Band 7.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-07-24

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A friend of yours is thinking about applying for the same course that you did at university. He/She has asked for your advice about studying this subject. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter

• give details of the course you took at the university
• explain why you recommend the university
• give some advice about how to apply

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear .................. ,

Student answer (Band 7.5)

Dear Rahul,

I hope you're in the pink of health! I am writing this letter to give you a bit of information about the Gas fitter course.

The course I recently completed is related to doing work on residential heating and cooling equipment. This course is for weeks, including three weeks of on-site training. You need some basic tools, and steel-toed shoes are compulsory to wear.

I suggest you to join the Himark Ottawa location. Although it is quite far from your location, their labs are equipped with advanced machines. You would get a real experience while practicing on furnaces.

You can directly visit their website, which is www.himark.com, and you can also directly call them. However, if you want to visit in-person, meet Mr. Rob, who is the head manager of the whole branch. He will assist you with the enrolment.

If you need any help, contact me directly anytime. I hopeyou get admission early as possible, as they're quiet busy these days.

Yours lovingly

Gurdeep

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.5

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You provided details about the Gas fitter course, explained why you recommend the Himark Ottawa location, and offered clear advice on the application process. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a friend, and the purpose of the letter is clear from the beginning. To reach a higher band, you could expand slightly more on the specific benefits of the course content or the personal impact it had on your career, which would further develop your ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.5

The letter is logically organized with a clear progression of ideas. Each paragraph focuses on a specific aspect of the prompt, which makes the information easy to follow. You use some cohesive devices, such as 'Although' and 'However', to link ideas effectively. To improve, ensure that transitions between sentences are smoother. For example, the shift from discussing the course tools to the location recommendation could be bridged more naturally. Overall, the paragraphing is appropriate and contributes to the clarity of the message.

Lexical Resource — Band 7.0

You demonstrate a good range of vocabulary suitable for this task, such as 'compulsory', 'enrolment', and 'equipped'. The use of the idiom 'in the pink of health' is a nice touch, though it is slightly formal for a casual letter to a friend. There are a few minor errors, such as 'quiet' instead of 'quite' and 'real experience' which could be phrased more naturally as 'hands-on experience'. Expanding your range of collocations would help you achieve a higher score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 7.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While the meaning is always clear, there are some grammatical slips, such as 'This course is for weeks' (missing a number or quantifier) and 'I suggest you to join' (should be 'I suggest that you join' or 'I suggest joining'). Additionally, there is a minor punctuation error in 'hopeyou'. Despite these errors, your control of grammar is generally good, and the mistakes do not impede communication. Increasing the variety of complex sentence forms would further strengthen this score.

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