Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-26

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 Yash,

It's been 10 years since we left the college. I am writing this letter to express my idea about organsie an event to celebrate this anniversary with our classmates and friends.

At first, we will meet at the Shambhu's Coffee Bar where we used to meet during our college days. Then we will go to the restaurant which I have booked to celebrate our anniversary. I have requested the staff to make special drink called "Mango Lassi", which we used to drink in our break time. Then we will have some delicious meal. At the end, we will go to one of the famous ice cream shop called " Have more" to enjoy dessert and freshen up our college days.

I think it will be a good idea to celebrate this way because, I have include specific restaurant and dessert shop to recall our college days where we used to have a lot of fun. I believe this places play an essential role to bring us back to our college days.

Although, I might need your help to make one Whatsapp group and all our college friends, and ask them whoever is interested to join this event, so I can give

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The candidate successfully covers all three bullet points required by the task. First, the letter specifies the kind of celebration event, detailing a meeting at Shambhu's Coffee Bar, a booked restaurant, and an ice cream shop visit. Second, it explains why this is a good idea by emphasizing nostalgia and recalling college days, noting that 'this places play an essential role to bring us back'. Third, the letter touches upon the help needed in the final incomplete sentence, mentioning the creation of a WhatsApp group to gather friends. Although the third point is cut off abruptly, the prompt's core requirements are all addressed with relevant ideas, aligning well with the Band 6 descriptor.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter exhibits a coherent overall arrangement with a clear friendly tone and logical chronological sequencing of the event's itinerary (starting at the coffee bar, moving to the restaurant, and finishing at the ice cream shop). Cohesive devices such as 'At first', 'Then', and 'At the end' are used to sequence events, though they are somewhat mechanical. Paragraphing is generally appropriate for a letter format, although the sudden cut-off at the end without a proper closing statement disrupts the structural flow. Referencing is mostly clear, but occasional clunky transitions prevent a higher score.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for a general social letter, incorporating everyday terms like 'anniversary', 'special drink', and 'delicious meal'. However, there are notable word choice and collocation inaccuracies, such as 'organsie an event' (grammatical form error within lexical choice), 'this places play' (plural agreement error), and 'make one Whatsapp group'. Attempts at less common vocabulary are present, but errors in collocation and inflexion prevent the score from reaching a higher band. Spelling is generally accurate throughout the response.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'I am writing this letter to express my idea...' and clauses linked with relative pronouns ('where we used to meet'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, including infinitive and verb form mistakes like 'express my idea about organsie an event', subject-verb agreement issues ('this places play'), and article omissions or misuse ('the Shambhu's Coffee Bar', 'the restaurant'). Furthermore, the final sentence is incomplete. While communication is not severely impeded, these persistent errors limit the control over grammar.

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