining the key arrangements, providing directions, and suggesting evening activities. However, the development of these points is quite basic. For instance, the instruction regarding the key ('inside the carpet') is somewhat unrealistic and lacks detail. The tone is generally appropriate for a letter to a family member, but the response lacks the necessary depth to reach a higher band. To improve, you should provide more specific, logical details for each point, such as explaining how the taxi driver will know where to go or providing more descriptive suggestions for your evening plans.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The letter is organized into a single block of text, which makes it difficult to follow. You should use clear paragraphing to separate the different topics, such as one paragraph for the arrival arrangements and another for the evening plans. While there is a basic logical progression, the use of cohesive devices is very limited. You rely heavily on simple sentence structures and lack transition words to connect your ideas smoothly. To improve, focus on using linking words like 'furthermore', 'consequently', or 'after that' to create a better flow between your sentences and paragraphs.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

Your vocabulary is functional but quite limited and repetitive. You use basic words like 'made', 'come', and 'go' throughout the text. There are also some awkward collocations, such as 'made the arrangements for you' (which is acceptable but could be more precise) and 'make dinner for night'. To achieve a higher score, you need to demonstrate a wider range of vocabulary and use more natural collocations. For example, instead of saying 'I made food', you could use 'I have prepared a meal'. Focus on learning phrases that are specific to travel and hospitality contexts.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the letter that occasionally impede clarity. You struggle with verb tenses and forms, such as 'i am not able to came' (should be 'come'), 'i will be came come' (should be 'will come'), and 'Taxi will came' (should be 'A taxi will come'). Additionally, there are issues with punctuation and capitalization, such as the lowercase 'i' and missing spaces after periods. Your sentence structures are mostly simple; you need to incorporate a wider variety of complex sentence structures, such as using relative clauses or conditional sentences, while ensuring they are grammatically accurate.

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