Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-04

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 james.

Hope everythings is fantastic.Ii am very exited with the plan which i am going to share with you.

You know its a long time almost 10 years before , when we all left our college and couldn't manage to get-together.I would like to arrange an event of get-togeher to celebrate our Ten years anniversary.

I made a plan to cut a cake on the college field to start the celebration, and later we all are perticiin in a football match.

lunch will be arrange for all. in the evening we will have group photo shoot for future memory.

To complete this program, i need your help in orgainaging all catering service shopping for lunch manu.

And mostly help me to collect registration from from our college.

All the plan is waiting for execute on the final day.

I am waiting to here your feedback on this. please let me know if there any other suggestion form your end.

Thanks a lot.

Your Besty

Shohel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address the three main points: you propose a reunion with cake, football, lunch and a group photo; you ask your friend to arrange catering and help collect registrations; and you invite feedback. However, the reason this format would be good is not clearly explained. The opening mentions that you have not managed to meet since leaving college, but you do not connect this directly to why the planned activities would make a suitable celebration. Some details, such as the football match and photo, are listed rather than explained. Develop the rationale—for example, how the match could bring back college memories—and clarify what you need your friend to do. This would make the response more complete and the purpose of each idea clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a generally understandable sequence: you introduce the reunion, outline the activities, request help, and close by asking for a reply. This gives the reader a coherent overall arrangement. However, the ideas are crowded together, and paragraphing would make the different stages easier to follow. Some links are also unclear or mechanical, as in “And mostly help me to collect registration,” while “All the plan is waiting for execute on the final day” does not connect smoothly to the request. Use separate paragraphs for the event plan and the help needed, and connect each activity to the next with clear, natural transitions. Check that references such as “this” and “all” have an unmistakable meaning.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the basic plan, including “celebrate,” “football match,” “catering service,” and “group photo shoot.” However, the range is limited, and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts of the letter difficult to understand, such as “get-togeher,” “perticiin,” “orgainaging,” and “manu.” Some phrases are also unnatural, including “collect registration from from our college” and “waiting to here your feedback.” Choose familiar, accurate expressions rather than attempting forms you are unsure of, and proofread spelling carefully. More precise language for the event and the help required would make the letter clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

Most sentences use simple structures, and the reader can usually identify the intended meaning, but grammatical errors occur frequently and sometimes make the message harder to follow. For example, “lunch will be arrange” has an incorrect verb form, while “in the evening we will have group photo shoot” is missing an article. The sentence “All the plan is waiting for execute” also has problems with agreement and sentence construction. Punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent, including the lowercase “l” and the full stop after “Dear james.” Practise accurate past and future forms, articles, and passive constructions, and use a wider range of sentence patterns only when you can control them.

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