Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-08-25

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

Mrs Barrett, an English-speaking woman who lives in your town, has advertised for someone to help her in her home for a few hours a day next summer.

Write a letter to Mrs Barrett. In your letter

• suggest how you could help her in her home
• say why you would like to do this work
• explain when you will and will not be available

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Mrs Barrett,

Student answer (Band 5.0)

You have recently moved into a new house or apartment, and you are planning to host a housewarming party to celebrate.Write a letter to a friend. In your letter:Invite them to your housewarming party and give the date and timeDescribe your new home and its locationExplain what they need to bring or how to get to your new place

Dear Mohan,

How are you? it's been ages since we last meet. It must have been Jaspreet wedding. Anyway, I recently moved to a new house and I wanted to invite you at home for party. The party will be held in the backyard of the house on this Sunday. Thereby, be there at 8 pm because I do not want you to miss anything.

My new house is near the lake shore, and It's 20 minutes away from Wasaga beach. My address is 4 Trailview lane. It has 3 beedrooms with attached washrooms. Moreover, It also has common area where we can watch movies. It also has a kitchen and beautiful garden.

You do not need to buy anything since I'm doing all the arrangement. If you want to come on your own vehicle, feel free to come because we have 6 car parking.

I can't wait to see you,

Best regards,

Harshpreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 2.0

The response is completely off-topic. The prompt explicitly asked you to write a letter to Mrs Barrett regarding a job offer to help her in her home. Instead, you wrote a letter to a friend named Mohan about a housewarming party. Because you failed to address the task instructions entirely, the response cannot be assessed for task achievement in relation to the prompt provided. In an actual IELTS exam, this would result in a very low score for Task Achievement as the content does not match the requirements of the task.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is logically organized into paragraphs, and the progression of ideas within the context of a housewarming party is clear. You use basic cohesive devices such as 'Anyway', 'Moreover', and 'If you want to'. However, because the content is irrelevant to the prompt, the overall coherence is undermined. The paragraphing is appropriate for a letter format, and the tone is consistent, though it does not fulfill the requirements of the specific task set by the examiner.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, such as 'backyard', 'attached washrooms', and 'arrangement'. There are some minor errors, such as 'last meet' instead of 'last met' and 'beedrooms' (spelling). While the vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the ideas about the party, it is not sophisticated, and the word choice is limited to basic, everyday language. To improve, you should aim for more precise collocations and a wider variety of descriptive adjectives.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and some complex sentence structures. There are several grammatical errors, such as 'invite you at home for party' (should be 'to my home for a party'), 'Jaspreet wedding' (missing possessive 's'), and 'on your own vehicle' (should be 'in your own vehicle'). Punctuation is generally acceptable, but there are minor slips throughout. The grammar is sufficient to convey the intended meaning, but the frequency of errors prevents a higher band score.

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