Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-20

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A magazine wants to include contributions from its readers for an article called 'The book that influenced me most'.

Write a letter to the editor of the magazine about the book that influenced you most. In your letter

- describe what this book was about
- explain how this book influenced you
- say whether this book would be likely to influence other people

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Dear sir,

Hope you are doing well, I am writing this letter because i saw your advertisement in library wall about the book that influnced me most. The book name is 'autobiography of Karan Aujla", this book is related to the one of the most famous musician of India.

The reason why this book influnced me most is the life journey of Mr. Aujla. How he struggled in their carrier to become famous singer, even without his parents the he lost in his childhood age. How he travelled to Canada for start his music carrier without any money. How he relesed his first track but now he is one of the most famous artist.

In my viewpint this book would likely influnce others because with so many life problems this person struggle but eventhat he sang so many motivational songs that influnce individuals in different level not only he sang many songs but also he do alotsof charity works for his community. The way he live his life may influnce many folks.

Witing for your review,

Yours faithfully,

Lovepreet Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three points: you identify the book as an autobiography, describe Aujla’s journey to becoming a singer, and explain that his perseverance, songs and charity work could influence others. The letter is relevant and its purpose is clear. However, the description of the book is more developed than the explanation of your personal influence: you do not give a specific example of how reading it changed your own choices, attitude or behaviour. The final point is also somewhat general, as “influence individuals in different level” does not explain which readers might benefit or how. Develop these ideas with one concrete personal effect and a clearer reason the book could resonate with others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The information follows a sensible overall order: you introduce the book, describe its subject, then discuss its effect and potential effect on readers. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and phrases such as “The reason why” and “In my viewpoint” signal the shift between ideas. At times, however, the progression becomes less smooth because several details are joined in a long sequence of “How he…” clauses, and the final paragraph repeats the idea of influence without clearly separating your own response from the likely response of other readers. Use clearer sentence boundaries and more precise references, and organise each paragraph around one main point to make the connections less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “life journey,” “struggled,” “motivational songs” and “charity works,” so the reader can understand the main ideas. However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “influnced,” “carrier” where you mean career, and “viewpint.” Some expressions are also imprecise or unnatural, such as “in different level” and “the book name is.” These issues make the writing less fluent and occasionally require the reader to interpret your meaning. Check spelling carefully and learn common collocations for describing a book, a person’s career and the effect a story has on readers.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and the main message is generally understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly in sentence construction and verb forms. For example, “Hope you are doing well, I am writing…” joins two complete thoughts with a comma, while “How he struggled…” and “How he travelled…” are fragments rather than complete sentences. In “this person struggle” and “he do,” the verb forms do not agree with the subject; “without his parents the he lost” also has an unclear grammatical structure. Use complete sentences, check subject–verb agreement and past-tense forms, and punctuate introductory phrases and clauses more carefully.

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