Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-01

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 5.0)

hello friends,

In this letter I want to tell you I am organising event at

college.I want to invite everyone because this is the great time to meet after 11 years and spend quality time with each other and the discuss what going on so far. Basically this event name is created by me reunion. I think after college we all are busy in our life some got married and some got busy in their business life so this event contacted us again and we will talk how we studied back and enjoyed lot in college life and support each other in every field of study.I also need help to organize this event please bring some food from your country which is kost popular so we can eat together and tell which is good or which needs to add some to make it perfect.After that, we also play some games.

I want you all are coming and accept my invitation i am so excited to see you all again.

Best regards,

husan.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address the main purpose by proposing a college reunion, explaining that it would let former classmates reconnect, share updates, and remember college, and asking guests to bring food. These points are relevant, but the event plan and the help you need are only partly developed: for example, you do not say when or where the reunion will happen, and the request to bring food is not accompanied by other practical tasks. The reason for celebrating is understandable, though some details about how classmates will support one another remain unclear. The letter also needs to be directed to one friend, as requested, rather than opening with “hello friends.” Develop the arrangements and make the invitation more personal and specific.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The ideas are generally related to the reunion and follow a broad sequence: you introduce the event, explain its purpose, request help, and close with an invitation. However, most of the content is placed in one long paragraph, so the different points are not clearly separated. Connections between ideas are sometimes awkward or repetitive, particularly in the extended sentence beginning “I think after college we all are busy in our life.” Phrases such as “After that” help signal sequence, but the overall progression is not consistently clear. Use separate paragraphs for the event and its reasons, the help required, and the closing invitation. Shorter sentences and clearer links would make the message easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the basic idea, including “reunion,” “quality time,” “college life,” and “games.” However, the range is limited, and several word choices or combinations are inaccurate or unclear, such as “this event contacted us again,” “the discuss what going on,” and “which is kost popular.” These expressions make parts of the message difficult to interpret. Spelling also needs attention, as in “kost,” and some phrases are repeated rather than varied. Aim for natural collocations such as “bring us together again,” “catch up on what everyone has been doing,” and “a popular dish from your country.” Proofreading and learning phrases in context would improve clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The letter attempts to combine ideas in longer sentences, but the range of structures is limited and these attempts often contain errors. For example, “I want you all are coming” has an incorrect verb pattern; “some got married and some got busy” lacks a clear tense and parallel structure; and “we will talk how we studied back” is missing a grammatical link. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “organising event at college” and the run-on passage after “college.” These errors sometimes make the intended meaning harder to follow. Practise accurate simple sentence patterns first, then connect them with clauses such as “because” and “so that.” Check verb forms, articles, and punctuation when editing.

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