Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-23

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 or Madam,

I am writing to express my concern regarding an AI course. I am working in your company for 5years and never delivered any kind of unconvinience from my side. Recently i saw an advertisement related to an AI training course. From past few months i was trying to upgrade myself and from my perspective this is the best chance i got. The course contains 2 months of online classes with 4 website training related to AI.

I would appriciate if the company would provide me some leisure timing facilities in the morning as my classes are going to conduct early in the morning. I would request to dely my starting hours from 8A.M. to 10A.M. I could work late at night to complete my everyday task and will not leave the task in betwwen.

Furthermore, the course comes with so many benefits for me as well as the compant itself be

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. The student describes the AI training course ("2 months of online classes with 4 website training related to AI"), explains what the company could do to help ("provide me some leisure timing facilities in the morning... dely my starting hours from 8A.M. to 10A.M."), and attempts to explain the usefulness for the job, though this final point is cut off mid-sentence ("Furthermore, the course comes with so many benefits for me as well as the compant itself be"). Despite the abrupt ending due to the incomplete sentence, the main requirements are sufficiently addressed to meet the criteria for Band 6.0, as all bullet points are touched upon.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a generally coherent overall arrangement, starting with an appropriate greeting ("Dear Sir or Madam,") and opening statement of purpose. Paragraphing is used to separate the introduction of the course from the requests made to the manager. However, referencing and transitions are at times mechanical or faulty, such as the sudden shift into the request paragraph and the lack of a proper closing due to the cut-off ending. Cohesive devices are basic and repetition occurs ("and from my perspective", "and from past few months"). Organisation is clear enough to follow the writer's intent, placing this performance at a Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common words and phrases such as "upgrade myself", "appriciate", and "leisure timing". However, there are noticeable spelling errors ("unconvinience", "appriciate", "dely", "betwwen", "compant") and awkward word choices ("leisure timing facilities"). These errors reflect a Band 5.0 level, as the lexical range is somewhat limited and spelling mistakes cause minor friction for the reader, although communication is not completely impeded.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as "I could work late at night to complete my everyday task and will not leave the task in betwwen." However, there are frequent grammatical errors and tense inaccuracies throughout the text, including "I am working in your company for 5years" (should be present perfect continuous), "classes are going to conduct" (should be passive: 'are going to be conducted'), and missing articles. Punctuation and capitalization are also inconsistent (e.g., lowercase 'i'). Because errors are frequent in complex structures and cause some difficulty, a Band 5.0 is appropriate.

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