Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-07

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 Amanda,

I hope you are fine? How is everything going on with you lately?

I got your message on my recommendation on a new sport activty you would like to learn and I must say I have a couple of them in mind. Amongst all the sports i have in mind i would recomment the lawn tennis.This would suit you so well as your height gives you an advantage.

There is a sport complex very close to your estate and I was told they have a session for beginners. You should register with them for as low as five thousand naira and you can get access three times a week. I understand your job can be demanding during the weekdays so you can apply for the weekend session.

I also have an interest in learning lawn tennis by next month so I want to propose that we register together for the classes.

I am looking forward to hearing from you very soon.

Your Friend,

Omas

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you recommend lawn tennis, explain that a nearby sports complex offers beginner sessions, and invite Amanda to enrol with you. The recommendation is supported with a personal reason—her height may be an advantage—and the practical details about fees, frequency and weekend classes make the advice useful. Your purpose and friendly tone remain clear throughout. To develop the ideas more fully, explain briefly what makes tennis suitable beyond height, or add a detail about what beginners will learn in the sessions. The learning advice is helpful but could be more specific about how to register or what equipment is needed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The email follows a clear, logical progression: greeting and context, recommendation, practical learning arrangements, shared participation, and a closing. Paragraphing separates the main stages effectively, and links such as “so” and “so well” help connect ideas. The reader can follow the message without difficulty. To make the flow more polished, use a clearer transition between the recommendation and the sports-complex information, and avoid relying on “so” to express different relationships. The opening questions could also be followed more naturally by the reason for writing, so the email feels less like a sequence of separate points.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for a friendly advice email, and phrases such as “session for beginners,” “demanding during the weekdays,” and “weekend session” communicate practical information. You also use an appropriate informal register. However, some spelling and word-choice errors reduce accuracy, including “activty,” “recomment,” and “Amongst all the sports i have in mind.” “On my recommendation on a new sport” is also an awkward collocation. Aim for more natural phrasing and check spelling and capitalisation carefully. A few precise expressions for describing the sport or the learning process would add flexibility without making the email sound overly formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, including “I understand your job can be demanding during the weekdays so you can apply for the weekend session.” Most of the message is understandable, and errors rarely interfere with its meaning. Some grammatical and punctuation issues remain: “I hope you are fine?” is better formed as a statement or a direct question, and the long sentence beginning “I understand” needs clearer punctuation between its clauses. The phrase “I got your message on my recommendation” also has an unclear grammatical relationship. Review question forms, clause boundaries and sentence punctuation to make your otherwise clear message more controlled.

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