Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-25

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)

Hello Tirth,

I am glad to hear your interest to learn new sport activity for your personal goals and achievements.

I would like to suggest you the latest and most popular game cricket. Because it needs more focus and physical strength to survive in this activity. I was looking for this activity from such a long time, also I found the new club in our town which is much cheaper and convenient for us. As you have physical strength, this activity will be fun for you.

I have done some inquiry regarding expert trainers and fees which are best fit for us. We can learn this sport very easily and continue as long as we can carry on. We can spend our whole vacation with this physical endurance game to gain new experience and thrill.

I hope my information find your interest to this activity in positive manner, also waiting for your response as the booking ahead.

Regards,

Vashisht Patel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response successfully addresses all three bullet points of the prompt. You recommended cricket, explained how to learn it through a local club and trainers, and proposed learning it together. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a friend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. For instance, while you mention the club is 'cheaper and convenient,' providing a bit more detail about the training schedule or the specific benefits of the club would have strengthened the response. The ideas are relevant but could be expanded to fully meet the criteria for a higher band.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The email is organized into logical paragraphs, which helps the reader follow your points. You use some cohesive devices, such as 'because,' 'also,' and 'as,' to link ideas. However, the flow between sentences is occasionally mechanical. For example, the transition between the suggestion of cricket and the mention of the club could be smoother. Additionally, some referencing is slightly unclear, such as 'I was looking for this activity from such a long time,' which feels a bit disconnected from the previous sentence. Overall, the message is easy to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You use a sufficient range of vocabulary to convey your message clearly, such as 'physical endurance,' 'inquiry,' and 'convenient.' There are some minor issues with word choice and collocation, such as 'hear your interest' (should be 'hear about your interest') and 'find your interest to this activity' (should be 'find this activity interesting'). These errors do not impede communication, but they do show a lack of precision. To improve, focus on using more natural collocations and idiomatic expressions suitable for an informal email.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While the meaning is generally clear, there are several grammatical errors throughout the text. Examples include 'learn new sport activity' (missing an article: 'a new sport'), 'I was looking for this activity from such a long time' (incorrect preposition/tense: 'for such a long time'), and 'I hope my information find your interest' (subject-verb agreement: 'finds'). Despite these errors, the sentence structures are varied enough to maintain interest, and the errors rarely cause confusion for the reader.

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