Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-11-04

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 Gurpreet,

I hope you are doing well, It has been a long time since we last spoke.

I am writing to tell you about I will not available at home when you will arrive in the morning by train.

First of all,I have busy schdule beacuse of my work so I can not come there. Also,I would like to share that I arrange something fir you.

Another thing i would to mention is that ranveer is my friend who pick up from platform in the morning.I will mentioned her phone number [redacted phone] you can call this number so you will arrive at home easily because if her drop at home. Furthermore, when i will come home in the evening so we have fun together and have a cup of coffee.

I hope to hear from you soon.Take care if yourself and give my regards to your family.

Best wishes

Harvi bains

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You address the general situation and include a possible evening activity: you say you will be home later and suggest having coffee together. However, the key arrangements are not sufficiently clear. “I arrange something fir you” does not explain how your relative will obtain keys or enter the house, and the directions from the station are replaced by saying your friend will collect them. The friend’s role is also confusing: “who pick up from platform” does not clearly state whether the relative should meet this person or how to identify them. Give precise instructions for the keys and entry, explain the route or pickup plan, and state a clear time you expect to be home. These missing details limit how fully the task is addressed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The letter has a recognisable opening, body and closing, and the sequence broadly moves from your absence to the arrival arrangements and evening plans. Connectors such as “First of all,” “Also,” and “Furthermore” show an attempt to organise information. However, the progression is not consistently clear: “I arrange something fir you” is vague, and the shift to Ranveer’s pickup plan does not explain how it relates to the earlier arrangements. Several ideas are crowded into one paragraph, while punctuation and spacing make transitions harder to follow. Use separate paragraphs for access, travel from the station, and evening plans, and use linking phrases only where they clarify the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant everyday language for an informal letter, including “arrive,” “platform,” “phone number,” and “a cup of coffee.” The vocabulary is sufficient to convey the broad situation, but the range is limited and some choices are inaccurate or unclear. For example, “I would like to share that I arrange something” does not naturally express that you have made arrangements, while “if her drop at home” makes the pickup plan difficult to understand. Spelling errors such as “schdule,” “beacuse,” and “fir” also reduce accuracy. Choose precise phrases for practical arrangements, such as explaining where keys are kept or where to meet, and check spelling and natural word combinations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, but control is inconsistent, and errors in verb forms and sentence construction sometimes make the arrangements difficult to understand. Examples include “I will not available,” “who pick up,” and “I will mentioned her phone number”; these need forms such as “I will not be available,” “who will pick you up,” and “I will give you her phone number.” The sentence beginning “Furthermore, when i will come home” also uses an unsuitable future construction and has an unclear clause structure. Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, as in “I hope you are doing well, It has…” and “soon.Take care.” Practise accurate clauses and verb forms, then proofread sentence boundaries.

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