Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-27

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)

Hi,

Hope you are doing well,i wanted to do job in your resturant because my one friend do job in your resturant,and according to him you guys are really great and do copperate with staff.Actually, i am doing a job in a resturant as a waiter, i am hapy with this job but due to long distance it is usually hard for me to reach their on time.I am a punctual and hardworking man but still i make this mistake.When i read about hiring of waiters i got happy because this reaturant is quite near my hostel.And i am sure i do my best in your resturant.I am available for interview on next monday,so you can call me at any time for interview,

Yours sincerely

David

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student has attempted to cover all bullet points in the prompt: explaining what they currently do, describing suitability, and stating availability for an interview. However, the response falls short of the minimum word count requirement, containing only 126 words compared to the required 150 words. This impacts the overall development of ideas. While the current job is mentioned ('doing a job in a resturant as a waiter') and suitability is touched upon ('punctual and hardworking man'), the ideas lack sufficient expansion and depth to meet higher band descriptors. Therefore, the task is only partially addressed in terms of length and fullness of development, placing it at a Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The letter lacks proper paragraphing, as it is written as one single block of text, which significantly hinders the visual and logical flow. While there is a basic chronological arrangement of ideas—starting with the reason for writing, moving to current employment, and ending with interview availability—cohesive devices are very limited and repetitive (e.g., 'and', 'because', 'so'). Referencing is sometimes unclear, and punctuation errors disrupt the natural progression of ideas. Although the general meaning can be followed, the lack of paragraph structure and weak cohesive ties limit the score to a Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, relying heavily on everyday words such as 'job', 'restaurant' (which is misspelled as 'resturant' and 'reaturant'), and 'good'. There are noticeable spelling errors throughout the text, including 'resturant', 'hapy', 'copperate', 'their' (instead of 'there'), and 'reaturant'. The student attempts some collocation with phrases like 'punctual and hardworking man', but the overall range of vocabulary is limited and minimally adequate for the task. Because of the frequent spelling errors and lack of sophisticated phrasing, a Band 5.0 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response shows a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple and compound sentences joined by comma splices and coordinating conjunctions (e.g., 'i wanted to do job in your resturant because my one friend do job in your resturant,and according to him...'). There are frequent grammatical errors, such as missing capitalization ('i'), tense inconsistencies, and incorrect prepositions ('do job in', 'do copperate with'). Punctuation is weak, characterized by run-on sentences and missing spaces after commas. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect Band 5.0 descriptors.

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