Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-27

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 Maulik,

Its been years while we graduate from the college. It felt like a couple of month before we both were sitting in the same class and having fun together but it never felt that it was 10 year before. The time is passing too fast.

Anyways I am planning to celebrate an event in the college which would have all of our classmate. The event would be like get-together, where we will meet everyone, build the connection, will see everyones success.

The only reason behind this is making a good connection and bringing up the old memories that we made. This will help everyone to enjoy their life by keeping their professional life aside.

Maulik everyone knows you were the most extrovert person in our class. I want you to contact as many student as you can. It will help to re-unite as more student as we can.

Thank You,

Rushi Patel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. You clearly state the kind of event you want to organise (a get-together at the college for all classmates), explain why you think it would be good (to build connections, bring up old memories, and take a break from professional life), and describe the help you need from Maulik (to contact as many students as possible). The tone is appropriately informal and friendly throughout, matching the requirements of a letter to a college friend. While some of the ideas could be developed with slightly more specific details, all parts of the prompt are addressed adequately. Band score: 6.5.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a clear overall arrangement and follows a logical progression from the opening greeting to the final request and sign-off. Paragraphing is used to separate different thoughts, such as the opening reminiscing, the description of the event, the purpose, and the specific request for help. However, there are some minor issues with referencing and cohesion; for example, phrases like 'Its been years while we graduate' and the abrupt transitions between paragraphs feel slightly mechanical. Nonetheless, the message flows well enough for the reader to follow easily. Band score: 6.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for an informal letter, such as 'extrovert person', 'professional life', and 're-unite'. However, there are noticeable word-choice and collocation errors throughout the text, such as 'Its been years while we graduate' instead of 'since we graduated', 'couple of month' instead of 'couple of months', and 'most extrovert person' instead of 'most extroverted or outgoing person'. While these errors do not impede communication, they restrict the lexical score to the Band 6 level. Band score: 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence forms. You attempt some varied structures, such as 'the event would be like get-together, where we will meet everyone...' and 'It will help to re-unite as more student as we can.' However, there are frequent grammatical errors in verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, and articles, such as 'Its been years', '10 year before', 'all of our classmate', and 'as more student as we can'. These errors require some effort from the reader to interpret, though they do not completely obscure the meaning. Band score: 5.5.

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