Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-16

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 6.5)

Dear Richa,

How have you been? It feels forever since we last met up. The reason for my writing is to express my interest to organize an event to celebrate tenth anniversary with all our friends and batchmates from college.

I would like to organize a dinner party at newly built a cafe nearby our college. The place is very peaceful so we will spending time and sharing our stories to each other as we will going to meet after 10 years. Moreover, this cafe also host a DJ party after 9 P.M. so I am planning to register for that also.

I think it would be a great way to celebrate this event as we get enough time to talk and after that also enjoy DJ night which we are used to do in our college days. Therefore, it would be a complete mixture to live the present and past life.

Actually, I dont have contact details of all our classmate so I need your help to invite our all classmate at this celebration.

I hope this would going to be a grand celebration of our reunion. If you have any other idea to add in it just let me know.

Yours truly,

Himanshi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you propose a dinner party followed by a DJ event, explain that it will allow classmates to catch up and relive college traditions, and ask Richa to help contact classmates. The purpose and friendly tone are clear throughout, and the ideas are relevant and supported with reasons, such as the peaceful café setting and the chance to talk before dancing. To make the proposal more fully developed, specify practical details such as a date, expected numbers, or how Richa could help with invitations. The request for help is currently focused mainly on finding and inviting classmates, so adding one or two further organising tasks would make this part more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear progression: you introduce the reunion, describe the proposed venue and activities, explain why they suit the occasion, and then ask for help. Separate paragraphs make these stages easy to follow, while phrases such as “Moreover,” “Therefore,” and “Actually” signal relationships between ideas. The opening and closing also suit a personal letter. Some links are a little mechanical, and the final paragraph moves quickly from the request to the conclusion. You could improve the flow by connecting the practical request more directly to the event plan—for example, asking Richa to gather contact details and send invitations—and by using a wider variety of natural transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for explaining the reunion and includes relevant expressions such as “dinner party,” “DJ party,” “contact details,” and “grand celebration.” These choices make the main ideas clear, and you show some range when describing both the social and nostalgic aspects of the event. However, several word choices or combinations are not natural in context, including “complete mixture to live the present and past life” and “register for that” when referring to attending a DJ event. “Batchmates” may also be less familiar to some readers than “former classmates.” Aim for more precise, idiomatic phrasing and check spelling and apostrophes, as in “don’t.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a reason clause with “as” and a sentence beginning “Therefore,” so the message is not limited to short statements. The intended meaning is generally understandable, but some errors in verb forms, articles, agreement, and sentence construction remain. For example, “we will spending” should be “we will spend,” and “this cafe also host” needs subject–verb agreement (“hosts”). In “at newly built a cafe,” the article and word order need correction; write “at a newly built café.” The phrase “I hope this would going to be” also combines incompatible forms. Practise checking each sentence for a complete, correctly formed verb phrase and article use.

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