Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · 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 7.0)

Dear Ammy,

I hope you are doing well in your life. I have some excited news to share with you. I am planing a reunion party for 10 years aniversary since we have left college. I would love to share my plan and might need some help from your side.

I am going to organise a little get together at my home in Delhi on 12th of this month around 5:00 pm. My place has a huge backyard with 3 fireplaces. The party will include games, food and music.

As you know all of our school friends are overly drained with hectic schedules. So, I tought this would be an amzing idea to meet each other again and feel naustalgia again. This will not only be fun, but also give us a relax spa.

I was thinking if you can help me out with some baking. I really want to serve muffins and brownies with meal, but I am not good with my baking skills. I would love if you can help me out with this.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Lots of hugs and love,

Simmi.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 8.0

The response successfully covers all bullet points required by the prompt. You clearly state the kind of celebration you want to organise, describing a get-together at your home in Delhi featuring games, food, and music. You explain why it is a good idea by noting that friends have hectic schedules and need a chance to reconnect and feel nostalgic, and you clearly outline the help needed by asking your friend Ammy to assist with baking muffins and brownies. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly throughout, suitable for a letter to a college friend. All parts of the task are fully and clearly addressed without any omissions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 8.0

The letter is logically organised into distinct paragraphs, each serving a specific purpose, such as introducing the news, describing the event, explaining the motivation, and asking for assistance. Cohesive devices like 'As you know', 'This will not only be fun', and 'I was thinking if you can help' are used effectively to connect ideas smoothly. Paragraphing is used sufficiently and appropriately, ensuring the letter flows naturally from opening greetings to the final sign-off.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The vocabulary used is generally natural and appropriate for an informal letter, featuring items such as 'hectic schedules', 'reunion party', and 'nostalgia'. However, there are a few lexical and spelling inaccuracies, such as 'excited news' instead of 'exciting news', 'planing' instead of 'planning', 'aniversary' instead of 'anniversary', 'tought' instead of 'thought', 'amzing' instead of 'amazing', and 'naustalgia' instead of 'nostalgia'. Additionally, the phrase 'give us a relax spa' is unnatural in this context. These errors prevent the lexical score from reaching higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'As you know all of our school friends are overly drained with hectic schedules' and 'I would love if you can help me out with this.' There are several grammatical and mechanical errors throughout the text, including missing prepositions or incorrect verb patterns (e.g., '10 years aniversary since we have left college' instead of 'the 10-year anniversary since we left college') and spelling errors in verb forms like 'planing'. While these errors do not impede overall communication, they occur frequently enough to place the grammar in the Band 6 range.

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