Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-07-27

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 7.0)

Dear Mike,

I hope you're as fit as a fiddle. I am writing to suggest the tennis would be an ideal sport that suits your personality.

Since you have skills and stamina for the volleyball that you have been playing for while, in my perspective, you should try learn the tennis. This physical activity not only helps to improve your physical fitness but also helps to gain mental strength, as this sport requires continuous run and strategies to counter opponents.

For leaning, I would suggest you can join a professional tennis club because they can assign an appropriate instructor. In my opinion, this instructors are prominent in tennis, and they have vast experience for catering students. Therefore,

I would like to ask if you are find happy then I can join your company to enrolled in any club. Ideally, it will allows to save money also if we can subscribe the combine membership, as many sports clubs have offers like this.

I hope you won't mind my company.

Regards,

Vivek.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.5

The response successfully addresses all three bullet points of the task. You recommend tennis, explain how to learn it through a club, and suggest learning together. The tone is appropriate for an informal email to a friend. The ideas are relevant and clearly presented. To reach a higher band, ensure that your explanations are slightly more detailed; for instance, you could elaborate on why tennis specifically suits your friend's personality beyond just mentioning stamina. Overall, the task is fulfilled effectively with a clear purpose and consistent tone throughout the letter.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The email is logically organized with a clear progression of ideas. Each paragraph focuses on a specific part of the prompt, which helps the reader follow your argument. You use some cohesive devices such as 'Since', 'Therefore', and 'In my opinion' to link your sentences. However, some transitions feel a bit mechanical or slightly awkward, such as the abrupt ending of the third paragraph. To improve, work on using a wider variety of linking words and ensure that your sentences flow more naturally into one another to create a more cohesive narrative.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for this task, using phrases like 'fit as a fiddle' and 'mental strength'. There are some minor errors in word choice and collocation, such as 'for the volleyball' (should be 'volleyball') and 'find happy' (should be 'be happy'). Additionally, there are some awkward phrasings like 'catering students' instead of 'coaching students'. While these errors do not impede communication, they indicate a need for more precise vocabulary usage. Focusing on common collocations related to sports and learning would help elevate your score in this criterion.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, which is good. However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with articles ('the tennis', 'the volleyball'), verb forms ('try learn' instead of 'try learning'), and subject-verb agreement ('this instructors'). Some sentences are slightly disjointed due to these slips. To improve, pay closer attention to basic grammar rules, especially the use of articles and infinitive/gerund forms after verbs. While the meaning is always clear, the frequency of these small errors prevents the writing from reaching a higher band score.

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