Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-21
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 6.5)
Dear Eran,
I hope you are fit and fine. Thank you for asking to me about the new sports activity you want to learn in my hometown.
I would like to recommend you that you should learn how to play cricket as cricket is the most popular and common game in India. I believe that this sports gonna teach you different things especially it will help you to stay phsically mentally fit.
You can learn about cricket from different academies which are availble in the town, one of the famous institution is Rohit Sharma Cricket Academy which is run by its founder and a former Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma.
Most of the members from our society play this sports game so i think all of neighbour hoods frirend will help you in learning about it or after my work in the evening we both can go to the ground in our hometown where i can teach you as much i know or rest we both will learn from senior cricketers overthere.
See you soon.
Your lovingly
Ajay
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5
The response covers all three bullet points from the prompt effectively. You successfully recommend cricket to your friend Eran, explain how he can learn through local academies like the Rohit Sharma Cricket Academy, and suggest learning together either with neighborhood friends or with your direct help in the evenings. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly for an email to a friend. The ideas are clearly relevant and well-developed, satisfying the requirements for Band 6.5 to 7.0. However, to reach a higher band, the explanation of how to learn could have been slightly more elaborated with specific details about scheduling or equipment, but overall the task is well satisfied.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5
The email has a clear logical progression, moving naturally from the opening greetings to the recommendation, the learning methods, the suggestion to learn together, and finally the sign-off. Paragraphing is used reasonably well to separate different ideas, although some paragraphs could be broken down further for optimal readability. Cohesive devices such as 'I would like to', 'Most of the members', and 'or after my work' are used to connect ideas, though referencing can occasionally feel a bit repetitive (e.g., frequent use of 'and' and 'so'). Overall, the arrangement is coherent and easy to follow, supporting a solid Band 6.5 performance.
Lexical Resource — Band 6.0
You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using terms like 'recommend', 'popular', 'founding', and 'academies'. However, there are some noticeable lexical and collocational errors that prevent a higher score, such as 'asking to me' instead of 'asking me', 'sports gonna teach' instead of 'sport is going to teach', 'phsically mentally fit' (spelling and missing conjunction), and 'neighbour hoods frirend'. Despite these occasional slips, communication is never impeded, and the vocabulary is sufficient to convey your meaning clearly, placing this response firmly in the Band 6 category.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0
The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional and relative clauses ('academies which are availble in the town', 'where i can teach you'). There are, however, several grammatical and punctuation errors throughout the text, including missing capitalization ('i', 'neighbour hoods'), minor preposition issues ('asking to me'), and run-on sentence structures connected by 'so' or 'or' without proper punctuation. While these errors occur regularly, they do not impede communication, allowing the reader to easily follow your message. This demonstrates the characteristics of Band 6 grammar.
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