Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-24

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You enjoy walking in the countryside near your home. However, you are noticing that there is more and more litter left there by other walkers.

Write a letter to your local newspaper. In your letter

• say why you enjoy walking and where

• describe the litter you have seen on your walks

• suggest what might be done about the problem

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Dear sir,Aslam o Alaikum,

Hope so you are in good health and wealth.I want to talk about my morning routine,I was enjoy walking in the countryside near my home.I am walking everyday for my fitness and i want more and more active in my day and do all the thing.What i want to do in my daily routine.I saw there are more people came for walk with their families because there are too much good air in early morning.They came with their family for break fast and enjoy with them.After that they didnot throw garbage in dustbin.They didnot follow the proper rules and regulation.I am worried about the childs because there may be some disease.I have problem that they didnot clear the place where they sit with family.Most of families clean there places but there are some peoples they didnot clear there place.I want to ask that please mention them in newspaper to clean there place.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You address the main situation by explaining that you walk near your home for fitness and describing families leaving rubbish behind. The concern about children becoming ill is relevant, and asking the newspaper to raise the issue gives the letter a basic purpose. However, the task’s points are only partly developed: the countryside location is not made more specific, the litter itself is described vaguely as “garbage,” and the proposed action is limited to asking people to clean up. Explain what kinds of rubbish you see and offer practical measures, such as bins, signs, or a public clean-up campaign. The opening also does not follow the requested “Dear Sir or Madam,” and the letter needs a clearer, more complete closing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response follows a broadly understandable sequence: it introduces your walking routine, describes other visitors, and then raises the litter problem. Some linking words, including “because” and “After that,” help show relationships between ideas. However, the writing is presented as one continuous block, so the reader has to work to distinguish the reason for writing, the description, and the request. Several ideas are repeated or loosely connected, particularly the statements that families do not use bins and do not clean the places where they sit. Use separate paragraphs for the purpose, observations, and suggestions, and connect each point clearly. Avoid abrupt shifts such as “What i want to do in my daily routine,” which interrupts the progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough basic vocabulary to communicate the general topic, including “countryside,” “fitness,” “garbage,” and “disease.” These words make your main concern understandable. However, the range is limited and some expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, which makes parts of the letter difficult to interpret. For example, “good air” and “clean there places” do not express the intended ideas naturally, while “more and more active in my day” is unclear. There is also repetition of “family,” “place,” and “didnot.” Build a more precise set of words for litter and solutions, such as “plastic bottles,” “food wrappers,” “litter bins,” and “dispose of rubbish properly,” and check spelling and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to express reasons and consequences using clauses such as “because there are too much good air” and “because there may be some disease,” so the response is not limited entirely to isolated simple statements. However, the range of sentence structures remains narrow, and errors are frequent enough to make some sentences hard to follow. Examples include “I was enjoy walking,” “I am walking everyday,” and “they didnot throw,” where verb forms and tense are not controlled. Agreement and sentence construction also cause problems in “there are too much good air” and “I want more and more active.” Practise forming clear present-tense statements about regular habits and past-tense observations, and use full stops to separate complete ideas.

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