Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-17
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 5.0)
Hello Gurdeep,
I hope you are doing well. I told about the football sport which is start in our hometown recently. This sport start in main stadium which is very close to my home and he can easily reach there by using public transportation. I suggest to my friend to learn foodball which is the international game. if he play this game, he can easily win the price from national and international which is more beneficial for his future growth. Moreover, he learn this game to enroll in stadium academy because they give practical and therotical classes to teach it. I would also learn this game because i have lot an interst in this game. So we will enroll in this stadium to learn to because we will go there together and enjoy our company. As if we will miss something important to learn from stadium, we will ask from each other.
I hope we will get enroll in stadium sports and meet as soon as possible.
Yours lovely,
Gagn Batth
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response covers all three bullet points required in the task instructions. The writer recommends football, explains how to learn it by enrolling in the stadium academy, and suggests learning it together. However, there are significant flaws in the execution, particularly regarding tone, perspective shifts, and reader address. The writer confusingly shifts between addressing the friend directly ('he can easily reach') and referring to the friend in the third person. Furthermore, some ideas are repetitious and lack full development. Despite these limitations, the purpose of the communication is generally discernible, earning a Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text suffers from a lack of proper paragraphing, presented as a single dense block of text apart from the sign-off, which disrupts the logical flow. While basic cohesive devices such as 'Moreover', 'So', and 'As' are attempted, referencing is frequently faulty and confusing (e.g., mixing 'you', 'he', and 'i'). The overall progression of ideas is disjointed due to abrupt transitions and unclear pronoun antecedents. This places the response firmly within the Band 5 range for Coherence and Cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic, repetitive, and restricted to simple everyday language ('very close', 'international game', 'good company'). There are noticeable lexical inaccuracies and awkward collocations, such as 'told about the football sport which is start' and 'get enroll in stadium sports'. The writer attempts some less common terms like 'transportation' and 'theoretical', but these are accompanied by spelling errors ('therotical', 'foodball'). The range is minimally adequate for the task, but errors in word choice occasionally cause confusion, justifying a Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, relying heavily on basic, repetitive sentence structures joined by simple conjunctions. There are frequent and systematic grammatical errors throughout the text, including tense confusion ('which is start', 'he learn'), missing articles ('in main stadium'), and incorrect prepositional usage ('enroll in this stadium'). Complex structures are attempted with conditionals ('if he play this game', 'As if we will miss'), but these are structurally flawed and often obscure meaning. The frequency of errors makes reading difficult, matching the Band 4.0 descriptors.
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