Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-11

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 Adam,

I was so delightful to hear from you and I hope you are doing great. I am really happy that you want to explore your horizon of learning and want to learn a new sport this summer.

As per my recommendation, badminton would be a great fit for you as you want to focus more on you mobility. Moreover, we had discussed you want to learn how to move your body in rythm, this sport will be suitable for your goals.

Although, there are many ways to learn it but my personal favourite would be going to the badminton court and try playing with someone more experienced than you. However, you can also work with a coach during your summer break to excel in your progess.

Moreover, we can also plan to play together whenever we both have vacant time in our schedule. This will be immensely helpful for your practice as well as my entertainment.

Hoping to hear back from you soon.

Your friend,

Mehak

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The email addresses all three requested points: you recommend badminton, explain that your friend could practise with a more experienced player or a coach, and invite Adam to play with you. The recommendation is linked to his goals of improving mobility and learning to move rhythmically, which makes the advice relevant and personal. The ideas are clear and supported, although the learning advice could be more specific—for example, you could mention beginner lessons, basic drills, or how often to practise. The invitation to learn together is also clear, but explaining how you would arrange regular sessions would develop it further. Overall, the response fulfils the task with a consistent, appropriate purpose.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The message follows a clear progression: it opens warmly, gives the recommendation and reasons, explains ways to learn, and ends with a joint invitation and sign-off. Paragraphing helps the reader distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “Moreover” and “However” make relationships between ideas visible. At times, though, the transitions feel repetitive or slightly mechanical, particularly the repeated use of “Moreover.” “Although” at the start of the learning paragraph also sets up a contrast that is not fully developed. To make the flow more natural, vary the transitions and connect each suggestion more directly to the previous point. The overall organisation remains easy to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for a friendly email, including relevant terms such as “badminton court,” “experienced,” “coach,” and “practice.” Phrases like “a great fit” and “summer break” suit the informal context. There are also attempts at less common or more expressive wording, but some choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “I was so delightful” confuses the adjective forms, “explore your horizon” is an awkward expression, and “vacant time in our schedule” is not idiomatic here. Spelling slips such as “rythm” and “progess” also reduce accuracy. Aim for natural collocations and check spelling so that your vocabulary sounds precise as well as varied.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The email includes a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, including the reason clause in “as you want to focus more on your mobility” and the conditional-style suggestion about playing together. The meaning is generally clear, and errors rarely prevent understanding. Some grammatical problems remain, however. In “Although, there are many ways to learn it but…,” the concessive structure is incorrectly combined with “but”; use one construction, such as “Although there are many ways to learn, my favourite is…”. “We had discussed you want to learn” also needs a clearer clause structure, for example, “We discussed that you wanted to learn…”. Review adjective forms and punctuation around introductory clauses to improve control.

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