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)

Hello Sheli,

I'm writing this letter in connection with the event that, i am planning to celebrate our ten years college anniversary.

I'm planning to invite all our classmate from 2016 batch. its been 10 years since we left college. I think its a great idea to invite all friend with their family where we can meet each other, play some fun games together like cards and windup our day with some delicious meal.

I believe this event is important as it will help everyone to catch up after long time. It is also a way where everyone will get a break from their regular routine and also connect with each other.

I need some help in organising the food for the event. Last month during our conversation over the phone you mentioned that you know some good catering services who provides excellent food at aftortable cost. Can you please send me their contact details.

Let you know what you think. I will wait to hear from you.

Regards,

Reshma Jiwani

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you propose inviting the 2016 classmates and their families for games and a meal, explain that the gathering would help everyone catch up and take a break from routine, and ask Sheli for catering contacts. The purpose and friendly tone are clear throughout, and the request is specific enough for your friend to act on. The explanation of why this particular format would be enjoyable is somewhat general, however; for example, you could explain how games and a shared meal would help people reconnect. A little more detail about the event itself, such as a possible venue or date, would make the ideas more fully extended and supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall progression: you introduce the anniversary, describe the proposed gathering, explain its value, and then make a practical request. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “It is also” and “Last month” connect ideas. This coherent arrangement meets the lower-band expectations well. To make the progression more consistently smooth, use linking and reference more precisely: “this event” and “this way” could refer more explicitly to the proposed gathering, and the transition from the benefits to the catering request could be more natural. The closing sentence, “Let you know what you think,” is also unclear and interrupts an otherwise understandable ending.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main ideas, with relevant expressions such as “catch up,” “regular routine,” “organising the food,” and “contact details.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable word-choice, collocation, or spelling problems reduce precision. For example, “ten years college anniversary” is not a natural phrase, “windup our day” does not clearly express ending the event, and “aftortable” is misspelled. “All friend” and “classmate” are also imprecise in this context. These choices do not prevent the reader from understanding your plan, but more accurate event-related vocabulary and careful proofreading would make the letter sound more natural and polished.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mixture of simple sentences and some longer structures, including the relative clause in “services who provides excellent food” and the reason introduced by “as.” The message remains understandable, but grammatical control is inconsistent, with errors in sentence construction, tense, agreement, articles, and punctuation. For instance, “i am planning” needs correct capitalisation and punctuation, “its been 10 years” needs an apostrophe and a suitable tense form, and “services who provides” has a subject–verb agreement problem. The closing “Let you know what you think” is also incomplete as a sentence. Practise checking each sentence for a clear subject and verb, and vary sentence patterns while keeping them accurate.

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