Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 Emeka

Hope you and family are good

I write to inform you about my desire to organise an event to celebrate this years anniversary with you and all my friends and classmates

This celebration will embrace both indoor and outdoor events. The indoor events will include a compitition among tennis ball players. I have already invited four good players for this game. I have also informed two football teams to entertain us for the out door game.

It was a very difficult time in the school, so i thought it wise for us to really have a good time together in this anniversary

The budget for these events are high, so i would like you to help out in sourcing of funds for us to actualise these dreams

I will be expecting your positive responce

Your Friend Ifeanyi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You cover the three requested points: you propose a celebration with indoor and outdoor activities, explain that college was a difficult time and you want everyone to enjoy being together, and ask Emeka to help source funds. The event details—tennis and football—make the plan relevant, but the reason for choosing this format is only briefly explained, and the request for help could be more specific, such as asking him to contact classmates or estimate costs. The response is also 11 words below the required minimum, so there is limited space to develop these ideas. Add a little more detail about the event and why it would suit the group, while keeping the friendly letter purpose clear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: greeting, announcement, event plan, reason, request for help, and closing. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “I have also” and “so” connect related ideas. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent overall arrangement and shows some control of progression. To make the flow more flexible and polished, link the activities more explicitly to the celebration and avoid abrupt transitions—for example, the move from the event details to “It was a very difficult time in the school” could explain how the activities will help classmates reconnect. A conventional sign-off and clearer paragraph spacing would also make the letter easier to scan.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main plan, including “celebrate,” “competition,” “players,” “teams,” and “sourcing of funds.” There are also attempts at more formal or ambitious expressions, such as “actualise these dreams,” but some choices are unnatural or imprecise in context. “Embrace” does not fit naturally with events, and “out door game” is not the usual expression. Spelling errors such as “compitition” and “responce” are noticeable, as is the inconsistent spelling of “outdoor.” These issues do not prevent understanding, but more accurate collocations and careful proofreading would make the letter sound more natural and assured.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The message is generally understandable and includes both simple statements and a few longer structures, such as “The budget for these events are high, so I would like you to help…” However, the range is limited, and several grammatical errors remain. In “Hope you and family are good,” a more complete construction would be “I hope you and your family are well.” “I write to inform you” would be more natural as “I am writing to tell you,” while “The budget … are high” has a subject–verb agreement error; use “The budget … is high.” Capitalisation is also inconsistent in “i thought.” Varying sentence patterns and checking agreement, articles, and punctuation would improve accuracy.

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