Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-22

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 5.5)

Dear Mrs Barrett,

I hope this letter finds you well. Yeaterday, I read you advertisment about asking help in your home for few hours in upcoming summers. I will be on summer break during that period and love to help you during that days.

Currently, I am studing agriculture techniques in my high school and I am able to help you with the gardening of plants. i can also suggest you some modern techniques of plantation. Moreover, I am also able to help you in moving heavy stuff. Also, I am good space management.

In my high school, I am member of a voluntry club which help people of our town. The agenda of our club to serve the community.

I will be availble from june 10th to june 25th at any time during the day. Please fell free to contact me

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

You successfully covered all three bullet points required in the task instructions. You suggested ways you could help, such as 'gardening of plants' and 'moving heavy stuff', explained why you would like to do this work by mentioning your school's voluntary club and desire to serve the community, and explained your availability from 'june 10th to june 25th'. However, there is a penalty for length because the response contains only 142 words, falling short of the 150-word minimum requirement. This prevents the task from being fully developed. Therefore, task achievement is limited by this length constraint.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

Your letter has a coherent overall arrangement with a clear opening ('Dear Mrs Barrett') and a closing. The paragraphs separate different ideas logically, starting with your interest and reasons, moving to your skills, and ending with your availability. However, paragraphing is somewhat fragmented, with very short single-sentence paragraphs used excessively. Cohesive devices are also basic or occasionally missing, as seen in the abrupt transitions between sentences like 'Also, I am good space management' and the reliance on repetitive connectors such as 'Also' and 'Moreover'.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items related to your background, such as 'agriculture techniques', 'plantation', and 'voluntry club'. However, there are notable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'Yeaterday', 'advertisment', 'summers' (when summer is meant), 'studing', and 'availble'. Furthermore, phrases like 'asking help' are unnatural. These lexical inaccuracies and spelling errors occasionally draw attention, placing your vocabulary in the adequate category.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'I will be on summer break during that period and love to help you during that days.' However, there are frequent grammatical errors and missing articles or prepositions, including 'read you advertisment about asking help', 'help you during that days', and 'I am good space management' (missing preposition). Punctuation is also neglected in places, such as missing terminal punctuation in the final sentence ('contact me'). Despite these errors, the meaning remains mostly clear to the reader.

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