Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-02

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 Priya,

Hii this is Riya i was thinkinh we should have a anniversary party with all of out friends. We can write letter to all of our friends invite them as we havent met them in like 10 years lets celebrate this 10th years of our friendship. We can have dj, drinks, or a themed party. It will good to meet them again to know more about how thier life is going i have heard some of our even got married in last 10 years.

I would really need your help to organise this event and send invitations. I need help in where we can do it , who to invite , how can we make it more fun with games also what kind of games and the food ; food is important. I hope you get this letter soon and i really hope we do this itll be so fun.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you propose an anniversary party, explain that it would let classmates reconnect and hear about one another’s lives, and ask Priya to help with invitations, the venue, guests, games, and food. These are relevant ideas, and the friendly tone suits a letter to a college friend. Some parts are less fully developed, however. The event options—“a dj, drinks, or a themed party”—are listed rather than shaped into one clear plan, and the reason for celebrating is brief. Clarify the format you prefer and add a little detail about how the reunion would work. A more specific request for Priya’s help would also make the purpose of the letter clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a recognisable overall order: you introduce the reunion idea, give a reason for it, then ask for help. The final sentence also provides a friendly closing. However, the first paragraph contains several ideas in one long sequence, so the event proposal, invitation plan, and explanation are not clearly separated. The list of help needed is understandable, but “where we can do it, who to invite, how can we make it more fun” feels crowded together. Use separate paragraphs for the proposal and the practical arrangements, and connect ideas with clearer transitions such as “To make the evening memorable” or “As for the arrangements.” This would make the progression easier to follow and reduce the impression of ideas being joined mechanically.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough relevant vocabulary to communicate the main purpose, including “anniversary party,” “invitations,” “themed party,” and “games.” The informal language is generally appropriate for writing to a friend. However, the range is limited and some choices are imprecise or repetitive: “celebrate this 10th years of our friendship” does not express the college anniversary accurately, while “make it more fun” and “so fun” repeat a basic adjective. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “thier” and “thinkinh,” which reduce the overall accuracy of the vocabulary. Build a wider set of reunion-related expressions and check spelling carefully; for example, describe the event as a “ten-year college reunion” and say classmates can “catch up on one another’s lives.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and the main message is usually understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly in verb forms, articles, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “i was thinkinh we should have” needs a correct past or present form, and “It will good to meet them again” is missing a verb. In “how can we make it more fun,” the question form is awkward within the indirect request, while “some of our even got married” has an unclear grammatical structure. Capitalisation and punctuation also need attention, especially at sentence beginnings and around the long first paragraph. Practise forming accurate clauses and indirect questions, then proofread each sentence for a complete verb and clear punctuation.

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