Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-07

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

Your English-speaking friend who lives in your town has asked for your advice about learning a new sport. Write an email to your friend. In your email:

• recommend a new sport that would be suitable for your friend to learn
• explain how your friend could learn this sport
• suggest that you both learn this sport together

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

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

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Simran,

How are you? I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to recommand you a new sport swimming which recenlty introduced in our school that might suit you, as you like cold.

I would like to explain that although you do not know neither swimming and basic safety instructions at all, you can join swimming classes after done queries with success hub officer who is responsible for swimming classes registration. Laterly, you can take one week safety awareness lessons online, once you pass this you will be eligible to start taking lessons by swimming coach.

If you wish, I can company you in this course to make you feel ease and comfortable . We both can start this course together from the following month december.

It would be great if you follow my advice, glad to hear from you soon.

Best Wishes,

Pooja

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requested points: you recommend swimming, explain that Simran can register and take safety lessons before coaching, and offer to join the course together. The advice is relevant, and the friendly opening and closing suit an email to a friend. However, some details are unclear or not fully developed: “as you like cold” does not explain why swimming suits Simran, and the registration and safety-training sequence could be stated more clearly. The response is also two words below the required minimum of 150. Adding a little explanation of the sport’s suitability and a practical detail about learning it would make the advice more complete and developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The email has a clear overall progression: you introduce the recommendation, explain how to learn the sport, suggest joining together, and close warmly. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “although,” “Laterly,” and “If you wish” show an attempt to connect ideas. Some connections are not fully smooth, however. The long sentence about registration, safety lessons, and coaching contains several steps that would be easier to follow if separated or linked more precisely. The transition from “as you like cold” to the recommendation is also unclear. Organising the learning process into a simpler sequence would strengthen the otherwise clear progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main advice, including “swimming classes,” “safety awareness lessons,” “registration,” and “swimming coach.” The friendly tone is also appropriate. However, several spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision, such as “recommand,” “recenlty,” and “Laterly.” Some phrases are unnatural or unclear, including “after done queries,” “I can company you,” and “make you feel ease.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the main message, but they show limited control of collocation and word forms. Check spelling carefully and learn common phrases for giving advice and offering support.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, for example the clause beginning “although” and the conditional “If you wish.” The overall meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors affect clarity. In “you do not know neither swimming,” the negative construction is incorrect; use “you do not know how to swim.” “After done queries” needs a complete grammatical structure, such as “after making enquiries,” while “I can company you” should be “I can accompany you.” There are also issues with articles and sentence boundaries, as in “start taking lessons by swimming coach.” Review verb patterns and sentence construction, and proofread punctuation and spacing to make the message more accurate.

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