Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-17

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You work for an entertainment company which plans to open a new theatre soon. You want to invite a famous actor to open the new theatre.

Write a letter to this famous actor. In your letter

• give some information about the new theatre

• invite her/him to open the new theatre

• explain why she/he would be a good person to open the theatre

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:
Dear........,

Student answer (Band 7.0)

Dear Mr. James,

I am writing to invite you to our company's brand new theatre opening, which is scheduled for 27th of December 2026.

The theatre has three floors, which comprise five mini theatres. The ground floor has ticket purchase counters, food vendors and a kids’ play area. On the first floor, there are five mini theatres and each can accommodate fifty people. The top floor has the main theatre, which has the ability to occupy 300 audience. Additionally, each floor has separate restrooms for men and women.

As the marketing director of the "Y&H Entertainment Inc", I would like to formally invite you to open our cinema. When our company started our business your guidance and ideas really helped us to become who we are today. Therefore, I believe you are the best person to honor this event. Also, we can take this opportunity to promote your upcoming movie.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Yumi G.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The response successfully covers all requirements of the task. You provide clear information about the new theatre, including its layout across three floors with mini theatres and a main auditorium, effectively addressing the first bullet point. You formally invite Mr. James to open the theatre, fulfilling the second requirement. Finally, you clearly explain why he would be an ideal person to open it by mentioning his past guidance when the business started and offering an opportunity to promote his upcoming movie. The tone is appropriately formal and polite for a professional letter. All parts of the prompt are fully and adequately addressed without any irrelevant information, demonstrating a clear understanding of the task objectives and audience expectations.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The letter exhibits a clear logical progression from the opening invitation, to the description of the venue, to the justification for choosing the recipient, and finally to the polite sign-off. Paragraphing is used effectively and appropriately, with each paragraph serving a distinct and coherent function. Cohesive devices are handled reasonably well, using transitional phrases such as 'Additionally' and 'Therefore' to link ideas smoothly. Referencing is mostly clear, though some referencing and connective choices could be slightly more sophisticated to reach higher band levels. Overall, the structure is easy to follow and meets all standard letter-writing conventions.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.5

The vocabulary used is generally adequate and appropriate for a formal invitation letter, featuring phrases like 'brand new theatre opening', 'formally invite', and 'marketing director'. You successfully attempt some less common vocabulary items, such as 'accommodate', 'comprise', and 'upcoming movie'. However, there are a few minor collocation and word choice inaccuracies, such as saying a theatre has the 'ability to occupy 300 audience' instead of a 'capacity of 300 audience members' or 'seating for 300'. Despite these minor lexical slips, communication is never impeded, and the range is sufficient for the task.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 7.0

The response demonstrates a good mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as relative clauses ('which is scheduled for') and conditional/reasoning clauses ('When our company started our business your guidance and ideas really helped us...'). Grammar and punctuation are generally well controlled, and the majority of sentences are grammatically sound. There are occasional punctuation omissions, such as a missing comma after the introductory time clause 'When our company started our business'. However, these minor errors do not interfere with understanding, and control over complex sentence forms remains solid.

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