Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-23

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 or Madam,

I am writting this to inform my cookery course experince and giving my feedback as requested.

As i taken my cookery classes from your school. I enjoyed alot of things while my class such as making new dishes or diffrent cuisines from distinct nations. My mentor is not only very helpfull and but also he made my entire course more fun.

I honestly made so many things while my class. Probably i made many dishes and diffrent type of food myself. i made a butter chiken that everybody loved while, my course that was my great experince. I started as beginner and end my classes as professional cook.

I would definatly like to join this course agian if your school will provide more cookery courses such as baker or a professional continental dishes that would be more fun and helpfull, and allure more students towards course in future.

Kind Regards,

Amandeep Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address all three requested points: you describe enjoying new dishes and cuisines, mention cooking a butter chicken dish after the course, and suggest further courses in baking or continental cooking. These details keep the letter relevant, but the second point is not fully clear: “Probably i made many dishes” does not explain how often or how much you have cooked since the course. The final suggestion also combines two different course ideas without explaining which you would prefer or why. The opening states that you are giving feedback, but the letter would be more effective if it gave a clearer, more specific account of your experience and directly answered each prompt.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a coherent overall arrangement: it moves from your enjoyment of the course, to cooking afterwards, and then to a future course suggestion. Separate paragraphs help the reader identify these topics, and the closing is appropriate for a formal letter. However, some links between ideas are awkward or unclear. For example, “I honestly made so many things while my class” is followed by several overlapping statements about making dishes, while “while, my course” interrupts the butter-chicken example. The final sentence is also long and joins several ideas with “and.” Use clearer transitions and divide longer sentences so each paragraph develops its point more smoothly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “cuisines,” “mentor,” “beginner,” and “continental dishes,” and the reader can generally understand your meaning. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “my cookery course experience,” “made so many things,” and “allure more students towards course.” Spelling errors, including “writting,” “experince,” “diffrent,” and “definatly,” are noticeable and reduce the accuracy of the vocabulary. Aim for more precise phrases to describe your learning and subsequent cooking, and check spelling carefully. This would make your feedback sound clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and the main message is usually understandable. However, control is inconsistent, particularly in verb forms and sentence construction. “As i taken my cookery classes” is not a complete, correctly formed sentence; “I enjoyed alot of things while my class” also has an incomplete grammatical pattern. In “My mentor is not only very helpfull and but also he made,” the paired structure is faulty, and the shift from “is” to “made” is not well controlled. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, as in lowercase “i” and the comma in “while, my course.” Practise complete sentences and accurate past-tense forms, then proofread for punctuation.

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