Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-21

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 Rajdeep

Its been ten years since we passed out from college and i have been thinking of planing a reunion for all our classmates. I would like to organise a meet and greet at our college in Amritsar, this way we will be able to meet out teachers and remamber our time there.

This event can be a great way to reconnect with our old friends as life and our professional responsibilities has moved us apart from each other. Hosting this event at our college is also benifecial as most of them lives in nearby cities and can reach easily.

Since this is a big event I would be needing some help from you. I already talked to the principal and got his blessings for the event, additionaly he gave us the event hall for celebration. Since you work as a chef in a fine establishment can you take care of food, and I will get all the decorations done.

Hoping for a positive tesponce grom yiy.

Kind regards

Preetpal Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three bullet points and maintain a clear, friendly purpose: you propose a meet-and-greet at the college, explain that it would help classmates reconnect and meet former teachers, and ask Rajdeep to handle the food while you arrange decorations. The practical details about the principal’s approval and the event hall also support the plan. Your reasons are relevant and generally extended, particularly the point that work and life have separated the group. To make the ideas more fully developed, explain a little more about what the event would involve—for example, a meal, speeches, or a tour—and clarify how Rajdeep could coordinate the catering.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear progression: you introduce the reunion, explain why it would be worthwhile, then move to the arrangements and your request for help. Paragraphing supports this sequence, and links such as “Since this is a big event” make the shift to practical details easy to follow. The closing is also appropriate for a personal letter. To strengthen cohesion further, connect some details more explicitly: for instance, explain how meeting former teachers fits into the proposed event, and make the division of responsibilities between you and Rajdeep slightly clearer. Overall, the organisation is logical and the reader can follow the message without difficulty.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary suited to a friendly reunion letter, including “reconnect,” “professional responsibilities,” “event hall,” and “decorations.” These choices communicate the main ideas, but the range and control are uneven, with several spelling errors and some imprecise or unnatural expressions. For example, “passed out from college” is not the intended expression here, and “got his blessings” is less suitable than a neutral phrase such as “received his approval.” Errors such as “planing,” “remamber,” and “benifecial” also reduce accuracy. Aim for precise, natural collocations and proofread spelling; this would make the message more fluent and polished.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including the reason clause “as life and our professional responsibilities has moved us apart” and the conditional request “Since you work as a chef… can you take care of food?” The message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors persist. In the first sentence, “Its been” needs an apostrophe, and “responsibilities has moved” has a subject–verb agreement error. “Most of them lives” also needs plural agreement, while “I would be needing” is an awkward tense construction; “I will need” would be more natural. Check sentence punctuation and capitalisation as well, particularly “i” and the missing comma after the greeting. Greater accuracy across these forms would improve control.

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