Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)
Dear Alex,
I hope you're doing well.I got your message about learning a new sport in your summer vacation,which is quite exciting.
As per my suggestion,you should definietly go for badminton coaching in town. As i am aware, you always had curiosity and interest about this sport. In addition, badminton will help you to get stronger physically and mentally.
There is a best place in barrie where you can go and learn this. The name of the place is "community sports complex", located in middle of town.Moreover it will be walking distance from your home. Apart from that it has well educated trainer and staff in affordable charges.
You know what, let's do this together,it will be more fun if we both attend classes at the same time. I will text you my weekly schedule and we can decide accordingly. It will be best summer vacation for us.
I will wait for your reply , see you soon! Take care
Alexa
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 7.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0
The candidate successfully covers all three bullet points required in the prompt. First, a suitable sport (badminton) is clearly recommended along with reasons regarding physical and mental benefits. Second, the response explains how and where the friend could learn this sport by mentioning the 'community sports complex' and noting affordable charges and trainers. Third, the suggestion to learn together is clearly made with a proposed plan to share weekly schedules. The tone is appropriately friendly and informal for a General Training email. Ideas are well-developed and the task is fully addressed. Therefore, this warrants a solid band score.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The letter is logically organised into clear paragraphs, each serving a distinct purpose corresponding to the bullet points and salutations. Cohesive devices such as 'As per my suggestion', 'In addition', 'Moreover', and 'Apart from that' are used to connect ideas, although spacing and punctuation around these connectors occasionally show minor mechanical faults (e.g., missing spaces after commas and periods, such as 'summer vacation,which' and 'town.Moreover'). Paragraphing is sufficient and appropriate, maintaining clear overall progression throughout the email. Referencing is generally clear and easy to follow.
Lexical Resource: Band 6.5
The candidate demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for an informal recommendation letter, using terms such as 'curiosity', 'affordable charges', and 'weekly schedule'. There are some attempts at less common lexical items, although minor spelling errors occur, such as 'definietly' instead of 'definitely', and capitalization lapses like 'barrie' instead of 'Barrie'. Word choice is generally appropriate and communicative, meaning that despite these occasional slips, the reader has no difficulty understanding the message.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0
The writing features a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional and relative clauses ('which is quite exciting', 'where you can go and learn this'). There are several grammatical and punctuation inaccuracies, including missing spaces after punctuation marks, inconsistent spacing around commas, and awkward phrasing like 'As i am aware' (capitalisation of 'I') and 'There is a best place' (should be 'the best place'). However, these errors do not impede communication, and the majority of sentences remain clear.
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