Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-12

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 5.0)

Dear Sir, I have done recently short cookery course from your school. I am very glad about your school and your grooming staff and teachers. I have learned many cooking recipe from your esteemed institute.

Moreover, I have also enjoyed because of entertaining staff. In the beginning of course, my old friend was also with me. So, we have enjoyed beautiful moments together.

I have done too many cooking since the course has started.

Firstly, the teachers at school started from basics and they go very deeply in course gradually.

Then, we do cook at daily bases in our school and because of daily practice I became professional. After becoming professional and gaining experience, I worked at restaurant for two months and earn very nice income.

In future If you will offer any cookery course, firstly enroll my name and then others.

According to my opinion, your institute is very good and beneficial for cooking courses.

I have also talked about your institute with my friends that it is very good and it has friendly and kind staff.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You address the general purpose of giving feedback and mention enjoyment, cooking after the course, and a future course. However, the required points are only partly answered: “I have done too many cooking” does not clearly explain how much you have cooked since finishing, and you do not identify a specific type of course you would like the school to offer. The comments about friendly staff and learning from basics are relevant, but the enjoyment point is vague, and the restaurant work is not clearly connected to cooking since the course. To make the letter more complete, describe a particular dish or aspect you enjoyed, give a clear example of how often you have cooked, and name a course you would like to take.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has some paragraphing and a broadly recognisable sequence: you introduce the course, discuss your experience, and finish with comments about the school. Basic linking words such as “Moreover,” “Firstly,” and “Then” help show relationships between ideas. However, progression is not consistently clear. The paragraph beginning “Firstly” shifts back to describing the course rather than continuing the point about cooking since it ended, and “In future” does not introduce a specific suggestion. Some links are mechanical, while the repeated praise of the school and staff makes the ending feel repetitive. Organise the letter into clear sections for enjoyment, cooking since the course, and a proposed course, using transitions that make each shift explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a basic range of vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “cookery course,” “teachers,” “daily practice,” “professional,” and “experience.” These choices make the general subject understandable, and phrases such as “friendly and kind staff” communicate a positive impression. However, vocabulary is often repetitive or imprecise, and some collocations make the meaning less natural: “grooming staff,” “many cooking recipe,” and “too many cooking” do not express your intended ideas clearly. “Beautiful moments” is also vague in this context. Aim for more precise expressions for course content, frequency of cooking, and the kind of class you want. Check common word partnerships and plural forms when revising.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a reason clause in “because of daily practice I became professional” and a time clause in “since the course has started.” The main ideas can generally be followed, but errors occur frequently in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “I have done recently short cookery course” needs a more accurate present-perfect structure and an article; “we do cook at daily bases” has an awkward tense pattern; and “I worked at restaurant for two months and earn” shifts tense inconsistently. The conditional sentence “If you will offer” is also not formed correctly. Practise accurate past and present-perfect forms, subject–verb agreement, and standard conditional patterns, then proofread each sentence.

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