Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-10-27

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 Yash,

Yesterday, I have received your letter and I am glad that finally you are coming at my home. I am writing this letter to inform you that in the morning I left for my office and come back to my apartment aroung 5 pm.

Moving ahead, when you will arrive at railway station just give me a call so I can book a online taxi for you. Thus, you do not need to worry abount finding a cab for you along with heavy luggage.

Furtheremore, I already texted my door lock password, so you can easily go inside the house. Moreover, I already cooked your favourite lunch. After having a lunch, if you want to take nap for that I arranged our guest room for you overther you can keep your all bags.

I will be home around 5 pm. Also, tonight we will go to downton and we will visit famous garden and take dinner at restaurent.

If you need anything just give a call.

Yours lovingly,

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The letter covers the main practical points: you explain that Yash can call you for a taxi, provide the door-lock password, and say you expect to be home around 5 p.m. You also suggest visiting a garden and having dinner together. However, some details are not fully clear or developed. The route from the station is left to a taxi driver rather than explained directly, and the key/access arrangement would be clearer if you specified how or when you sent the password. The plan for the evening is relevant but brief. Make each requested arrangement explicit and add a little detail, such as the station-to-home journey or a specific dinner plan.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The information follows a generally sensible order: arrival and your work schedule, transport, entry to the house, then evening plans. Paragraph breaks and linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “Moreover” help signal the stages of the letter. However, several transitions feel mechanical, and some references are unclear. For example, “Moving ahead” does not naturally introduce the taxi arrangement, while “for that” and “overther” make the guest-room details harder to follow. The repeated mention of returning at 5 p.m. also interrupts the progression. Use simpler, more natural links and group related information into clear paragraphs, with pronouns and references that unmistakably identify the person or place.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough everyday vocabulary to communicate the arrangements, including “door lock password,” “guest room,” “heavy luggage,” and “favourite lunch.” There is some variety in the wording, but several spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, such as “aroung,” “abount,” “Furtheremore,” “downton,” and “restaurent.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise: “book a online taxi” and “take dinner at restaurent” could be expressed more naturally as “book an online taxi” and “have dinner at a restaurant.” Aim for accurate spelling and familiar collocations before trying more elaborate vocabulary. A quick proofreading pass would make the message more fluent and easier to read.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter includes both simple sentences and attempts at longer structures, for example, “when you will arrive at railway station just give me a call so I can book…” This shows an effort to connect ideas, but some sentence patterns and verb forms are inaccurate. In a time clause, use “when you arrive,” not “when you will arrive”; “Yesterday, I have received” should be “Yesterday, I received.” There are also article and preposition problems in phrases such as “at my home,” “at railway station,” and “a online taxi.” The meaning is generally understandable, but these errors recur. Practise accurate past-tense narration, articles, and time clauses, then check punctuation and sentence boundaries.

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