Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-07

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 5.5)

Dear Adam,

I would like to advice you to learn a football sport here in Muscat because it is very famous sport in this town.

Actually I think this sport is suitable to you as you are an active person and has a strong body. In addition, this sport is a team sport as you prefer. Farthermore there are plenty of football clubs and excellent coaches here in Oman.

I recommend the Champ club which is focus on beginrs and they have an option to do training on weekends and they have evening classes also. So you can practice after your work and they use new equipments and techniqes.

I can learn football with you if you choose the weekends classes and I can arrived you in my way so let me know if you agree to register together in their website.

I am waiting to tell me soon.

See you soon.

Manal

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt: recommending a sport (football), explaining how to learn it (joining the Champ club), and suggesting learning it together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat basic. For instance, while you mention the club has 'new equipments and techniqes', you could have provided more specific details about why these are beneficial to make the recommendation more persuasive. Overall, the response is clear and fulfills the requirements of the task effectively.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The email is logically organized into paragraphs, each focusing on a specific aspect of the prompt. You use some cohesive devices such as 'In addition', 'Furthermore', and 'So' to link your ideas. However, the flow between sentences is occasionally slightly mechanical. For example, the transition between the second and third paragraphs could be smoother. Additionally, the final paragraph is a bit abrupt. Improving the use of referencing and varying your linking words would help the text flow more naturally and improve the overall cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms like 'active person', 'football clubs', and 'register'. There are some minor errors in word choice and collocation, such as 'advice you' (should be 'advise you'), 'football sport' (redundant), and 'arrived you' (incorrect usage). You also have some spelling errors like 'beginrs' and 'equipments' (equipment is an uncountable noun). While these errors do not impede communication, they indicate a need for more attention to word forms and common collocations to reach a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, which is appropriate for this level. However, there are several grammatical errors throughout the text, such as 'is suitable to you' (should be 'for you'), 'has a strong body' (missing subject 'he'), and 'I can arrived you' (incorrect verb form). Additionally, 'I am waiting to tell me soon' is grammatically incorrect and confusing. While the meaning is generally clear, the frequency of these errors suggests that you need to focus on subject-verb agreement and verb tense consistency to improve your accuracy.

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