Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-08

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 6.0)

Dear Sam,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing to tell you about that I am hosting the party. Since long time, we are not in contact with our college and schoolmates. So I need your cooperation to make this event memorable.

To commence, the event will be a reunion party that will consist of games like musical chairs, a fashion show or any other entertanting activities. At last, we will bind up with dinner.

According to me, this will help us to reconnect with our friends especially overseas, who went to pursue their careers. It will also be a valuable interacting time where we can share our thoughts and also get to know about each others lives. Consequently, it will also cherish our old days.

Although, to make it a successful event I need your hand in it. However being the culture head in college days, you have better experince in organising the events. So you take care of decorations and games and I will manage invitations and foods.

Let me know what you think, I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Daniel.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The letter addresses all three requested points: you propose a reunion party, explain that it would reconnect classmates and let them share updates, and ask Sam to help with decorations and games. These details make the purpose clear and the tone is appropriately friendly. The explanation of why the event would be worthwhile is relevant, but ideas such as “cherish our old days” are not fully explained, and the event plan could be more specific about when or where it might happen. The request for help is clearer because responsibilities are divided between you and Sam. To strengthen the response, develop the reasons and practical arrangements a little further while keeping the personal letter style.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The message has a clear overall sequence: opening and purpose, proposed activities, reasons for the reunion, and a request for help, followed by an appropriate closing. Paragraphing supports this progression, and the reader can follow the main plan. Some linking is mechanical or awkward, however. “To commence” and “At last” do not fit naturally in this context, while “Although” followed by “However” creates an unnecessary contrast and disrupts the request paragraph. The reference in “this event” is clear, but the ideas within the final paragraph would flow better if the request and division of duties were connected directly. Use fewer, more natural transitions and make each paragraph’s progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the event and its purpose, including “reunion party,” “reconnect,” “overseas,” and “decorations.” There are also attempts at less common or expressive language, such as “memorable” and “cherish,” but several choices are inaccurate or unnatural and reduce precision. Examples include “bind up with dinner,” “a valuable interacting time,” and “your hand in it”; these do not express the intended meanings naturally. Spelling errors such as “entertanting” and “experince” are also noticeable. Aim for familiar, accurate collocations rather than forcing formal-sounding phrases, and check spelling carefully. This will make the letter sound more fluent and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter includes both simple sentences and attempts at longer structures, for example the sentence beginning “Although, to make it a successful event…” and the explanation of why the reunion would help classmates. Meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. “I am writing to tell you about that I am hosting the party” has an incorrect clause pattern; “Since long time, we are not in contact” has problems with the article and tense; and “each others lives” needs a possessive form. The opening of the final paragraph also uses “Although” without completing a contrasting clause. Work on accurate tense choices, articles, possessives, and sentence boundaries, while retaining a mix of sentence forms.

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