Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-08

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 4.0)

Dear friends,

I hope you are well, I an writing to you letter inform college opening event celebration with friends.

The event of college openning cermeny celebration function you like to organise. My all friends join this function and this event enjoying together and meet my all college friends. The event will be full decorated and peaceful enviornment and arangement full organise. I think it would be good to celebrate in this way this anniversary with all your friends and classmates from college.

I help you need to organise this event i hope college management fully coporate with me and always help me the function is very greatful in my life du to my all friends comming here and attend the function taking photo and other entertantment saving a good memory my all friends hardworking person the event is very memroyable for me and my classmates friends.

yours faithfully,

Asad ali

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

You attempt to cover the three requested points: you propose a college celebration, mention meeting classmates and making memories, and refer to needing help from the college management. However, the event is not clearly specified: “college opening ceremony” does not explain how this would celebrate ten years since graduation. The reasons are also difficult to follow, and the help you need is not described in practical terms. The response contains 131 words, so it is 19 words below the required minimum; this limits the space available to explain the plan. To strengthen the letter, state a suitable event, give clear reasons for it, and ask your friend for specific help, such as contacting classmates or arranging a venue.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the letter into an opening and two body paragraphs, with the celebration idea followed by reasons and help. This gives the reader some sense of the intended structure. However, progression within the paragraphs is difficult to follow: the first body paragraph moves from the event to decoration and then to a general statement about celebrating, while the final paragraph combines management support, attendance, photographs, entertainment and memories in one long sequence. Connections between ideas are often unclear, and “this event” and “this way” do not always have precise references. Use one paragraph for the event and reasons, and another for the specific help you need, linking each idea clearly.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some vocabulary relevant to a reunion, including “celebration,” “classmates,” “entertainment” and “memory,” so the general topic can be recognised. There are also attempts to express atmosphere and purpose, such as “peaceful environment” and “good memory.” However, vocabulary is often repetitive or inaccurately combined, which makes several ideas hard to understand: “college opening ceremony celebration function” and “the event will be full decorated” are not natural expressions. Spelling errors such as “openning,” “cermeny,” “enviornment” and “memroyable” also reduce clarity. Build a small set of accurate phrases for reunion events and use them in simple, natural combinations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The response attempts both simple statements and longer sentences, and the reader can identify the broad intention. However, sentence structures are frequently incomplete or incorrectly joined, limiting clarity. For example, “I hope you are well, I an writing to you letter” joins two clauses with a comma and has an incomplete verb phrase; “The event of college openning cermeny celebration function you like to organise” is not a complete sentence. In the final paragraph, several ideas run together without clear sentence boundaries. There are also problems with articles, agreement and verb forms, as in “My all friends join” and “this event enjoying together.” Practise complete subject–verb sentences, then connect them with appropriate conjunctions and punctuation.

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