Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-07-29

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 John,

I hope you are doing well. How is your family?

As we talked earlier about you learning new sport, I want to suggest basketball. You are really tall as compaired to average population in this country and already having a lean and muscular body is gonna help you out a lot. I had heard about a new stadium opening, where they are trying to find new players to teach for regional play-offs. The coach is a well known retired internation level player in this sport. Why don't I suggest we start the training together to keep each other motivated and on track. However, there is going to be a fee of 120 per month to get trained and for facilities, but if we clear the selection for regenal players it will be waived.

I hope you will think about this or could give me suggestions about other play you want to train at?

Your friend,

Gurjagjot Singh Waraich

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.5

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You recommended basketball, explained how to learn it through the new stadium's training program, and suggested learning it together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. To improve, you could provide more specific details about the training schedule or the nature of the 'regional play-offs' to further develop your ideas. While the content is relevant, a slightly more detailed explanation of the training process would help move this into the higher band range.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The email follows a logical progression, starting with a friendly opening, moving through the recommendations, and concluding with a call to action. You use basic cohesive devices such as 'However' and 'if', which help connect your ideas. To improve, try to use a wider variety of linking words and ensure your paragraphing is distinct. Currently, the body of the email is one large block; separating the recommendation, the training details, and the suggestion to join together into distinct paragraphs would significantly improve the visual and logical structure of your writing.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for this task, using terms like 'motivated', 'facilities', and 'waived' correctly. There are some minor errors in word choice, such as 'compaired' (compared) and 'internation level' (international level). Additionally, 'other play' is not a natural collocation; 'other sports' would be more accurate. To reach a higher band, focus on using more precise collocations and ensure your spelling is accurate. Your vocabulary is sufficient to convey your meaning clearly, but it lacks the sophistication required for higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as the conditional sentence 'if we clear the selection... it will be waived'. There are some grammatical slips, such as 'As we talked earlier about you learning new sport' (missing an article 'a') and 'I had heard' (the past simple 'I heard' would be more natural here). Despite these errors, your meaning is always clear, and the mistakes do not impede communication. To improve, focus on article usage and consistent verb tense selection.

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