Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-12

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 Shabnam,

I'm writing this letter to share a great news that I'm planning to organise a ten anniversary celebration party with all our friends and classmates from our institution. I'd like to organise this event in a restaurant, where we all can have dinner together.

Since it's very good idea to celebrate anniversary in this way, where all friends from our batchmates have dinner on one table and we all can share our journeys with each other. After the food we can play some games for fun.

Although I'm taking the sole responsibility for this event but I still need your help in inviting all the guests. As you have the contacts for all our classmates, so you can share the contacts and we can make a group together where we can share the venue and event details.

Let's meet on this Sunday for a coffee and we can discuss the event details.

Yours Love,

Purnima

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The letter addresses all three requested points: you propose a restaurant dinner, explain that classmates can share their experiences and play games, and ask Shabnam to help contact former classmates. The purpose and friendly tone are clear, and the invitation to meet for coffee gives the letter a useful next step. The explanation of why this format would be enjoyable is relevant, but it is brief; you could develop it by explaining how a shared meal would help everyone reconnect after ten years. The request for help is more specific, since you mention Shabnam’s contacts and suggest creating a group. A little more detail about the event itself would make the ideas more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information follows a sensible order: you introduce the celebration, explain the proposed activities, ask for help, and suggest a meeting. Paragraphing supports this progression, and phrases such as “Since” and “Although” help connect ideas. However, some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “Since it's very good idea to celebrate anniversary in this way, where…” and “As you have the contacts…, so…”. These constructions make the relationships between ideas less smooth. The letter remains understandable overall, but clearer sentence boundaries and more natural linking would make the progression feel less mechanical. For example, state the reason for the dinner directly, then begin a separate sentence about games.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the situation, including “celebration party,” “classmates,” “contacts,” “venue,” and “event details,” so the reader can understand the plan. There are also attempts to express the occasion and shared memories. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “a great news,” “ten anniversary,” “from our batchmates,” and “Yours Love.” These noticeable slips limit precision and naturalness, even though they do not prevent understanding. Aim to learn common phrases as complete units—for example, “celebrate our tenth anniversary” and “get together with our former classmates”—and check whether nouns are countable and whether a closing suits the letter’s tone.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The letter includes both straightforward sentences and attempts at more complex structures, such as the sentence beginning “Although I'm taking the sole responsibility…” This shows some range, and the main message is generally clear. However, some grammatical errors affect accuracy: “it's very good idea” is missing an article, and “Since …, where …” does not form a complete, well-connected sentence. The construction “As you have the contacts…, so…” also uses an unnecessary second linker. Review article use and practise building complex sentences with one clear main clause. Breaking the explanation of the celebration into shorter sentences would help you retain variety while improving control and punctuation.

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