Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-24

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 Golu,

Ihope you are doing fine, I was thinking to organise a get together event for all our friends and classmates as a reunion after ten years, in which we can invite everyone to a cruise ship for two days and one night where we can relive our college days have fun and do some activities like diving, dance nights and several games. I think this would be the best way to know each other again after all these years and to know what is going on in our lives.It will be a must needed get away for most of our friends and classmates.we can also invite their partners to make it more fun. and to organise all this I will be needing your help in finanlising the cruise, invitations and arranging contacts of everyone.

Hope to hear back from you and discuss everything, and make these two days memorable for everyone

Regards,

Prachi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points and maintain a friendly, suitable tone for writing to a college friend. The proposed reunion is specific: a two-day, one-night cruise with activities, and you explain that it would help classmates reconnect and share updates. You also identify practical help with finalising the cruise, sending invitations and finding everyone’s contact details. This covers the task well, while some reasons and arrangements are less fully developed: for example, you could explain why a cruise suits the group or clarify what role you want your friend to take. Adding a little more detail to these points would make the ideas more fully extended.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter follows a sensible overall order: you introduce the reunion, describe the event and its benefits, then ask for help and close politely. This makes the main message easy to follow. However, most of the content is placed in one long paragraph, and several ideas run together, such as the activities, reasons for celebrating and invitation to partners. The transitions are also limited, with “and” doing much of the linking. Divide the main message into two or three paragraphs and use clearer links such as “The main reason is…” and “To make this happen…” This would improve progression and make the relationships between ideas clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the purpose, including “reunion,” “relive our college days,” “activities” and “memorable,” which help convey an enthusiastic, personal tone. Some choices are less natural or precise, however: “get together event” is redundant, “must needed get away” is not idiomatic, and “arranging contacts” is unclear. There are also spelling and spacing slips, including “Ihope” and “finanlising.” Aim for more natural collocations and check spelling carefully. For example, describe it as a “reunion” or “get-together,” call it a “much-needed break,” and say “collecting everyone’s contact details.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of structures, including a relative clause (“in which we can invite everyone”) and purpose clauses (“to make it more fun”), and the intended meaning is generally clear. Some errors in sentence structure and punctuation reduce accuracy. The opening combines two independent clauses with a comma: “I hope you are doing fine, I was thinking…”; this should be separated or joined with a suitable conjunction. The long sentence that follows also needs clearer punctuation, and “and to organise all this I will be needing…” would be more controlled as “To organise this, I will need…”. Capitalise the start of sentences, use full stops to separate ideas, and practise accurate clause boundaries.

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