Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-28

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 friend,

I hope you are doing well. i was happy to hear that you are interested to learning new sport game. i would recommended to you to learn badminton. its a great sport game and very fun.

Well, badminton is a very effortless game. In this game we need to keep eye on the shuttlecock. it is very healthy and active sport for you. you need to learn some basic rule for that from the coach. As well as you can watch the begginners video on social plateform to learn how to serve suttlecock and the howto hold the badminton.

Through this game your concentrator level will also arise.Although, this is the perfect sport to play inside or outside.

I would recommend to you hat we will play together on weekend in the park area or the outside of my house.We both learn this game and play together.it will me most funable for us as well as it is good for our health.

I think it will best idea that we both learn badminton and play together on weekend or in holidays.I will waiting for your respond that what you will think about it.

Best wishes,

Swati

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response successfully covers all the bullet points outlined in the task instructions. The student recommends a specific sport, namely badminton, explaining it as a fun, active, and effortless game. Furthermore, the writer explains how the friend can learn this sport by suggesting the use of a coach and beginners' videos on social platforms to understand rules, serving, and grip. Finally, the writer clearly suggests that they both learn and play together on the weekend in a park or outside the house. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly throughout, matching the General Training email format. The ideas are relevant and suitably extended to meet the communicative purpose, resulting in a solid performance for this criterion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The email has a clear overall progression and logical organization. The letter begins with a standard informal greeting and follows a paragraph-by-paragraph structure that addresses different parts of the prompt, concluding with an appropriate sign-off. Paragraphing is used, though some paragraphs are quite brief or broken up somewhat awkwardly, such as separating the suggestion to play together from the final concluding sentence. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'Well', 'As well as', and 'Although', though there are occasional minor inaccuracies in their application (e.g., the use of 'Although' at the start of a sentence without a contrasting clause). Nevertheless, referencing is generally clear and the relationship between ideas remains easy to follow throughout the response.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully communicating everyday ideas about sports, learning, and leisure. Words and phrases such as 'shuttlecock', 'effortless game', and 'concentrator level' are attempted. However, there are notable lexical inaccuracies and awkward word choices, such as 'interested to learning' instead of 'interested in learning', 'sport game' (redundant collocation), 'begginners video' (spelling error), 'plateform', 'suttlecock', and 'most funable' (non-standard form). Despite these errors in word formation, spelling, and collocation, the vocabulary is sufficient to convey the intended meaning without impeding communication.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional and modal structures like 'I hope you are doing well', 'I would recommended to you to learn', and 'I think it will best idea that we both learn'. Grammatical accuracy is variable. There are several recurring errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues and incorrect verb forms following modals ('I would recommended to you to learn', 'it will me most funable', 'I will waiting for your respond'). Punctuation and capitalization are also somewhat erratic, with lower-case letters used at the beginning of sentences in several instances (e.g., 'i was happy', 'it is very healthy'). While these errors are frequent, they rarely impede the overall communication of the message.

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