Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)
Dear Kian,
How are you doing?I hope you and everyone in your family is good.I have seen your email regarding you are interested in to learn new sport.I am very glad that you are doing some physical activity during your free time.
I can recommend one sport that will be easy learning Sports. yes I am talking about cricket because for beginners this will be easy to learn. also I will share the detail of Academy where I am going to take a training every evening. which is 5 minute walk from my house. in this Academy you will get professional training by experienced coach.
I will be not there for one week due to some presentation work.I will message my coach regarding your admission when you will go there just ask my name to the coach.they will do your addmission in their academy.Also they will provide you with a cricket kit. good luck for your new sports training. see you next week.
lots of love
Rutu
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
You address the main purpose by recommending cricket, naming a nearby academy, explaining that a coach can provide training, and offering to contact the coach about your friend’s admission. The friendly opening and closing also suit an email to a friend. However, the invitation to learn together is not clearly made: saying “I will be not there for one week” and “see you next week” does not explicitly suggest that you both take up cricket together. Some details are also unclear, such as how your friend should arrange a first visit or when you could practise together. Make each requested point explicit and develop the shared-learning suggestion with a concrete plan.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a recognisable email structure, moving from a greeting and introduction to the recommendation, academy details, and a closing. This gives the reader some organisation. However, progression within the body is uneven: the shift from recommending cricket to your own absence, then to admission and equipment, feels abrupt. Several ideas are joined with full stops or run together, as in “...every evening. which is 5 minute walk...” and “...ask my name to the coach.they...”. Use separate, clearly punctuated sentences and organise the information into paragraphs—for example, one for the recommendation and another for how to enrol and learn. Clearer links between steps would make the message easier to follow.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the basic advice, including “professional training,” “experienced coach,” “cricket kit,” and “admission.” These choices help the reader understand the practical arrangements. However, several phrases are unnatural or imprecise, such as “easy learning Sports,” “share the detail of Academy,” and “take a training.” There are also spelling errors in “addmission” and “Academy” is inconsistently capitalised when used as a common noun. Aim for more natural collocations, such as “easy for beginners to learn,” “give you the academy’s details,” and “attend training.” More accurate phrasing would make the email sound more fluent and confident.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, errors occur frequently in sentence construction, agreement, verb forms, articles, and punctuation. For example, “I hope you and everyone in your family is good” has an agreement problem, while “I have seen your email regarding you are interested in to learn” uses an incorrect clause pattern. “I will be not there” also has incorrect word order, and several sentences begin with lowercase letters or are joined without a space after a full stop. Practise accurate patterns such as “I heard that you’re interested in learning...” and “I won’t be there for a week.” Short, correctly punctuated sentences would improve control.
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