Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-12

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 Ali,

I hope you are doing well.I am writing to express my thoughts about organizing a get together of our group.I would like to invite all of my friends on this 10th anniversary for a celebration dinner.I am plannning to have a game night after the dinner where we can play games and talk about good old days.It's going to be a great company after so long. We can discuss about our achievements we have made so far and how the college life made us crazy.I think it's going to be so much fun and refreshing for all of us to take a pause from our busy schedules and meet good old friends.I would need your help to convince all of our friends to come to my place by making time.Apart from that I would need you to connect me with an event organizer who is good in town.I hope everyone will come.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you propose a celebration dinner followed by a game night, explain that it would let classmates reconnect and take a break from busy schedules, and ask Ali to encourage attendance and recommend an event organiser. These ideas are relevant and the friendly tone suits a letter to a college friend. However, some parts are less fully developed than others. The reasons for choosing this format are mostly general, and the practical help is not entirely clear: “come to my place by making time” does not specify what Ali should do to persuade people or when the event might happen. Add a little detail about the plan and Ali’s responsibilities to make the purpose and arrangements clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The ideas follow a generally sensible order: you introduce the anniversary, describe the dinner and games, give reasons for the event, and then ask for help. This makes the letter easy to follow overall. However, nearly all the content is presented in one paragraph, so the different functions of the letter are not clearly separated. Some links between ideas also feel abrupt, particularly the move from the celebration’s benefits to the request for help. Use two or three paragraphs and clearer transitions, such as one paragraph for the event and its benefits and another for Ali’s role. Check sentence boundaries too: “I hope you are doing well.I am writing” needs a space or, better, a new sentence with clear punctuation.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main plan and its purpose, including “celebration dinner,” “game night,” “achievements,” and “busy schedules.” The informal expressions are broadly suitable for writing to a friend. However, some wording is imprecise or unnatural, which limits the clarity and flexibility of the vocabulary. For example, “a great company” does not clearly express the pleasure of meeting again, and “connect me with an event organizer who is good in town” is an awkward way to describe the person you need. There are also spelling and word-form slips, such as “plannning.” Choose more natural collocations and proofread spelling so your meaning sounds fluent as well as understandable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, including the purpose clause in “to take a pause from our busy schedules” and the relative clause “who is good in town.” Most of the message remains understandable, and errors rarely prevent the reader from following your plans. Some grammatical and punctuation problems remain, however. In “We can discuss about our achievements,” the verb “discuss” does not take “about”; write “discuss our achievements.” The phrase “I would need your help to convince all of our friends to come to my place by making time” has an unclear grammatical relationship between the actions. Also check sentence spacing and punctuation after “doing well.” Aim for clearer clause construction while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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