Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-23
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 Tanuj,
Hope this email find you well, it is a long we met. That day you asked me for my suggestion about learning a new sport. So, I thought this is the best time to discuss it as I myself is planning to learn Cricket.
I know that we do not know much about Cricket. However, I think you already know multiple sports that are way more trickier than Cricket. I will suggest you to join the Akash Cricket Academy. They are well-known for their Cricket training programme. You might remember Prof. Prashant from our college sports department, he is the assistant coach in Akash Academy. It will make you much comfortable and you can ask things to him without any hesitation.
As I mentioned earlier in the email that I am also planning to learn new sport, probably it will be better if we both learn it together. Afterall, it's been days we enrolled in any activity as a partner. I hope you will like my suggestions and respond to it as soon as possible.
Thank you and warm regards,
Owais Ansari
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5
The response covers all three bullet points of the task well. You successfully recommend cricket to your friend Tanuj, explain how he could learn it by joining the Akash Cricket Academy and seeking help from Prof. Prashant, and suggest learning the sport together as partners. The tone is appropriate for an informal email to a friend, and the purpose of the communication is entirely clear throughout. The ideas are adequately supported and extended, fulfilling the requirements for a Band 7 performance under this criterion.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The email is logically organised into clear paragraphs, starting with a friendly greeting and context, moving to the recommendation and details of the academy, and concluding with the proposal to join together. Cohesive devices are used reasonably well, such as 'However', 'As I mentioned earlier', and 'Afterall'. However, referencing is occasionally imprecise, such as 'respond to it as soon as possible' where 'it' is slightly ambiguous. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate distinct ideas, resulting in a coherent overall structure that meets the standard for Band 6.5 or a solid Band 6.
Lexical Resource: Band 6.0
The vocabulary used is generally adequate for the task, with terms related to sports and learning like 'training programme', 'assistant coach', and 'enrolled in any activity'. However, there are some noticeable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'way more trickier' (should be 'much trickier' or 'far trickier'), 'make you much comfortable' (should be 'make you much more comfortable'), and 'it is a long we met' (grammatically incomplete). Despite these errors, communication is not impeded, demonstrating the characteristics of Band 6 lexical resource.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0
You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional and relative clauses ('You might remember Prof. Prashant from our college sports department, he is the assistant coach...'). There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, including 'Hope this email find you well' (should be 'finds'), 'it is a long we met' (missing time expression), and 'as I myself is planning' (should be 'am'). Punctuation is generally acceptable, though some comma splices occur. These errors rarely impede communication, placing the response firmly at Band 6.
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