Band 7.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-07-24

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 7.5)

Dear John,

I hope you are doing great. I am glad that you approached me to give suggestions for learning a new sport.

Since I have known you for 5 years,I believe you can learn to play soccer because you have a good amount of stamina as well as love playing with a team instead of alone. Once you told me that you love to play the sport with strategy to win, I think soccer is the best suit for you to learn now.

You can learn this sport in my neighborhood, which is not far from your place. There is one training school for adult soccer, and their trainings depend on the learner's availability, so we can choose at our free time.

I have good news for you, as I am also planning to learn this sport from my neighborhood training school, we both can learn in class. Moreover, we both can train together at their field. After training, we can chill at my place for drinks sometimes.

Reply to me as soon as possible. I will enroll for both of us.

With loves,

Yu

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 8.0

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You recommended soccer, explained how to learn it through a local training school, and proposed learning together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend, and the purpose of the letter is clear throughout. To reach a higher band, you could provide more specific details about the 'training school' or the 'strategy' you mentioned to further develop your ideas, as some points are slightly brief. However, the response is fully relevant and meets all requirements of the task.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.5

The email is logically organized with clear paragraphing. Each paragraph focuses on a specific aspect of the prompt, which helps the reader follow your ideas easily. You use some cohesive devices like 'Moreover' and 'Since', though the flow could be improved with a wider variety of linking words. Occasionally, the transition between sentences feels slightly mechanical. Overall, the information is presented in a coherent manner, and the progression of ideas is logical from the recommendation to the final suggestion of training together.

Lexical Resource — Band 7.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for this task. Phrases like 'good amount of stamina' and 'enroll for both of us' are natural and appropriate for the context. There are some minor word choice issues, such as 'best suit for you' (should be 'best fit') and 'With loves' (should be 'With love'). While you use some effective vocabulary, incorporating more precise collocations or less common lexical items would help elevate your score. The current range is sufficient to convey your meaning clearly without any confusion.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 7.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, which is good. Most of your sentences are clear and easy to understand. There are some grammatical slips, such as 'their trainings depend' (training is usually uncountable) and 'learn in class' (should be 'take classes'). Additionally, there is a minor punctuation error in '5 years,I' where a space is missing after the comma. Despite these occasional errors, your control of grammar is generally good, and the mistakes do not impede communication.

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