Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-02

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 Smith,

I hope you're doing well! It has been since we met last time.

I'm very happy about it that you're coming to India for vacation and wanted to learn new sport.

I would say we will visit to Narendra Modi Statdium; where you can explore various types of sport as there are different complex for indoor and outdoor games. I would say you can learn about hockey; as it is a similiar like icehockey.

I would recommond you to know more about hockey as its a national game of India and you have fond in icehockey. So, you can easily learn about it. In addition, there is worldclass level coach available for each sport and they provide training in affordable rate. To get a training, you just have to register yourself and schedule training session as per convience.

fortunately, I'm also available that time as we have a summer vacation in college; I also join with you and we go together as I also thinking to keep my self busy in any sport.

I hope you consider my suggestion and I am eagrely waiting for you to join together in this sport as spend quality time together.

Best Regards,

Dhruvil

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

You have addressed all three bullet points of the task: recommending a sport (hockey), explaining how to learn it (registering at the stadium), and suggesting learning it together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. For example, the explanation of how to learn the sport is a bit generic, and the connection between ice hockey and field hockey could be more clearly articulated. While the task requirements are met, the response would benefit from more descriptive detail to fully engage the reader and provide a more comprehensive answer.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The email is logically organized into clear paragraphs, which helps the reader follow your ideas. You use some cohesive devices, such as 'In addition' and 'fortunately,' to link your sentences. However, some transitions feel a bit mechanical or slightly unnatural, such as 'I would say we will visit' and 'I would say you can learn.' Additionally, the referencing is occasionally unclear, such as in the sentence 'I'm very happy about it that you're coming,' where the 'it' is redundant. Improving the flow between sentences would help the text feel more cohesive and natural.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms like 'vacation,' 'affordable rate,' and 'convience' (though misspelled). There are some noticeable errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'similiar like' instead of 'similar to,' 'recommond' instead of 'recommend,' and 'eagrely' instead of 'eagerly.' These errors do not impede communication, but they do highlight a need for more precision. To reach a higher band, focus on using more varied collocations and ensuring correct spelling of common words.

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 throughout the text, such as 'It has been since we met last time' (missing a time reference), 'there are different complex' (should be 'complexes'), and 'I also join with you' (tense error). Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly the misuse of semicolons where commas or periods would be more appropriate. While these errors rarely prevent the reader from understanding your message, they are frequent enough to impact the overall accuracy of your writing.

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