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 abid,

iam mohammed shoaib ali your classmate of engineering college i hope your are good and healthy .coming to the point without wasting the time i would love to say that i was planning a get together farmhouse party with all batchmates its been since 10 years we have not seen each other it would be a great memorable event

the farmhouse idea is best because all can meet and spend long time with each other to share there stories.it will be a private place so we can do whatever we want . we can sit together and play cards and singing and a comedy show also we will organise

i need your help in searching for a farmhouse that should be near by all friends so everybody can come and help me to find a cheif to make foods for us i remebered that you are in touch with all of our buddies so message or call them to invite iam sending you the invitation card thats it would be so easy for me if you do these things for me .

yours lovingly,

shoaib .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points in the task: you propose a farmhouse get-together, explain that classmates can spend time together and share stories, and ask Abid to find a venue, contact friends, and help arrange food. The purpose is clear and the ideas are relevant. The explanation of why this format would be enjoyable is less fully developed: “we can do whatever we want” and the list of activities could be linked more clearly to the reunion and the group’s needs. The requests for help are specific, but the closing could clarify how you will coordinate the invitation and arrangements. Overall, the letter covers the task, though some points are more developed than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The information follows a sensible overall order: you introduce the reunion, describe the proposed celebration, and then explain what help you need. This makes the letter understandable. However, the ideas are crowded into long blocks, and the transitions sometimes feel mechanical, as in “coming to the point” and “thats it.” Several ideas are joined together without clear sentence boundaries, particularly in the final paragraph, so the reader has to work harder to follow the requests. Use separate paragraphs for the event, its advantages, and the practical arrangements, and connect related points with clear references such as “For the venue…” and “Could you also…?”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “get together,” “farmhouse party,” “batchmates,” “private place,” and “invitation card.” Some choices are imprecise or unnatural, however, and spelling errors are noticeable: “there stories” for “their stories,” “cheif” for “chef,” and “remebered” for “remembered.” Phrases such as “make foods for us” and “near by all friends” also do not express the intended meaning naturally. Aim for more precise collocations and check spelling carefully. A wider range of natural expressions for organising a reunion would make the letter clearer and more polished.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main message is generally understandable. However, errors in sentence boundaries, verb forms, articles, and punctuation are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to read. For example, “iam mohammed…” lacks a clear sentence boundary, while “we can sit together and play cards and singing” does not keep the verb forms parallel. “Its been since 10 years” also has an inaccurate tense construction. Practise writing complete sentences, using consistent verb forms in lists, and checking subject–verb and tense patterns. Capital letters and full stops would also help make your meaning easier to follow.

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