Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-01

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 barret,

I am Khushbu Chawda. I am writing to this letter for helping you in your home chores. I saw an advertisement in the newspaper and I think I am the perfect fit for it.

In addition, I would like to tell about my abilities of housekeeping. Moreover, I know you are having a hectic schedule of corporate job, and you have a language barrier because you are an English speaking woman. Furthermore, I can help you in sweeping, mopping, cleaning and kitchen duties also. I can go to the market too. Besides, I have a 10 years of experience to tackle the house and i can give you the reference also.

As far as, this my favorite job and I want to do it because of helping people in their busy life. What's more, my avaibility is monday to friday after 10:00AM, not on weekends.

Regards,

Khushbu

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You successfully address all three bullet points required in the task instructions. You suggest specific household duties such as sweeping, mopping, and kitchen help, state why you would like to do the work to assist busy people, and outline your availability clearly from Monday to Friday after 10:00 AM. However, some ideas are more fully developed than others. For instance, while your housekeeping duties are detailed, the explanation of why you want the job relies on general statements rather than deeper personal motivation. To move to a higher level, you should extend and support all your main ideas with greater depth and clarity while maintaining a clear, appropriate tone throughout the letter.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

Your letter shows a coherent overall arrangement with a recognizable beginning, middle, and end, including an appropriate opening and sign-off. You attempt to guide the reader using cohesive devices such as 'In addition', 'Moreover', and 'Furthermore'. However, the use of these connectors can feel somewhat mechanical and repetitive, and referencing is occasionally unclear, such as 'As far as, this my favorite job'. Paragraphing is used, but transitions between your thoughts lack smooth progression. To achieve a higher standard, you need to use cohesive devices more flexibly and naturally, and ensure that your sentences flow logically from one to the next without abrupt shifts in structure.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully incorporating terms related to employment and household chores such as 'advertisement', 'housekeeping', and 'market'. You also attempt less common vocabulary phrases like 'hectic schedule of corporate job'. However, there are noticeable lexical and word choice inaccuracies, such as writing 'I am writing to this letter for helping' instead of 'to help', and referring to 'a 10 years of experience'. Spelling and word-choice errors are present, though they do not impede communication. To reach a higher band, you must use a wider range of vocabulary with greater precision, better control of collocations, and fewer slips in word form.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You employ a mix of simple and some complex sentence forms to convey your message. There are instances of correct structure, but you make several errors in grammar, articles, and prepositions. Examples include missing or incorrect articles, such as 'a hectic schedule of corporate job', preposition errors like 'experience to tackle', and punctuation slips in your salutation and sign-off. These errors are present throughout the text, but they rarely impede communication. To improve your score in this area, you need to produce a higher proportion of error-free sentences, improve your control over articles and prepositions within grammatical patterns, and demonstrate a more consistent command of complex structures.

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