Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-18

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You work for an international company. You have seen an advertisement for a training course which will be useful for your job.

Write a letter to your manager. In your letter

• describe the training course you want to do
• explain what the company could do to help you
• say how the course will be useful for your job

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Dear Sir,

I am writing this letter to inform that recently I have came across an advertisement for a Artitical Intelligence and Machine learning training course which will not only beneficial to me but also it will help to produce more product in our international organization.

This training will help to learn in depth knowledge of python coding along with raspberry PI micro-controller which will help to do programming by writing minimal coding commands to run hardware. By learning this fundamental concepts, it will help to reduce manual writing coding to command product to run as two products will interconnected with each other and from one hardware it will generate comman to run another hardware. Implementing this principle in our company, it will reduce mnual work; just require minimal inspection ton the system. This will helpful to achieve our targets and high production in less time compare to past, also increase sales and revenue in company.

Yours faithful,

Heli

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response covers all parts of the task prompt appropriately. The candidate describes the Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning training course, explains what the company could do to help, and details how the course will be useful for the job, such as by reducing manual work and increasing production. However, some ideas are repetitive and slightly under-developed, particularly regarding the specific support expected from the company, which is only implied rather than explicitly stated. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a manager, although there are minor issues with the opening salutation Dear Sir instead of the prompt's suggested Dear Sir or Madam. Overall, the bullet points are adequately addressed, placing this at a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter maintains a clear overall arrangement and follows a logical progression from introducing the course to explaining its benefits and company impact. Paragraphing is used, though the second paragraph is quite dense and long, containing multiple complex ideas linked together. Cohesive devices such as 'along with', 'By learning this', and 'also' are used, but referencing is sometimes unclear, for example, 'as two products will interconnected with each other'. Paragraphing and signposting could be managed more skilfully to separate distinct points, but the text is coherent overall. This aligns well with the descriptors for Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The candidate attempts a range of vocabulary relevant to the technical topic, using terms such as 'Artificial Intelligence', 'micro-controller', 'python coding', and 'hardware'. However, there are noticeable lexical errors and awkward word choices, such as 'Artitical Intelligence' (spelling error), 'produce more product' instead of 'productivity', and 'mnual work' and 'inspection ton the system' (typographical/spelling errors). While the vocabulary used is adequate to convey the core message about technical training, the frequency of errors in spelling and word collocation prevents the score from reaching Band 6.5. Therefore, a Band 5.5 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting ambitious structures like 'which will not only beneficial to me but also it will help...'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors and awkward phrasing, such as 'I have came across' (incorrect past participle), 'will not only beneficial' (missing adjective verb), and run-on sentences with repetitive use of 'which will help'. Punctuation and article usage also show lapses throughout the text. While these errors do not completely impede communication, they are frequent enough to restrict the grammar score to Band 5.0.

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