Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-22

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 5.5)

Dear sus,

How are you?Hope you are great.

I have seen your email of asking about the best sport suits for you to learn,

As i have seen you since childhood i saw your interest in tennis game.Because i seen you many times that watching every tennis match with concentration and i also remember you joined in tennis at your child time when we are in 5th standard.

I guess you are in canada now.so i already saw some places who teach you tennis and the fee structure.

i have ask my uncle to check the forther detils about tennis at that particular place.

and also its very near to your home.And i also seen that the fee per month is pretty low and reasonable.

And also the good news is im going to come canada in couple of days for my carrer purpose.

And im planning to join with you soon to learn tennis.

Hope you will be happy that we are going to do this together.

Thanks for the email.and hope to see you soon.

cheers,

Ravi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response covers all three bullet points required by the task prompt in an informal and friendly tone appropriate for a General Training Task 1 email. You successfully recommended a sport (tennis), explained how your friend could learn it by mentioning local places with reasonable fee structures and checking details with your uncle, and suggested learning it together as you plan to visit Canada soon. The purpose of the letter is clear throughout, and the ideas are relevant, though some parts could be further elaborated for a higher band. Overall, the requirements of the task are adequately fulfilled.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The email has a coherent overall arrangement and follows an informal letter format, beginning with a salutation and closing appropriately. However, paragraphing is fragmented, with many very short, single-sentence paragraphs that disrupt the natural flow and progression of ideas. Cohesive devices are basic and sometimes repetitive (e.g., the frequent use of "And also"). Referencing is generally clear, but the disjointed structure prevents the text from achieving a higher score in this criterion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for a basic social exchange, featuring general terms related to sports and daily life such as "tennis," "fee structure," and "career purpose." However, the range is limited and repetition is common, as seen with phrases like "i have seen" used multiple times. There are also noticeable word choice and collocation errors, such as "email of asking" instead of "email asking" and "joined in tennis at your child time." These inaccuracies do not prevent communication, but they restrict the lexical score to this level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The text demonstrates a mix of simple and some complex sentence forms, such as conditional or dependent clauses (e.g., "As i have seen you since childhood i saw your interest..."). However, grammatical accuracy is weak, with frequent errors in tense consistency, prepositions, and punctuation. Examples include capitalization issues ("i", "canada"), awkward phrasing ("when we are in 5th standard"), and incorrect verb forms ("i have ask my uncle", "check the forther detils"). While communication is generally maintained, these persistent errors impact the overall control of grammar.

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