Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A friend you made while you were studying abroad has written to ask you for help in finding a job in your country. You have heard about a job in a local company that might be suitable for him/her.

Write a letter to this friend. In your letter

• tell your friend about the job and what sort of work it involves
• say why you think the job would be suitable for him/her
• explain how to apply for the job

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ................. ,

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Dear Aman,

I hope you are doing well. I heard that you are doing a job related to field i like it, because now you are really thinking about the field job which is very necessary to do to get PR in this country.

i wanted to let you know by this letter where i am working now in Hotel and in Housekeeping departement they had open a postion last day and i think you are most suitable for that job beacuse you have knowledge about that sector which we learnt at our university together.

Moreover, During the lecture our professor was talking about the standards which we have to follow in hospitality sector same things we have to do in this job like cleaning the floors, making the beds and doing the dust according to standards of specific Hotel. So, i want to invite you for this position.

You can apply this job by visiting our hotel offical website and add my reference, and also i will talk to my Manager about you then after scanning hope you you will invite for interview.

Thankyou so much for you valuable time and unferstanding,

ABC

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response successfully covers all the required bullet points of the task. You tell your friend Aman about the housekeeping job at your hotel, explain why it is suitable for him based on your shared university background and hospitality standards, and explain how to apply through the company website and employee referral. However, some parts of the task are developed more fully than others. For instance, the explanation of the job duties is somewhat repetitive and mixes personal commentary with the description, such as "cleaning the floors, making the beds and doing the dust according to standards". To reach a higher level, all aspects of the prompt should be extended with clearer explanations and better-rounded elaboration without losing focus.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter maintains a coherent overall arrangement and follows a logical structure appropriate for an informal request to a friend. You use standard greeting and sign-off conventions, and paragraphs are used to separate different ideas, such as introducing the job, detailing the tasks, and explaining the application process. Nevertheless, cohesion is at times mechanical or faulty. For example, sentences are heavily chained together using words like "because", "Moreover", and run-on structures without adequate punctuation breaks, which makes the progression feel slightly strained. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as in the opening sentence where the pronoun use and clause integration obscure the exact meaning.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is minimally adequate for the task, providing enough range to communicate basic concepts about employment and hospitality. You make attempts at less common lexical items, such as "hospitality sector", "reference", and "housekeeping departement", but these are accompanied by noticeable errors in word choice, spelling, and word form. For instance, "doing the dust" is an unnatural collocation compared to "dusting", and "departement" contains a spelling mistake. Other inaccuracies like "offical" instead of "official" and "unferstanding" instead of "understanding" demonstrate that control over vocabulary and spelling is limited, which occasionally causes minor distractions for the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writing displays a limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on basic sentence forms alongside attempts at complex sentences that are often faulty. There are frequent errors in verb forms, tenses, articles, and prepositions within grammatical patterns. For example, you write "apply this job" instead of "apply for this job", omit necessary articles before nouns as in "working now in Hotel", and write "hope you you will invite for interview" which contains both a duplication error and a passive voice error. Punctuation control is also weak, leading to run-on sentences with missing commas or full stops where ideas shift. These errors persist throughout the text, though they rarely impede overall communication.

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