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 Ron,

i hope you are doing well. i would like to discuss multiple things with you, right now i want to to tell you something we can start in out summer vaccation togerther that we both learn. i am taking about baseball. you told me many times already that how much you love to watch baseball and most of the times we book ticket to watch match in stadium. we love to support blue jays . our summer vacations starts from next week. i am wondring if we can join a local team in our area. i already went there and took every information about game, cost, time, days off.

i talked with manager of that group who will arrange all equipments that we needed to play in very reasonable prices also if we want they will provide extra trainning for baseball which directly lead to profection.

i look forword of your reply and we will join that academy so we can learn new sport together and also this acedemy will provide reference to direct canadian team if we well play and well practice.

thank you so much for your time.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response covers all three bullet points from the prompt effectively. You successfully recommended baseball as a suitable sport for your friend Ron, referenced your shared interest in watching the Blue Jays, and explained how to learn it by joining a local team that provides equipment and training. Furthermore, you explicitly suggested that you both learn it together during the summer vacation. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly for a general training email. Although the ideas are clear and relevant, some points could be slightly more extended to reach a higher band level, but all requirements are fully addressed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The email has a clear purpose and an overall logical arrangement, with a standard informal greeting and closing. However, the paragraphing is quite weak, as the entire body of the email is clustered into very dense and overly long blocks of text instead of being separated into clear, readable paragraphs for each bullet point. Cohesive devices are also somewhat basic and occasionally repetitive (e.g., 'also', 'and'), making the flow feel slightly mechanical in places. Referencing is generally clear, but better paragraph breaks and a wider range of linking words would significantly improve the structural organisation.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate vocabulary range to communicate your ideas about sports and training, using terms like 'equipment', 'reasonable prices', and 'academy'. However, there are notable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, such as 'vaccation' instead of vacation, 'togerther', 'wondring', 'trainning', 'profection' instead of perfection, 'forword', and 'acedemy'. While these spelling slips and minor lexical inaccuracies do not totally impede communication, they reflect limitations in control and place the response firmly in the band 6 category.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writing displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'you told me many times already that how much you love to watch baseball...' and 'if we want they will provide extra trainning...'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors, punctuation issues, and a lack of capitalization at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns (e.g., 'i', 'blue jays', 'canadian'). Run-on sentences and missing articles also occur throughout the text (e.g., 'took every information', 'we well play'). These errors require the reader to occasionally work harder to follow the exact meaning, warranting a band 5.5 score.

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