Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-09

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 Friend,

I hope you are doing well. You asked me for a advice to learn a new sport. I am writing to recommend you a sport which would be suitable for you. My suggestion is you should start learning chess because it will enhance your mental power and concentration. You are a talented and intelligent person but sometimes you take some decisions without thinking which cause trouble for you.

You can learn this sport via online chess app. The app is well designed for all kind of players, particularly beginners. It has learning classes, well-skilled trainers, and you can play with other players arounf the world. I think this sport will make you more dicipilined relevent to your decisions.

I also have an account on this app and I will send you a friend request. We can both play with each other to train our mind better. I am also still learning techniques to use my pawns efficiently. I can assist you too from my leaning.

I firmly beleive this sport will be beneficial for you.

Kind regards,

Farooq

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The email addresses all three requirements: you recommend chess, explain that your friend can use an online app with lessons and other players, and invite them to practise with you. The advice is relevant and the friendly tone suits the situation. You also give a personal reason for choosing chess by linking it to concentration and decision-making. Some points, however, are not fully developed: the claim that chess will make your friend more disciplined is not explained, and the learning advice could be more practical, such as suggesting a beginner course or regular practice schedule. The invitation to learn together is clear, though a little more detail about how you would practise would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The message follows a sensible sequence: it introduces the recommendation, describes how to learn, proposes playing together, and closes politely. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages, and phrases such as “I also” and “I firmly believe” guide the reader through the email. The overall progression is clear, although some connections between ideas feel abrupt. For example, the comment about your friend making decisions without thinking moves quickly into the benefits of chess, and the final paragraph repeats the claim that the sport will be beneficial rather than adding a new closing thought. A few references, such as “this sport,” are understandable but could be more precise. Smoother links and less repetition would make the organisation more flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the recommendation and learning process, including “concentration,” “beginners,” “trainers,” and “techniques.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “use my pawns efficiently.” However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems make the language less natural: “a advice,” “recommend you a sport,” “mental power,” and “relevent to your decisions” are awkward or inaccurate. Spelling errors such as “arounf,” “dicipilined,” “leaning,” and “beleive” are noticeable. These do not prevent the reader from understanding the main message, but they limit precision and fluency. Check common collocations and proofread spelling, especially in key phrases.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mixture of simple and more developed sentence forms, including the relative clause in “a sport which would be suitable for you” and the reason clause beginning “because.” Most of the message remains understandable, and the email uses appropriate present and future forms. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, sentence patterns, and agreement. For example, “a advice” should be “some advice,” while “I recommend you a sport” needs a different construction, such as “I recommend a sport to you.” In “decisions … which cause trouble,” the verb form does not fit the singular idea of “a decision.” More accurate control of these patterns, alongside a wider range of reliably formed complex sentences, would improve the writing.

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