Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-13

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 7.0)

Dear Ram

I know you are doing well. You asked me for my suggestion on a new sport that you want to learn in our town. I think the best sport is cricket, which suits you well, as you can learn new techniques and also things don't differ much from your hometown.

There are so many ways that you can learn this sport. You can join a camp in which you will learn some basics that help you go to a higher level of this game, or you can join a team where a coach helps you learn new things like throwing a ball, batting, and many more.

I have some holidays in the upcoming month due to summer break, so I can join you and we can learn everything together. If you can wait, I will join you on 1 October. Also, we can have a lot of fun and practice new things together.

raman

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

The response covers all three bullet points of the task appropriately. You successfully recommend cricket to your friend, explaining that it suits them well and that 'things don't differ much from your hometown.' You then explain how your friend can learn this sport by suggesting they 'join a camp' or 'join a team where a coach helps you learn new things like throwing a ball, batting.' Finally, you suggest learning together by mentioning your upcoming summer break holidays and offering to join them on 1 October. The tone is suitably informal and friendly for an email to a friend. All parts of the prompt are addressed clearly, and the ideas are sufficiently extended, meeting the criteria for a solid Band 7.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The letter is logically organised with a clear progression of ideas from the greeting through the recommendation, methods of learning, and the joint proposal. Paragraphing is used appropriately, with each paragraph focusing on a distinct aspect of the prompt (the recommendation, the learning methods, and the joint plan). Cohesive devices are used adequately, such as 'In addition', 'Also', and referencing pronouns like 'this sport' and 'you'. However, some transitions are a bit basic or repetitive ('You can... or you can...'), which keeps the response at a Band 6.5 to 7 level. Overall organisation is clear and easy to follow throughout the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.5

The vocabulary used is generally adequate for the task, with some appropriate collocation and sport-related terms such as 'techniques', 'camp', 'coach', 'throwing a ball', and 'batting'. There are attempts at less common phrasing, though some expressions feel slightly conversational or repetitive, such as 'learn new things' and 'have a lot of fun'. Spelling and word choice are mostly accurate, and communication is never impeded. While it does not reach the wide and flexible range required for a Band 8, it comfortably demonstrates the sufficient range and precision expected at Band 6.5, rounding to a stable Band 6 or 7 depending on precision; here, a 6.5 is awarded as vocabulary is fairly standard.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 7.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional structures ('If you can wait, I will join you on 1 October') and relative clauses ('a camp in which you will learn some basics'). There are several error-free sentences, and your control of tense and punctuation is generally good. However, minor grammatical slips occur, such as 'things don't differ much' being slightly informal, and the sentence structure in the first paragraph ('I think the best sport is cricket, which suits you well, as you can learn new techniques and also things don't differ much') is a bit run-on. These occasional minor errors do not impede communication, matching the Band 7 descriptors.

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