Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-26

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 6.0)

dear raju

i hope you are doing well. I am really excited that you are think of starting journey of new sports. Few days a go while i was going towards university i saw new academy has been open in our neighbour town for cricket. sence, childhood i was keen-interest in cricket as it has great future. i would suggest you to join cricket as you are also fitnees-frick and interested in Asian games. Cricket have basic rules which are not complicated and easy to learn. let us start this road to cricket together as it will be full of fun and great experience. Coaches over there are proffesonal and well trained to teach begginer and make them help to become a good cricketer. The sport is currently in trend as latest match made everyone shocked when cricekter raman made 54 runs in just one over afterwhich he challenged the world however, will brake his record he will reward him 100k us dollars. I will be awaiting for your decission.

your friend

xyz

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt: recommending a sport (cricket), explaining how to learn it (joining the academy), and suggesting learning it together. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a friend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat uneven. The explanation regarding the professional coaches is good, but the anecdote about the cricketer Raman is slightly tangential and distracts from the core purpose of the email. To improve, ensure that every sentence directly supports your advice or the logistics of learning the sport together, rather than including extraneous details about specific match records.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The email follows a logical progression, moving from the greeting to the recommendation and finally the proposal to join together. However, the paragraphing is non-existent, which makes the text feel like a single block of information. Using clear paragraph breaks between the introduction, the body points, and the closing would significantly improve the readability. Additionally, the use of cohesive devices is somewhat mechanical or missing; for example, the transition between the recommendation and the anecdote about Raman is abrupt. Using linking words like 'Furthermore' or 'In addition' would help connect your ideas more fluidly.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

You have a sufficient range of vocabulary to convey your message, but there are several spelling errors ('sence' for 'since', 'proffesonal' for 'professional', 'begginer' for 'beginner', 'cricekter' for 'cricketer') and word-choice issues ('fitnees-frick' instead of 'fitness freak'). These errors are noticeable and occasionally distract the reader. To reach a higher band, focus on accuracy in spelling and using more natural collocations. While you attempted some descriptive language, the overall control of vocabulary is limited by these persistent errors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

Your writing shows a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors that affect the flow. Issues include subject-verb agreement ('Cricket have basic rules'), missing articles ('I saw new academy'), and awkward phrasing ('you are think of starting journey'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with the use of commas and capitalization. While the meaning is generally clear, the frequency of these errors means that the text does not consistently demonstrate error-free complex sentences. Focusing on basic sentence construction and proofreading for subject-verb agreement will help improve your score.

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