Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-07

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 5.0)

Dear Salman,

Hope you are doing well, i am writing this letter to you becouse i want to arrange a party for all my collage mates since it has been 10 years since we left collage.

i am arranging a party in a restaurant where the portion there for 60 people and we call out the DG for the music event and i will install a screen there to show our memories we made when we were in the collage. All pictures we took and the event we organised in the collage and videos we shot at that time, And i am arranging a dinner for 60 people.

This is the Menu i decide

beryani

qorma

chicjen tikka

pasta

ice cream

kulfi

what you think is this a good menu and i want your input in this, Please let me know what you want to add in this please help me to arrange a good get togather after along time

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify a suitable celebration—a restaurant dinner with music and a screen showing college photos and videos—and you ask Salman for input on the menu. These details make the event easy to picture. However, the task asks you to explain why this way of celebrating would be good and what specific help you need. The memories suggest a reason, but you do not clearly explain the benefits of the restaurant or reunion format. Your request for help is also quite general: asking for menu suggestions does not fully explain what organising tasks Salman could take on. Develop these two points more explicitly, for example by asking him to contact classmates or collect photographs, and explain how the event would help everyone reconnect.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence: you introduce the reunion, describe the venue and entertainment, list the food, and then ask for your friend’s opinion. This gives the reader a general sense of the plan. However, the progression is not consistently clear because several ideas are joined in one long sentence, and the menu appears as a separate list without a clear transition. The final request also combines questions and instructions in a way that is difficult to follow. Use distinct paragraphs for the event plan, the reason for choosing it, and the help you need. Linking phrases such as “I thought this would be ideal because…” and “Could you also help by…” would make the relationships between ideas clearer and less repetitive.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the occasion, including “restaurant,” “music,” “screen,” “memories,” and “dinner,” so the main plan can be understood. The range is nevertheless limited, and several spelling errors or imprecise expressions make the letter less clear, such as “collage,” “beryani,” “chicjen tikka,” and “get togather.” Some phrases are also unnatural for this context, including “call out the DG” and “the portion there for 60 people.” Choose more precise event vocabulary and check spelling carefully; for example, refer to hiring a DJ and booking a restaurant that can accommodate 60 guests. A wider range of natural phrases for reconnecting and sharing memories would also help you express the purpose of the reunion more effectively.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to communicate several connected ideas, but the response relies mainly on simple structures, and longer sentences are often difficult to control. For example, “All pictures we took and the event we organised… and videos we shot…” is a fragment rather than a complete sentence. The opening also needs clearer sentence boundaries, while “what you think is this a good menu” has an incorrect question structure. Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, including lowercase “i” and the comma splice before “And i am arranging.” Practise forming complete sentences and direct questions, and use full stops to separate the event details. More accurate control of these basic patterns would make your meaning easier to follow.

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