Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-17
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The younger sister of one of your friends is thinking about spending a year studying abroad as part of her university course. You did this recently, and she has asked you about your experience.
Write a letter to your friend's sister. In your letter
tell her where you studied during your year abroad
describe what you learnt about the country you studied in
explain why your year abroad was helpful for your studies
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear........,
Student answer (Band 5.0)
Dear swati
I Hop you are doing well.i know thet you are intrested in study abroad I happy to guid about my expierence.i would you like a appriceat you talking this amezing decision now let me my journey explain deeply,so bacicly i choes to stydy marketing form UK, My entier process are so esy ,me appply a lotry visa in UK in portals where you can apply directly.it's very peaceful country.They have provide most advanced facilities for students.
Chossing to go abroad would be very beneficial to your career. You will get the opportunity to experience practically what you will be learning in theory this will made you course very easy. and ther is many oprtunity in marketing fild and so many compnay are hieing for complet a studay .Thats all i have for you. GoodLuck!
Regards,Harsh
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response covers all three bullet points from the prompt: you mention studying marketing in the UK, describe it as peaceful with advanced facilities, and explain how practical learning helps with your studies and career. However, there is a penalty because the text contains only 137 words, which falls short of the mandatory 150-word minimum. Furthermore, some ideas like the visa process are slightly underdeveloped and irrelevant to the prompt's core focus, leading to a partial fulfillment of expectations. To improve, ensure you fully expand on each required point and write at least the minimum word count required by the task.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The letter opens with the required greeting 'Dear swati', though capitalization and punctuation are missing. There is an attempt to organize the text into two paragraphs, but the overall progression is disrupted by run-on sentences and a lack of proper punctuation. Cohesive devices are basic or missing, as seen in phrases like 'so bacicly i choes' and 'and ther is many oprtunity', which makes the transitions between ideas mechanical and unclear. Paragraphing needs to be used more effectively to separate distinct points, such as separating your location description from your explanation of study benefits.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with noticeable spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'intrested', 'guid', 'expierence', 'appriceat', 'amezing', 'bacicly', 'choes', 'stydy', 'entier', 'esy', 'appply', 'lotry', 'Chossing', 'oprtunity', 'fild', 'compnay', 'hieing', and 'studay'. While the intended meaning of most words can be understood, these frequent errors and limited lexical range restrict the score to Band 5.0. To reach higher bands, you should expand your vocabulary with accurate spelling, learn correct collocations, and use less common terms naturally.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response relies heavily on simple sentence forms, and attempts at more complex structures result in major grammatical errors and run-on sentences, such as 'me appply a lotry visa in UK in portals where you can apply directly' and 'this will made you course very easy'. There are frequent errors in verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, and capitalization, which occasionally cause difficulty for the reader. To improve, focus on basic sentence boundaries, punctuation, and ensuring that verbs agree correctly with their subjects.
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