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 Daniela,

I hope everything going well.

It was really nice to see you on the weekend. I am writing because after we met, I was thinking a lot about all the time we share together and I realised that we are so close to our anniversary´s school. I can´t believe that in 3 months is almost 10 years since we finished collegue. Can´t you?

I would like to organise a celebration in my house and catch up again with all our classmates after such as long time and I was wondering if you still in contact with some of them as I would love if you help me with the invitation cards and to define a day that works for most of us.

I have a rural place, near to the Cabildo farms and it´s all set up to celebrations as we rent it for weddings, birthdays and so on. So, we just need to plan the meals and a date. The space is available whatever day on October. Are you happy with help to me?

I will love to hear your toughs,

Sincerely,

Paula

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you propose a celebration at your house, explain that it would let classmates catch up, and ask Daniela to help contact people, prepare invitations, and choose a date. The rural venue and its availability in October add useful detail. The explanation of why this format is suitable is less developed, however: you mention catching up, but could explain more specifically why the venue or activities would make the reunion enjoyable. The request for help is clear in intention, though the final question, “Are you happy with help to me?”, makes the exact request less natural and precise. Develop the reason for your choice and state Daniela’s tasks directly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall progression: you refer to meeting Daniela, introduce the anniversary, propose the event, and then discuss the venue and practical arrangements. Paragraphing helps separate these stages, and phrases such as “after we met” and “So” connect ideas. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent organisation and shows some flexibility in linking information. However, several links feel abrupt or unclear, particularly the move from the anniversary to the event plan, and the long sentence combining classmates, invitations, and choosing a date is difficult to follow. The closing also feels disconnected from the request. Use clearer sentence boundaries and make each paragraph’s purpose more distinct.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main arrangements, including “celebration,” “classmates,” “invitation cards,” “rural place,” and “available.” There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “catch up” and “set up,” which suit an informal letter. However, noticeable word-choice, spelling, and collocation errors reduce precision: “anniversary’s school” does not express the intended idea, “collegue” is misspelled, and “toughs” appears to mean “thoughts.” Phrases such as “plan the meals” and “help me with the invitation cards” could be expressed more naturally and specifically. Build accuracy with common reunion and event-planning collocations, and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the conditional-style request “I was wondering if…” and the sentence explaining the venue. The main message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors affect naturalness and clarity. For example, “I hope everything going well” needs a verb, “in 3 months is almost 10 years” has an awkward time structure, and “if you still in contact” is missing a form of “be.” The sentence beginning “I would like to organise…” also joins several ideas without clear control. Practise complete clauses, auxiliary verbs, and sentence boundaries; these changes would make your varied structures more accurate and easier to read.

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