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 have just know through article in your weekly magazine that govt. intended to build a new airport in Lahore where I belong to is seemed to be misleading news.I am claiming this because my brother in law disclosed to me fews days ago that authorities decided about fresh airport in Qasoor city beside Lahore.He discovered it because he is contactor and was asked to submit tender to build a part of terminal.Although,he was restricted not to leak this information with anyone.As,I am part of family so he share this with me. I think that being responsible journalist it is not suitable for you and your news agancy.It will has negative impact on your organization.I think that you have not verified from two three different channels of information.Having said that,now it my suggestion that you should appolozise from the public by publishing in your artical about wrong information delivered by you as early as possible. yours sincerely, Javed.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address the main parts of the task: you correct the airport location by saying it is planned for Qasoor rather than Lahore, explain that inaccurate reporting could harm the magazine’s reputation, and recommend an apology and correction. These are relevant points, and the reason for your knowledge—your brother-in-law’s involvement in the tender process—adds useful support. However, the importance of accurate information is explained briefly, and the proposed response could be more specific, such as publishing a clear correction and checking the facts before doing so. The letter also does not fully follow the requested opening, “Dear Sir or Madam,” and the closing could be more formal. Developing these elements would make the response more complete and effective.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a generally understandable sequence: it first identifies the incorrect report and gives the corrected information, then comments on the consequences and offers a suggestion. This overall arrangement helps the reader follow your purpose. However, the ideas are crowded into two very long paragraphs, and transitions such as “Although” and “As” do not clearly connect the points that follow them. The explanation of how your brother-in-law learned the information also interrupts the central correction. Use separate paragraphs for the correction, its importance, and your requested action, and connect each point with clear, accurate linking. This would make the progression smoother and reduce the impression of ideas being joined mechanically.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some vocabulary suited to the topic, including “authorities,” “tender,” “terminal,” “verified,” and “negative impact.” These choices help communicate the situation and its possible consequences. However, several spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision, including “agancy,” “appolozise,” “artical,” and “fews.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “disclosed to me” and “apologise from the public.” The abbreviation “govt.” is too informal for a letter to a magazine editor. Aim for accurate spelling and natural collocations, and choose formal expressions consistently. A wider range of precise language would help you explain both the correction and the magazine’s responsibility more clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, for example, the sentence explaining that your brother-in-law was asked to submit a tender and the contrast introduced by “Although.” However, some sentence structures and verb forms are inaccurate, and these sometimes make the meaning harder to follow. Examples include “I have just know,” “where I belong to is seemed,” “he share this with me,” and “It will has negative impact.” The clause beginning “Although” is also left incomplete, while “As” is incorrectly used to start the next sentence. Review present perfect and past-tense forms, subject–verb agreement, articles, and how to join dependent clauses. More controlled sentence construction would make your message clearer.

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