Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-08

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 John,

I hope you are doing well. I received your letter last week in which you asked me for my opinion about learning a new sport. I am glad that you have taken this into consideration.

I am aware of that you are extremely good at running and overall your physical fitness is upto the mark as well. From my perspective, football practice has become very trending these days. It is a game of efficiency, teamwork and patience.

It will be definitely suitable for you to learn this amazing sport.

Nowadays, many sport academies offers short training programmes to help develop skills needed to excel in this type of sport. Their primary goal is to build fitness and stamina of the body. Moreover, their secondary objective is to develop character and personality which is an integral part of sportsmanship.

I am also intrested in learning football and may be we can manage it together. I recently came to know about an academy that offers sponsership and allows to play on domestic level after training. We can visit it together perhaps sometime.

Let me know about your thoughts on this proposal.

Kind regards,

Arzoo

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you recommend football, explain that an academy offers training, and invite John to learn with you. Your friendly purpose is maintained throughout, and the suggestion to visit the academy together gives the email a practical next step. The explanation of why football suits John is relevant, especially the reference to his running and fitness, but it is brief; you could connect these strengths more specifically to the demands of football. The academy details are also somewhat general, and the claims about building character and offering sponsorship could be explained or made more directly useful to John. Developing these points with a concrete detail, such as a beginner class or training schedule, would make the advice more fully supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The email has a clear progression: you acknowledge John's request, recommend a sport, describe a way to learn it, and end with an invitation and a polite closing. Paragraphing helps separate these stages, while phrases such as “Moreover” and “I recently came to know” guide the reader through the information. The overall organisation is easy to follow. At times, however, the links feel a little formulaic, and the transition from the benefits of sportsmanship to the academy's sponsorship offer is abrupt. You could improve the flow by linking each detail more directly to John's decision—for example, explain how the academy's programme would help a beginner. The final invitation is clear, though a more specific proposed time or next step would strengthen the ending.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for a friendly email, including topic-related terms such as “training programmes,” “fitness and stamina,” and “sportsmanship.” These choices communicate your ideas, and the tone is generally appropriate. You also attempt less common expressions, but some are inaccurate or unnatural: “very trending” would be more naturally expressed as “increasingly popular,” and “good at running” could be “a strong runner.” There are also spelling errors in “intrested” and “sponsership,” and “upto the mark” is not conventionally written as one word. Some phrases, such as “efficiency” to describe football, are not quite precise in context. Focus on accurate collocations and proofread spelling to make your vocabulary more natural and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the relative clause in “in which you asked me” and the purpose clause “to help develop skills.” Most ideas remain clear, and the email is readable. Some grammatical errors persist, however. For example, “I am aware of that” needs a different construction (“I am aware that” or “I know that”), and “many sport academies offers” has a subject–verb agreement error. In “allows to play,” the verb needs an object or a passive form, such as “allows students to play.” The sentence beginning “It will be definitely suitable” also has awkward adverb placement. Greater control of agreement, verb patterns, and word order, alongside the complex structures you already attempt, would improve accuracy.

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