Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-22

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A restaurant has placed an advertisement for waiters and waitresses in your local newspaper. Write a letter to the restaurant, applying for the job. In the letter

• explain what you are currently doing
• describe your suitability for this area of work
• say when you can attend an interview.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

To, the relative authority.

I have been working for more than two years in 'D. Resturant' and already had gained some good real life experiences. And since I have a good enough experience, I was planning to move to some good resturants where I could upgrade my payments, environment and uplift my professional life standards, and suddenly I found the advertisement published by 'Kalpa Resturant'.

I discovered, a vacancy for waiters and waitresses is opened at 'Kalpa Resturant' through local newspaper advertisement, which I find it to be a good opportunity for me. So with my past experiences and with skills like a solid teamwork, which is crucial to be a good waiter I am up anytime to take an inteview with your team so that i can be a part of your resturant who will properlly coordinate with the other people and create a good and comfortable environment at Kalpa.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response covers all three bullet points required in the prompt. The writer explains their current situation working at 'D. Restaurant' for over two years, describes their suitability through past experience and teamwork skills, and states their availability to attend an interview at any time. While the ideas are relevant, some parts of the task are slightly limited and lack full development, particularly regarding specific details about their current role. However, the tone of an application letter is adequately maintained, placing this performance at a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The organization of the letter shows an overall coherent arrangement, moving logically from the current employment status to the discovery of the vacancy and finally the call to action for an interview. However, paragraphing is problematic; the text is split into two very dense blocks, and the second paragraph becomes a prolonged, run-on sentence that lacks proper mechanical division. Referencing and cohesive devices are sometimes faulty or mechanical, such as the repetitive use of 'and' to join clauses. These cohesion issues place the response at Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'uplift my professional life standards' and 'solid teamwork'. However, there are noticeable spelling errors throughout the text, including 'Resturant' instead of 'restaurant', 'inteview', and 'properlly'. Word choice is sometimes awkward or unnatural, such as 'relative authority' as a salutation. Because these lexical errors and spelling mistakes occur frequently enough to draw attention without completely impeding communication, a Band 5.0 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is inconsistent. The second paragraph relies on an extremely long, poorly punctuated sentence that connects multiple clauses with commas and conjunctions ('So with my past experiences and with skills like a solid teamwork... so that i can be a part...'). There are also capitalization errors ('i') and awkward phrasing. While meaning is generally retrievable, frequent grammatical and punctuation slips keep the score at a Band 5.0.

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