Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-21

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You have just read an article in an international travel magazine which contained some information about your town that is incorrect.

Write a letter to the editor of the magazine. In your letter

• correct the information in the article
• explain why it is important for the magazine to give correct information
• suggest what the magazine should do about this situation

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 to informe you regarding inaccurate an article related my city in international travel magazine.

I would apprecite it,if colud acknowlege my request to correct information regarding my native place. I have read details regarding history of my home town, which was represented wrongly into the New York Time magazine.

Reprtes wrote history of city's name wrong. they desclose that name was derived from freedom fighters name.However,the name was ancient monk.It can be cause to pass wrong details to the future genertaion.I can be problematic to the pupils,who is pursuing history regarding town in thie academics.

I would appreciate it,if you could alter the genuine history of my town instead of inaccurate information.I recommend you to reffere online sources to confime authenticity of history.You can read distict books to obtaine correct information by visiting town's library.

I look forward to hear you from your side.

Your Faithfull,

Vishakha Chavda.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requirements: you identify the incorrect claim about the town’s name, explain that misinformation could affect future generations and pupils studying local history, and recommend correcting the article and checking sources. This covers the task well, and the specific contrast between the freedom-fighter explanation and the ancient-monk origin gives the letter a clear purpose. Some points are less fully developed: the importance of accurate travel information is framed mainly around students, rather than also explaining how visitors might be misled. The proposed remedies—consulting online sources and local books—are relevant, but you could make the magazine’s next steps more explicit, such as verifying the claim with the town library and publishing a correction.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a recognisable progression: you introduce the problem, explain the historical error and its consequences, then suggest corrections before closing. Separate paragraphs help distinguish these stages. However, some links between ideas are abrupt or unclear, particularly the move from the incorrect name to its effect on pupils. Connectors such as “This is important because” would make that reasoning easier to follow. Referencing is also occasionally confusing: “Reprtes” does not clearly identify the magazine or its article, and “I look forward to hear you from your side” makes the closing relationship unclear. Use a consistent reference to “your article” and a conventional closing sentence to make the overall organisation smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use vocabulary relevant to the purpose, including “inaccurate,” “history,” “authenticity,” and “future generation,” and you attempt more formal expressions such as “I would appreciate it.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable and sometimes make the message difficult to interpret: “informe,” “acknowlege,” “desclose,” and “reffere” obscure otherwise clear ideas. Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “correct information regarding my native place” and “alter the genuine history.” Prefer precise, conventional phrases such as “correct the information about my hometown” and “verify the historical account.” Proofreading spelling and choosing natural collocations would make your vocabulary more effective while retaining the formal tone appropriate for a letter to an editor.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “pupils, who is pursuing history” and a conditional-style request with “if you could.” However, errors in sentence structure, verb forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation are frequent enough to affect clarity. For example, “I am writing to informe you regarding inaccurate an article related my city” has an unclear grammatical structure; “who is pursuing” does not agree with plural “pupils”; and “I look forward to hear” should use a gerund after “look forward to.” Commas are also often misplaced or missing. Build accuracy first with clear sentence patterns, then check agreement and verb forms in each sentence.

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