Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-20
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,
I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter because currently you are living in my town so I will suggest you to learn a new sport.
Firstly, I would like to mention that cricket is a well known sport, which is played by everyone not in just my home town yet in all around the globe. I believe that you will learn it quickly. However, you will make some new friends.
Secondly, I would like to explain that you can learn this sport by communicate with local people especially teenagers because it is really a well known sport amoung them.
Lastly, we both can play or learn it together since you live near by me and we can adjust our schedule. I am free on weekends. if we play it together then I think it will enhance our bonding and we can explore new things togeather.
I look forward to hear from you.
Thank you for your valuable time.
Your friend,
Sarbjit Kaur.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 7.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0
The candidate successfully covers all three bullet points required in the general training task. First, a suitable sport (cricket) is explicitly recommended to the friend. Second, an explanation of how to learn the sport is provided through communicating with local people and teenagers. Third, a suggestion to learn and play together is clearly made, with mentions of flexible schedules and weekends. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly throughout the letter. The ideas are relevant and adequately developed to fulfil the communicative purpose of the task. The prompt's requirements are fully met, earning a solid band score for this criterion.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The letter is logically organised with a clear beginning and ending. The student uses standard paragraphing to separate different points, starting with an introduction, followed by individual paragraphs for each bullet point, and a concluding sign-off. Cohesive devices such as 'Firstly', 'Secondly', and 'Lastly' are used to structure the response, although they are somewhat mechanical. Referencing is generally clear, though occasional transitional links feel a bit forced, such as 'I am writing this letter because currently you are living in my town so I will suggest you to learn a new sport.' Overall, the message flows reasonably well and demonstrates a coherent structure.
Lexical Resource — Band 6.0
The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task. Phrases like 'well known sport', 'all around the globe', and 'enhance our bonding' communicate the intended meaning effectively. However, there are noticeable lexical inaccuracies and awkward word choices, such as 'communicate with local people' instead of 'communicating' or 'by talking', and spelling/hyphenation errors like 'amoung' (among) and 'togeather' (together). While the vocabulary used is sufficient to achieve the task, these recurring errors prevent the response from achieving a higher band.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some variety in grammatical structures (e.g., 'cricket is a well known sport, which is played by everyone...'). However, there are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings throughout the text. For example, 'because currently you are living in my town so I will suggest you' is grammatically incorrect and repetitive, 'near by me' should be 'near me', and 'I look forward to hear' should be 'I look forward to hearing'. Punctuation errors also appear, such as lowercase 'if' after a period. These errors do not impede overall communication, but they lower the accuracy score.
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