Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-20
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 Adam,
I hope you are doing great. I am writing this email as you asked my advice fora new sport that you would like to learn.in my opinion I would love to recommend badminton to you. You can learn this sports on your own or with your friends too.
It's a fun sport, great for fitness and socialization activity as you can make new friends too. You will need some equipment or gears like badminton racket and shuttle for this game. To play this sport you need one partner to play opposite of you; so it would be great if we can play this sport together and learn this sport simonteneously and can have fun spending time together learning about the sport and each other.
This is a great sport which can be played indoors or outdoors too. This sport is similar to pickleball and tennis too so if you want to learn pickleball or Tennis later in the future would be easy for you. Hope you consider this recommendation of mine and we can learn this sport together.
With regards,
Emily.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 7.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
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 (on your own or with friends), and suggested learning it together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. For example, you could have provided more specific details on how to actually start learning, such as mentioning local clubs or online tutorials, rather than just stating it can be done 'on your own'. The response is clear and fulfills the requirements of the task effectively.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The email is generally easy to follow, and the ideas are logically sequenced. You use some basic cohesive devices like 'so' and 'as', but the paragraphing is weak. The entire body of the email is presented as one large block of text, which makes it harder to read. To improve, you should use clear paragraph breaks to separate the different points (recommendation, how to learn, and the suggestion to join together). Referencing is generally clear, but the flow between sentences could be improved with a wider variety of linking words.
Lexical Resource — Band 6.0
You have an adequate range of vocabulary for this task, using words like 'socialization', 'equipment', and 'simultaneously'. However, there are some errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'simonteneously' (simultaneously) and 'gears' (gear is an uncountable noun). You also repeat the word 'sport' quite frequently, which limits the sophistication of your writing. To reach a higher band, try to use more synonyms or varied phrasing to describe the activity and the equipment involved.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0
You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While the meaning is always clear, there are several grammatical errors, such as 'advice fora' (missing space), 'learn this sports' (should be 'sport'), and 'play opposite of you' (should be 'play against you'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, with some missing capital letters after full stops, such as 'in my opinion'. While these errors do not impede communication, they occur frequently enough to prevent a higher score. Focusing on subject-verb agreement and basic punctuation will help improve your accuracy.
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