Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

Dear....,

Hope you and your family is doing well.It's been a very long time to meet you.Due to busy professional life we could not arrange a meetup.My anniversary is in next week ,and i have decided to invite all of our friends group to spend a good time toghter.

Although event could be placed at resturant ,but i decided to arrange it at home.It would be a launch party at weekend.At weekend no one would be worried to reach at work next day , so we will have plenty of time in night to enjoy food and have gossips .I am planing to arrange a movie night at home. It will add more entertaiment to our occasion.

Firsty i decided to arrnge in outside slide like hotel than i though these places are mostly rushy and noisy we could not enjoy our time as good.At home we will have ample time to remind our golden days.

I need your help regarding suggestion of food menu.I want to include vegetarian menu and fast food. Morever i need assisstance in choosing an excellent resturant where i can place order for food.

I am thrilled to see all of you on this event.

Write back soon.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The candidate has successfully addressed all three bullet points required in the prompt. First, the writer specifies the type of celebration event, which is a movie night at home to mark a ten-year college anniversary. Second, the explanation for why this is a good choice is clearly provided, mentioning the relaxed weekend atmosphere, the absence of work the next day, and the chance to avoid noisy restaurants and reminisce about college days. Third, the writer clearly describes the help needed, specifically asking for food menu suggestions (vegetarian and fast food) and assistance in choosing a restaurant to place the food order. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly throughout the letter, fulfilling the purpose of the general training writing task well. Ideas are adequately developed and relevant to the scenario presented.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter exhibits a coherent overall arrangement with a clear sequence of ideas, moving from the initial greeting and purpose of the invitation to the venue choice, reasons, and finally the request for help. Paragraphing is used, though the second paragraph is quite dense and combines multiple ideas that would have benefited from being separated into distinct paragraphs. Cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or faulty, such as 'Firsty i decided to arrnge in outside slide like hotel than i though...', which creates a slightly disjointed progression. Referencing is generally clear, but occasional abrupt transitions between sentences affect the overall flow. Overall, the organizational structure is adequate for a band 6 level.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is generally adequate for the task, allowing the writer to convey their message about organising an anniversary party. However, there are noticeable limitations and inaccuracies in word choice and collocation, such as 'friends group' instead of 'group of friends', 'launch party' instead of 'reunion party', 'outside slide' instead of 'outdoor venue', and 'mostly rushy' instead of 'crowded' or 'busy'. Spelling mistakes like 'toghter', 'planing', 'Firsty', 'arrnge', 'though', and 'assisstance' also appear. While these lexical errors and non-standard word choices do not impede the overall communication of the message, they prevent the score from reaching a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional and concessive clauses ('Although event could be placed at resturant ,but i decided...'). However, grammatical accuracy is weak. There are frequent errors in verb forms, subject-verb agreement ('Hope you and your family is doing well'), missing articles ('It's been a very long time to meet you', 'at weekend'), incorrect prepositions ('in next week', 'at night'), and punctuation spacing issues (spaces placed before commas and full stops). Furthermore, the double-marking conjunction error in 'Although... but...' demonstrates a lack of complete control over complex structures. These errors require some effort from the reader, placing the grammar firmly at the band 5 level.

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