Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-09

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 6.5)

Dear Shivi,

I hope you are doing well. I got your message regarding the learning a new sport. I think since we both love playing cricket from our childhood so I relate to that you can learn something that keeps your mind focussed.

Badminton could be the new sport that you might want to learn because first of all it is a good physical activity and secondly it improves your mind stability as well. Moreover, you can learn this in same town as well. We have a new sports academy in the town. It is with the name of Nehru academy. I can help you with the admission form or we can find it online as well.

Adding on, while I was suggesting you about this, a thought comes up in my mind. And that is that I can also join you in this. As you know I am free for next 2 or 3 months, so maybe we can start the training together. Only if you do not have any issue with that.

I am excited and will wait for your reply on this.

Yours truly

Heena

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You recommended badminton, explained how to learn it by mentioning the local academy, and proposed learning it together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. The ideas are relevant and clearly presented. To reach a higher band, you could provide more specific detail about why badminton is a good choice for your friend personally, or elaborate slightly more on the training process at the academy to fully develop your ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The email is logically organized into clear paragraphs, each serving a specific purpose. You use some cohesive devices such as 'first of all', 'secondly', 'moreover', and 'adding on' to connect your ideas. However, some of these transitions feel slightly mechanical or repetitive. The progression of ideas is generally smooth, though the link between the opening sentence about cricket and the recommendation of badminton could be more naturally integrated to improve the flow of the introduction.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for this task. You use some topic-specific terms like 'sports academy', 'admission form', and 'training'. However, there are some minor inaccuracies in word choice, such as 'mind stability' (which is not a standard collocation) and 'in same town' (missing an article). To improve, try to use more natural collocations and avoid slightly awkward phrasing. Your vocabulary is sufficient to convey your meaning clearly, but it lacks the precision and flexibility required for higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While your meaning is always clear, there are several grammatical errors throughout the text. For example, 'regarding the learning a new sport' should be 'regarding learning a new sport', and 'from our childhood' is better expressed as 'since childhood'. There are also issues with article usage and preposition choice, such as 'in the town' instead of 'in town'. While these errors do not impede communication, they occur frequently enough to prevent a higher score.

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