Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You recently did a short cookery course. The cookery school has asked for your feedback on this course. Write a letter to the course director at the cookery school. In your letter

• describe what you enjoyed about the course
• say how much cooking you've done since the course
• suggest another cookery course you’d like the school to offer

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 this letter to share my experience with you regarding cookery course at your school.

Firstly, It was great experience at your school due to the teachers. In your schools, the teachers are very helpful and supportive. In addition, the team is also friendly. I started this course at the starting of this year. At the first time I cooked rice and after I cooked multiple dishes. On the last day of my class, I cooked butter chicken for my team and they really appricate it.

Moreover, your insitution only offer the courses related to Indian food. I would like to suggest you can also add some foreigen food courses which helps you to get more pupils in the school and you can also start making the you tube videos related to the courese because it helps ypu to spread the information accross the country.

I would like to hear back from you.

Yours sincerely,

Ram

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address the main points by describing the supportive teachers and friendly team, mentioning dishes you cooked, and proposing courses in foreign cuisines. However, the amount of cooking you have done since the course is not clearly answered: “At the first time I cooked rice and after I cooked multiple dishes” appears to describe activity during the course, not since it ended. The suggestion about YouTube videos is relevant to promoting the school, but it does not replace a specific course proposal; name a cuisine or course, such as Italian cooking or a course in baking. Develop these points more directly and make the purpose of each detail clear to the director.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: it opens with its purpose, gives course-related details, then makes suggestions and closes politely. Paragraphing helps distinguish the experience from the recommendations, and signposts such as “Firstly” and “Moreover” guide the reader. Some links are mechanical or unclear, however. “At the first time … and after” does not clearly show whether these events happened during or after the course, while the long sentence about foreign courses and YouTube combines two separate suggestions. Use clearer time references and separate the recommendations into distinct sentences so the progression is easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the general experience and suggestions, including “helpful and supportive,” “friendly,” and “multiple dishes.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “appricate,” “insitution,” “foreigen,” “courese,” “ypu,” and “accross.” Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “at the starting of this year” and “get more pupils.” Proofread carefully and choose more precise expressions for the course context. For example, “students” or “learners” is more suitable than “pupils,” and “international cuisine courses” would express your proposed idea more clearly than “foreign food courses.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You communicate using a mixture of short statements and longer sentences, and the overall meaning is generally understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “regarding cookery course” needs an article, and “your institution only offer” has a subject–verb agreement error. The construction “I would like to suggest you can also add” is not grammatically well formed; use “I would like to suggest that you also offer…” The sentence beginning “At the first time” also has unclear tense and sequencing. Practise accurate sentence patterns and check verb forms and articles while retaining your attempts to connect ideas.

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