Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-27

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 Sam,

I hope you are doing great. I am writing to share my advice on learning a new sport.

To begin with, in our area many sports academies are available those provide a remarkable teaching on all kinds of sports. Nevertheless, I would like to suggest you to join a cricket club because the trainer is excellent and as per our discussion last week, you mentioned that cricket is your favorite game, but you need to develop some skills. Hence, this is a great opportunity for you to commence the cricket sessions.

Moreover, you can learn this sport by taking a step wise classes such as start with balling practices once you get acquire the proper knowledge you can go for the batting, in such structured way of practice will save your time, money and facilitate learning.

Furthermore, I am also thinking that after my final exams I will join the same sessions with you. It will be the great fun for both of us. Additionally, I would like to invite you this weekend, just to watch movies and for some chatting.

I will wait for your response and let's catch up soon.

Best wishes,

Anjali

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The response successfully addresses all three bullet points of the prompt. You clearly recommend cricket, explain the learning process through structured sessions, and propose learning together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. To improve, you could provide more specific details about the 'cricket club' or the 'step-wise classes' to better develop your ideas, as some explanations remain slightly general. Overall, the task is fully covered with a clear purpose and consistent tone throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The email is logically organized with clear paragraph breaks for each point. You use a variety of cohesive devices such as 'To begin with', 'Moreover', and 'Furthermore' to transition between ideas. While the flow is generally good, some transitions feel slightly mechanical or repetitive. The referencing is clear, and the overall structure supports the reader's understanding of your message. To reach a higher band, ensure that the connection between sentences is more natural and less reliant on standard linking phrases.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms like 'commence', 'facilitate', and 'structured'. However, there are some inaccuracies in word choice and collocation, such as 'balling practices' (should be 'bowling') and 'get acquire' (should be 'acquire'). These errors do not impede communication, but they do limit the precision of your writing. To improve, focus on learning the correct collocations for sports-related activities and ensure you are using verbs and nouns in their correct grammatical forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, which is appropriate for this task. However, there are several grammatical errors, such as 'those provide' (should be 'which provide'), 'suggest you to join' (should be 'suggest that you join'), and 'in such structured way' (should be 'in such a structured way'). While these errors are noticeable, they rarely impede the reader's understanding. To improve, focus on subject-verb agreement and the correct usage of articles and prepositions in complex sentences.

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