Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-20

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You recently organised an all-day meeting for your company, which took place in a local hotel. In their feedback, participants at the meeting said that they liked the hotel, but they were unhappy about the food that was served for lunch.

Write a letter to the manager of the hotel. In your letter

• say what the participants liked about the hotel
• explain why they were unhappy about the food
• suggest what the manager should do to improve the food in future

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 you feedback about lunch of your hotel.

I am farvinder singh. Last sunday i had arrange a meeting regarding my work with all my staff in your hotel. They were all very with hotel decoration. The meeting room was neat and clean and well decorated. Moreover, the staff were very polite and mannerful. All participants were pleased with hospitality.

Unfortunately, they were totally unhappy with the lunch. The lunch was made of many spieces which made tatste very upset. Furthermore, the icecream flavour was very dull and tottaly melt when they served us.

I would like to share some of my knowledge about this prolem. You should hire a new cook to your hotel and you can warn them to make some changes in way of food making. It will help you to increase new customers to your hotel.

I hope you will solve this prolem as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Farvinder singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three required points: you describe the hotel’s clean, decorated meeting room and polite staff, explain that the lunch was too spicy and the ice cream had melted, and recommend changes to food preparation. The purpose of the letter is clear, and the complaints are relevant. However, some points are less fully developed than others. For example, “many spices” does not explain what specifically made the meal unpleasant, and the suggestion to “hire a new cook” is quite abrupt and is not supported with practical alternatives such as checking food quality or asking about dietary preferences. Develop the reasons and recommendations more clearly, and use a suitably professional tone throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: it opens with its purpose, describes the positive experience, presents the food complaints, and ends with recommendations and a closing. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and connectors such as “Moreover,” “Unfortunately,” and “Furthermore” show the relationship between points. This meets the lower-band expectations and shows some features of stronger progression. However, the links can feel mechanical, and the opening moves awkwardly from the purpose to personal details. The recommendation paragraph also shifts from the complaint to advice without explaining the connection. Use transitions more selectively and make each paragraph’s ideas build naturally on the previous one.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough task-related vocabulary to communicate the main points, including “meeting room,” “hospitality,” “spices,” and “flavour.” However, the range is limited, and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors make the letter less natural: “farvinder,” “spieces,” “tatste,” “tottaly,” and “prolem.” Some phrases are also awkward or imprecise, such as “very with hotel decoration,” “mannerful,” and “share some of my knowledge about this problem.” These choices can make the reader pause to interpret your meaning. Build a more accurate range of expressions for describing service and food, and check spelling and collocations carefully before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including “The lunch was made of many spices which made…” and “It will help you to increase…”. The overall message remains understandable, but errors in sentence construction and verb forms are frequent enough to cause difficulty in places. For example, “I am writing this letter to you feedback” lacks a grammatical link between “you” and “feedback,” while “Last sunday i had arrange a meeting” has an incorrect verb form and inconsistent capitalisation. “They were all very with hotel decoration” is also missing a necessary complement. Practise accurate past-tense forms and complete sentence patterns, and proofread articles, pronouns, and punctuation.

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