Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 Anu,

I hope you are doing well. I would like to give you some advice regarding a new sport game called pickle ball.

I'd like to recommend you this game because it does not require specific training and it is easy to learn. Pickle ball can be played in a team or individuals and I know that you are such a good player in badmintoon, thus this sport is similar to badminton.

You can learn this game by several ways such as youtube videos, by seeing another players or from internet. Also, you can learn this by enrolling in a community center where they have free session during summer days.

I have classes on weekdays and my schedule is very busy, but we can play on weekends at community center. Moreover, we can play badminton as it is your favorite sport.

Let me know, if you want to know more about this sport and see you soon.

Yours lovingly,

Jinal.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requirements: you recommend pickleball, explain ways to learn it, and invite your friend to play with you at the community centre. The comparison with badminton is relevant and helps show why the sport may suit Anu. The advice is clear, but some points are only briefly developed: for example, you list videos, watching other players and the internet without explaining which option would be most useful or how to get started. The invitation is also slightly mixed because you suggest playing badminton as well as learning the new sport. To strengthen the response, give a more specific first step and make the shared-learning plan the clear focus.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The email has a clear overall sequence: greeting and introduction, recommendation, learning options, invitation, and closing. Paragraph breaks help separate these functions, and linking expressions such as “Also” and “Moreover” make the relationships between ideas understandable. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. “You can learn this game by several ways” introduces a list, but “by seeing another players or from internet” does not fit smoothly with the structure. The final suggestion to play badminton also interrupts the progression from learning pickleball together. Use more natural transitions and keep each paragraph focused on one step in the advice to make the organisation more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the advice, and terms such as “recommend,” “enrolling,” and “community center” are relevant to the topic. You also use some sport-specific language, including “team” and “badminton.” However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “sport game” is redundant, “pickle ball” is usually written as “pickleball,” and “badmintoon” is misspelled. Phrases such as “free session during summer days” and “by seeing another players” are also unnatural. These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your main message, but they limit the range and control expected at a stronger level. Learn common collocations and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the reason clause “because it does not require specific training” and the relative clause “where they have free session.” Most of the message remains understandable, and the errors rarely obscure your meaning. Some grammatical problems persist, however: “recommend you this game” needs a different verb pattern, and “can be played in a team or individuals” has a faulty parallel structure. There are also issues with articles and number, as in “a free session” and “another player,” and the comma in “Let me know, if” is unnecessary. Practise verb patterns, agreement, and article use, while retaining your attempts at longer sentences.

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