Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-19

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 Touqeer,

I hope you will be splendid and your family also doing well.As you know that we have left the college since ten years ago moreover we were never met after a long time.Now i am planed something in which we may met eachother after a long time.

so i am decided to organise a event on this sunday night.I wanted to held a late night party at restuarent and also add more activities such as dancing,music and also a bonefire.From my prospective it has beneficial for our furthermore we met all our friends and we enjoyed the party also.seriously i am suspicias about this.

Moreover, i need your help also from my opinion you have contact numbers of many others friends which are our classmates.By the way also help me in deciding the restuarent as well as in the selection of cuisines.kindly informed me as soon as possible.

Hope to see you soon!

Best wishes[Ali]

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address the three requested points: you propose a late-night restaurant party with dancing, music and a bonfire, explain that it would let classmates meet again, and ask your friend to contact classmates and help choose the venue and food. These details make the purpose clear. However, the reason for choosing this format is only briefly explained, and “it has beneficial for our” is unclear, so the benefit is not fully developed. The event details could also be more definite—for example, clarify whether Sunday is a proposed date and how the activities would suit the group. Develop the rationale and make each request more specific to give the letter a clearer, more complete purpose.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter follows a generally sensible order: greeting and context, the proposed celebration, requests for help, and a friendly closing. This makes the overall message easy to follow. You also use linking expressions such as “Moreover” and “By the way” to connect points. At times, however, these links feel mechanical or do not show the relationship clearly, and several ideas are crowded into long sentences. For instance, the sentence beginning “From my prospective” combines the benefit, meeting friends and enjoying the party without clear separation. Use shorter sentences and organise the event plan and requests into distinct paragraphs; choose connectors that express the precise relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the occasion, including “late night party,” “activities,” “dancing,” “music,” “contact numbers” and “cuisines,” so the reader can understand the main plan. However, the range is limited and several word choices or spellings are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning unclear. Examples include “splendid” in the opening, “bonefire,” “restuarent,” and “suspicias”; “it has beneficial for our” is also an unsuccessful phrase. Aim for natural expressions suited to a friendly letter, such as asking whether your friend is “doing well” and saying the event would be “a great opportunity to reconnect.” Check spelling and learn common collocations for organising a celebration.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences, but control of verb forms, sentence structure, articles and punctuation is inconsistent. For example, “we were never met” and “i am planed” use incorrect verb forms, while “I am decided to organise a event” has problems with both the verb construction and article. Several sentences run together, such as the opening after “doing well,” and capitalisation of “I” is inconsistent. These errors sometimes make the reader work to understand the message, although its general meaning remains recoverable. Practise accurate past and present-perfect forms, and build longer sentences from correctly formed clauses, using full stops to separate complete ideas.

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