Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-12

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 Daman,

I hope you doing great,

I am writing for give you advice about learning new sprot badminton. That sprot would be sutaible for you beacuse you can easliy gain knowldege. Badminton is a game played by two players. They used recokts to hit a shuttlecocak on the net.So, you can learn easliy.

You can learn this sprot from the academy, which is in our town.When you are free you can go there and continous your practice. They fully help you to learn this game. The fees of academy is very cheap and they provides all language trainer. You have personal trainer their who teach you and correct your mistakes.

If you want we can learn together. We do lot of enjoy during the learning session and playing game together. I think my company is not boared you. So, I will enroll next month you can aslo enroll with me.

Thankyou for asking my advice.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you recommend badminton, explain that your friend can attend a local academy and practise with a personal trainer, and invite them to learn with you. The advice is relevant and the purpose of the email is clear. Some details are less fully developed, however. For example, “you can learn easily” does not explain what makes badminton especially suitable for Daman, and the academy description could be more specific about how to enrol or what a beginner’s lessons involve. The invitation is clear, but “I think my company is not boared you” makes your intended reassurance difficult to understand. Developing these points more clearly would make the response more complete and persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The email has a coherent overall arrangement: it introduces the recommendation, explains where to learn, and then suggests learning together. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages, and phrases such as “If you want” signal the move to the invitation. Some connections are mechanical or unclear, though. Repeated use of “So” and “You can” makes the explanation feel list-like, while “So, I will enroll next month you can also enroll with me” joins two ideas without a clear link. The opening and closing are present, but the final thanks could be separated more naturally from the invitation. Use a wider range of linking expressions and make the relationship between sentences explicit to improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main advice, including “badminton,” “shuttlecock,” “academy,” “practice,” and “personal trainer.” However, the range is limited and several spelling errors make the email less clear, such as “sprot,” “sutaible,” “recokts,” and “shuttlecocak.” Some word choices or phrases are also unnatural: “gain knowledge” is vague for learning a sport, and “do lot of enjoy” does not express the intended meaning naturally. These noticeable errors sometimes make the reader pause, although the main message remains understandable. Check spelling carefully and learn common collocations for sports and lessons, such as “take lessons,” “practise regularly,” and “have fun.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer structures, including “You can learn this sport from the academy, which is in our town” and “If you want we can learn together.” However, the range is limited, and errors occur in basic sentence patterns and agreement. For example, “I hope you doing great” needs a finite verb, and “I am writing for give you advice” uses an incorrect verb pattern. In “the fees of academy is very cheap and they provides,” the subject–verb agreement is inconsistent; “who teach you” also needs agreement with its subject. Punctuation is sometimes missing between sentences, as in “on the net.So.” Practise accurate verb forms, articles, and sentence boundaries before adding more complex structures.

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