Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-09-16

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 4.0)

Dear sir/ madam

I am writing to share my feedback on the short cookery course that i recently completed at your school

Overall i really enjoyed there while learning new cookimg skiils. i learned alot therir how to make different dishes . the staff of this course is very friendly and good quite i learend new recipes from them i would like more pracrtiacl classes in which i made food for mt self and others students are very healful and friendkly

However few things mneed to change

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The student attempts to address the bullet points by mentioning what they enjoyed about the course, stating they learned new cooking skills, and making a brief reference to changing things. However, the response is severely underdeveloped and incomplete, ending abruptly with 'However few things mneed to change'. Crucially, the response falls significantly short of the required 150-word minimum, containing only 87 words. Because of this major shortfall in length and lack of full development for all prompt requirements, the response aligns with Band 4.0 descriptors for Task Achievement.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text suffers from a lack of proper paragraphing and punctuation. Sentences run together without full stops or capital letters, such as 'Overall i really enjoyed there while learning new cookimg skiils. i learned alot therir how to make different dishes . the staff of this course is very friendly'. There is virtually no use of cohesive devices to guide the reader through the text, and the overall arrangement becomes disjointed and difficult to follow as it breaks down towards the end. Information and ideas are not arranged coherently, which places this aspect of the writing at Band 4.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, relying on simple everyday words like 'good', 'friendly', and 'nice'. There are also frequent spelling and typographical errors throughout the short text, including 'cookimg', 'skiils', 'alot', 'therir', 'pracrtiacl', and 'healful'. These errors and the limited range of vocabulary strain the reader and reflect Band 4.0 descriptors, where vocabulary is basic and errors frequently occur.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple, fragmented clauses joined incorrectly. There is a complete absence of punctuation control, as capital letters and full stops are missing or misplaced ('Dear sir/ madam', 'Overall i really enjoyed there...'). Grammatical errors are frequent, including tense and preposition confusion ('in which i made food for mt self'), and the sentence structures are too faulty to demonstrate reliable complex formations. This corresponds to a Band 4.0 level.

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