Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

It is ten years since you left college. You'd like to organise an event to celebrate this anniversary with all your friends and classmates from college.

Write a letter to one of your college friends. In your letter

• say what kind of celebration event you'd like to organise

• explain why you think it would be good to celebrate in this way

• describe what help you need to organise this event

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ....................................,

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Dear Rohit,

Its been so long we had last seen eachother, hope this letter finds you well. I was thinking about organizing a get together for all college friends and theri family members to cherrish our old memories and raise a toast.

All of our friends are so busy in hectic routine, this one day meet at riverside camping including brunch, midday meal and barbeque dinner will be a quick relief from day to day life. This can be arranged on upcoming weekends so all the family members can also be invited and the camping manager is my frined so we can have some special arrangments for our group.

As this is going to be crowd of [redacted phone] people, I am expecting some help from your end like deciding menu, arranging music system, sending invites to all and budgeting.

I hope you are asserative towards this plan and please let me know if you have any insights which can make our experience more delightful an enjoyable. Hope to hear from you soon.

Yours truly,

Yash

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you propose a riverside camping get-together, explain that it would offer busy friends a break and let families join, and request help with the menu, music, invitations, and budgeting. The plan is relevant and the detail about a group of 100–120 people makes it concrete. Your purpose and friendly relationship with Rohit are also clear. To develop the ideas more fully, explain briefly how the event would bring classmates together or why camping suits this anniversary, rather than relying mainly on the general benefit of escaping routine. You could also make the requested help more specific—for example, ask Rohit to take responsibility for invitations or coordinate the music.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter follows a clear progression from reconnecting and introducing the idea, to explaining the event, then asking for help and closing. Paragraphing supports this sequence, and phrases such as “As this is going to be” signal the shift to practical arrangements. The reader can follow the proposal without difficulty. Some links between ideas are compressed, however: the sentence about the weekend, family invitations, and your friend who manages the campsite combines several points at once. Separating these details would make the organisation more controlled. The opening and closing could also be more clearly separated from the main paragraphs, and a few transitions could show more explicitly how the event’s benefits lead to the specific arrangements.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for a friendly planning letter, including relevant expressions such as “raise a toast,” “riverside camping,” “barbeque dinner,” and “budgeting.” These choices communicate the event and the help required. There are, however, several spelling errors, including “theri,” “cherrish,” “frined,” and “arrangments,” and some phrases are not natural in context. “Hectic routine” and “quick relief from day to day life” could be expressed more idiomatically, while “assertive towards this plan” does not convey the intended meaning of being enthusiastic or supportive. Aim for accurate spelling and natural collocations, especially in the closing and when describing the event’s benefits.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, and the main message remains clear. For example, the sentence beginning “As this is going to be…” links the expected attendance with the practical arrangements. Some grammatical errors remain. The opening “Its been so long we had last seen eachother” needs an apostrophe and a clearer tense construction, such as “It’s been so long since we last saw each other.” In “All of our friends are so busy in hectic routine,” the article and preposition pattern need attention. The long sentence about the weekend also joins several clauses without clear punctuation. Review tense choices, articles, and sentence boundaries to make these structures more accurate.

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