Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-19

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 Scott,

Hope you're doing well! I was thrilled to hear that you're looking to learn a new sport. I recommend you to learn: Golf. It's a fantastic way to stay active, enjoy outdoors while developing a rewarding set of skills and enjoy outdoors.

To get started, you need to take a membership in of the elite clubs in town where they initial training to beginners. They offer structured training with all fundamentals like basic way to hold golf stick, proper placing of balls etc. They provide rental gear kits so you don't need to buy them.

Since I've also been planning to learn this new game, why don't we join together and take membership, as I refer you there will be excellent discount in membership fee. Learning alongside a partner make practicing more enjoyable and creates a healthy competition.

Let me know once you're ready so that we can go this week and schedule the dates.

Yours friendly,

Appi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You recommended golf, explained how to learn it through club membership and structured training, and proposed learning it together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend, and the purpose of the letter is clear from the beginning. To improve, you could expand slightly on the 'how to learn' section by providing more specific details about the training process or the equipment, which would help to fully develop your ideas and reach a higher band level.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The email is logically organized into clear paragraphs, each focusing on one of the required points. You use some cohesive devices such as 'Since I've also been planning' and 'To get started' to link your ideas. However, the flow is occasionally slightly mechanical. To improve, try to use a wider variety of linking words and ensure that transitions between sentences are smoother. For example, the repetition of 'enjoy outdoors' in the first paragraph disrupts the flow and could be replaced with a more cohesive structure.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You have an adequate range of vocabulary for this task, using terms like 'structured training', 'fundamentals', and 'healthy competition'. However, there are some inaccuracies in word choice and collocation, such as 'take a membership' (should be 'get a membership' or 'join a club') and 'golf stick' (the correct term is 'golf club'). Additionally, the phrase 'as I refer you' is unclear in this context. Focusing on learning common collocations related to sports will help you achieve a higher score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. There are several grammatical errors, such as 'I recommend you to learn: Golf' (should be 'I recommend that you learn golf'), 'in of the elite clubs' (a preposition error), and 'Learning alongside a partner make' (subject-verb agreement error: 'makes'). While these errors do not impede communication, they are frequent enough to prevent a higher score. Pay closer attention to subject-verb agreement and preposition usage during your proofreading process.

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