Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-15
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 John
Hope you are doing well. I'm writing this email to give advise on a best sport that you can easily learn.
I would like to advise you to learn the cricket, one of the best and popular sport in my country, specifically in south part of India. As you are a person who always like a challenging sports, this would be the perfect match for your energy and skill. You could practice this sport whenever you want and it can be a flexible sport to practice in a small grounds. I hope it would be the great fit for you and you like it.
As of my opinion, learning this sport would be a continue process where you need plenty of focus and desire in your heart which can made you an professional player. I would also suggest you to hire one trainer to get the professional training and why I'm giving advise on this because you said you are interested in professional sport.
If you wish, I'm also willing to learn it in a professional way and I can join with you as well. We can both learn this together and we might have a great fun.
Thank you
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The candidate has successfully covered all parts of the task prompt. First, a suitable sport is recommended ("the cricket"), and specific details are provided about its suitability for a person who likes challenging activities. Second, the student explains how the friend could learn this sport by practicing in small grounds and hiring a professional trainer. Finally, the student successfully suggests learning the sport together in the concluding body paragraph ("We can both learn this together and we might have a great fun"). The tone is appropriately informal and friendly for a General Training correspondence task. The ideas are clearly relevant and well-developed, fully satisfying the requirements for Band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The email has a clear overall arrangement with distinct paragraphs used for introduction, recommendation, learning methods, and the final joint suggestion. Cohesive devices are used, such as "As of my opinion", "I would also suggest", and "If you wish", although some transitions are a bit mechanical or unnatural. Referencing is generally clear, and the logical progression from introducing the sport to learning it and ultimately joining together flows adequately, meeting the expectations for a Band 6.0 response.
Lexical Resource — Band 6.0
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common collocations and phrases such as "challenging sports", "flexible sport", and "professional training". However, there are notable lexical errors and unnatural phrasings, such as "give advise" (instead of advice), "learn the cricket" (dropping the article is correct, but 'learn cricket' is standard), "south part of India" (southern part), and "a continue process" (continuous process). These errors do not impede communication, placing the vocabulary firmly at Band 6.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0
The writer demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and conditional structures such as "As you are a person who always like a challenging sports..." and "If you wish, I'm also willing to learn it...". There are several grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ("always like" instead of always likes, "a challenging sports" instead of a challenging sport), and awkward phrasing like "which can made you an professional player" (which can make you a professional player). Despite these errors, meaning remains clear, fitting the Band 6.0 descriptor well.
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