Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-03

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 Satyam,

I hope you are doing well, I m writing this letter to because I still be nostalgic whenever I sit I think about our our mischievious behaviour the moment and memories are still cherishabe. it been a decade we not met and celebrated any anniversary till date.

Intially I would like to tell you the about tell you about the event, I want a huge celebration for all almuni with a big attractive carnival in which we can do dance, music and other fun activities.

furthermore, it plays a signicant role that we should socialise with our friends make more memories inculcate each other problems, as it very ubiquitoius to see that everyone is indulge in their busy schedule so I think it should be celebrated as festival for alumni a day to remember.

Additionally, I like to take help for you make an invite to think of more ideas and make a whatsapp group and try to add all the friends decide menu and, send a mail to HOD regarding the same.

I m looking forward to see you as well as all in this event and hoping for memorable night together, please keep me updated regarding the same.

Take care,

Mitali

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the prompt, successfully covering the ten-year anniversary context, the type of celebration, the reasons for it, and the specific help needed from the friend. However, some ideas are more fully developed than others. For example, while the description of the carnival event and the reasons for socialising are relevant, the request for help is slightly bundled together with practical tasks like making a WhatsApp group and writing to the HOD, leaving certain points feeling a bit rushed or under-developed. Nevertheless, the tone is appropriately informal and the purpose of the letter is clear throughout, which aligns well with the requirements for this level.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter maintains a coherent overall arrangement with a clear beginning and ending, greeting Satyam appropriately and signing off with Mitali. Paragraphing is attempted to separate the different bullet points, which helps the reader follow the progression of ideas. However, cohesion at the sentence level is sometimes mechanical or faulty. Run-on sentences and comma splices appear frequently, such as 'I hope you are doing well, I m writing this letter to because...', which disrupts the smooth flow. Furthermore, referencing is not always clear, making connections between clauses occasionally strained, though the overarching message remains understandable.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The writer uses an adequate range of vocabulary to complete the task, successfully attempting less common items and emotive language such as 'nostalgic', 'mischievious', and 'ubiquitous'. However, there are noticeable inaccuracies in word choice, collocation, and spelling that reflect this level. Words like 'almuni' (alumni) are misspelled, and phrases like 'inculcate each other problems' demonstrate inappropriate collocations and word forms. Despite these errors, the lexical items attempted do not severely impede communication, and the friendly tone of the letter is maintained throughout.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting relative clauses and conditional structures. However, there are frequent errors in grammar, punctuation, and tense control. Issues include tense shifts and auxiliary verb errors such as 'it been a decade we not met' and 'I still be nostalgic'. Punctuation is weak, characterised by run-on sentences lacking proper periods or conjunctions. While these errors occur regularly across the text, they rarely impede overall communication, though they require the reader to occasionally decode the intended meaning behind the flawed sentence structures.

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