Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-29

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 Tanay,

I received your letter and got to know that you want to learn new sport. I am sharing a new sport (Badminton) which you would definitely like to learn.

Badminton stadium recently opened at the sports center. As far as I remember, you always wanted to play indoor games. The badminton is also an indoor game. This sport will be comfortable for you as it involves jumping and running in a square box.

You can learn this sport at sports center. I have seen the training starts for beginner batch on every Monday in the morning start from 6am. They provide practical as well as lectures. In that you can learn how to shoot shutter cock with bat.

As it involves to player game, I am also interested in learning this sport. If you would like to join the membership to learn the sport from next week, I will also accompany you.

Kindly let me know from when you are planning to join, we both together join the sports club.

Yours truly,

Dhvl

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

You have successfully addressed all three bullet points in the prompt. You recommended badminton, explained how to learn it by mentioning the beginner classes at the sports center, and proposed learning it together. The tone is appropriate for an email to a friend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat basic. For example, the explanation of how to learn the sport could be more detailed, and the description of the game as 'jumping and running in a square box' is a bit simplistic. To reach a higher band, try to expand on your ideas with more descriptive language and provide a clearer sense of personal enthusiasm.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The email is logically organized with clear paragraphing, which helps the reader follow your ideas easily. You use basic cohesive devices like 'As far as I remember' and 'As it involves', which help connect your sentences. However, the flow between some sentences is a bit mechanical. To improve, try using a wider variety of linking words and transition phrases to create a more natural, fluid progression of ideas. Additionally, ensure that your referencing is precise; for instance, 'In that you can learn' is slightly vague regarding what 'that' refers to.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You have an adequate range of vocabulary to complete the task, but it is somewhat limited. You use some specific terms like 'beginner batch' and 'membership', but there are several instances of awkward phrasing or incorrect word choices, such as 'shoot shutter cock with bat' (instead of 'hit the shuttlecock with a racket') and 'got to know that you want' (instead of 'heard that you want'). To improve, focus on learning common collocations related to sports and hobbies to make your writing sound more natural and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While your meaning is generally clear, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with articles ('a new sport', 'the badminton') and prepositions ('join the membership', 'join the sports club'). Some sentences are slightly disjointed, such as 'I am sharing a new sport (Badminton) which you would definitely like to learn.' Despite these errors, they do not significantly impede communication. To improve, pay closer attention to subject-verb agreement and the correct use of articles, and try to incorporate more varied complex sentence structures.

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