Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-04

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 this letter to explain about latest advertisment of training course which would be useful for my job .

There are sso many courses are available nowadays which are very benificial for different job catagories .i would like to the AI course . i have seen so many my friends who enrolled themselves into uniques coures adn they are making their work so efficient by utilising on daily work requirement .according to market demand and todays fast paced life i would want to take this traning course .

i have also settled the financial budget for this course according to my prepared cost sheet which will be shared with all of you by tomorrow morning before 11: am .. This will be very short term 3 months traning course and will cost approximately $1200 for entire course till the final certification .Comapny can pay through check or installment plan according to their suitable way of payment plan .

This course will bring so many unique ideas and work efficient stratigies towrds my job whereby i can target big achivements to layover my upcoming projects . i can plan ahead of time and with high technology prepared diagrams to deliver to clients so they can get the betterment of suggested plan before making their final payment and assurance towards the project .I will also create the entire project to show various platforms from where we will be shipping the material to complete the project and time to time scheduling and meetings with all members .

i look forward to hear from you soon and appriciate your patience and cooperation .

sincerely ,

Simranjeet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you identify an AI training course, ask the company to cover its cost, and explain how it could support your work. The details about the three-month duration, approximate fee, and certification make the request more concrete. Your explanation of workplace benefits is relevant, especially the ideas about preparing diagrams for clients and planning projects. However, the course itself is described only broadly, and the benefits become difficult to follow in places; for example, the shipping platforms and meetings are not clearly linked to what the AI course teaches. Develop the course content and connect each claimed benefit more directly to your job. Also make the request to your manager explicit and maintain a suitable formal tone throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a recognisable overall structure: an opening purpose, information about the course and its cost, a paragraph on workplace benefits, and a closing. This helps the reader locate the main points. However, some paragraphs contain several ideas without clear links. The course description moves from friends’ experiences to market demand, then to the budget and payment arrangements; these would be easier to follow if grouped and ordered more deliberately. The long benefits paragraph also shifts between client diagrams, project planning, shipping, and meetings. Phrases such as “whereby” and “and time to time” do not create clear relationships between these ideas. Use shorter, focused paragraphs and clearer transitions to show how the course, company support, and job benefits connect.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt vocabulary suited to a workplace request, including “financial budget,” “final certification,” “market demand,” and “project,” and the reader can generally understand your intended meaning. There is some range in the way you describe possible benefits, such as planning ahead and presenting diagrams to clients. However, spelling errors and inaccurate word choices are frequent enough to make the writing less clear and professional: examples include “advertisment,” “benificial,” “catagories,” “stratigies,” and “achivements.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “work efficient strategies” and “target big achievements.” Choose familiar, accurate collocations rather than forcing elaborate phrases, and proofread spelling carefully. More precise terms for the course content and its practical applications would also strengthen the letter.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a sentence explaining how the course could help you present plans to clients. The main message is usually recoverable, but grammatical control is uneven. For example, “There are sso many courses are available” combines two sentence patterns, while “i would like to the AI course” is missing a verb form. There are also errors in articles, agreement, and sentence boundaries, as in “This will be very short term 3 months traning course” and the run-on sequence beginning “i have seen so many my friends.” Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, including spaces before full stops and the double full stop near the cost details. Build accuracy with shorter sentences first, then check each clause for a clear subject and verb.

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