Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-30
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 5.0)
dear friend
i hope you're feeling well, i'm writing a letter to convey my idea regarding our 10th anniversary of left college In this anniversary i wanted to celebrate with my all friends and classmates from our college. i wanted to recall all our memories we have spend and enjoyed together in our college days. i want to organize this event in my place know this is not a easy task to organize this type of event but i will loved to do this. Contacting and reaching all our classmates will be a difficult task but in this matter i want your help to contact your knowns
these type of events must be organize to celebrate with each other. remembering our great time together. i hope you will like my idea
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The candidate has attempted all parts of the prompt: mentioning the kind of celebration (at home), explaining why (to recall memories), and asking for help with contacting classmates. However, the length requirement has NOT been met, as the response contains only 131 words, falling short of the 150-word minimum. This under-length impacts the full development of ideas, particularly regarding the explanation and details of the event. Consequently, Task Achievement is penalised for length, restricting the score to Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The letter lacks proper paragraphing, presented instead as a single block of text with informal punctuation. There are mechanical issues with capitalization (e.g., lowercase 'dear', 'i') and comma splices. Cohesive devices are basic and repetitive, such as the frequent use of 'i wanted to' and 'and'. While there is a basic logical progression from greeting to the main idea and a request for help, the absence of paragraphs and weak cohesive management place this firmly at Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is narrow and repetitive ('celebrate', 'event', 'college', 'friends', 'task'). There are noticeable lexical and collocation errors, such as '10th anniversary of left college' instead of '10th anniversary of leaving college' and 'contact your knowns' instead of 'contact people you know'. While meaning is generally communicated, the limited range and frequent inaccuracies constrain the lexical score to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response features a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple and faulty complex sentences. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as run-on sentences ('i hope you're feeling well, i'm writing a letter...'), incorrect tense and verb forms ('we have spend'), and missing capitalization ('dear', 'i'). Although the message remains understandable, the high frequency of basic errors and lack of structural variety mean it fits the Band 5.0 descriptors.
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