Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-14

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 Amina, Today my brother was teeling me about his dreamy profession and how bad he want to get in Pakistan national team. So, i thought about You recently asked me about learning new sport. i would suggest you to learn cricket because cricket is such an entertaining sport and you know i am a big fan of cricket. i can easily acknowledge you about the basic of cricket. Cricket matchs happen after every 6 months in Pakistan. So, this also can be so entertaining to watch. If we talk about physically playing this sport than nothing could be better than this. If you still remember about my school coach who used to give us traning in different sports will teach you everything about cricket. He is swamped nowadays but he could give his student sometime. I am not that good in cricket otherwise i could teach everthing to you but i just love watching cricket. But don't worry i will not leave you alone, i will join you with that. I am on a break from my university so, don't be worry about my classes.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you recommend cricket, explain that your former school coach could teach the basics, and offer to learn alongside Amina. The personal references to your brother and your own interest also make the email relevant to a friend. However, some ideas are less fully developed than others. For example, the coach’s availability is uncertain (“he is swamped nowadays”), and you do not explain how Amina could contact him or arrange lessons. The comment that matches happen every six months is also unclear and does not directly explain how to learn the sport. Add practical details, such as where and when you could practise, to make the advice more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response follows a generally understandable order: it introduces cricket, discusses learning from a coach, and ends by offering to join in. However, the ideas are presented as one continuous block, and the opening about your brother’s career ambition does not connect clearly to the advice that follows. Several transitions, including “So” and “If we talk about,” feel mechanical or do not show the relationship between ideas precisely. The shift from watching cricket to playing it could also be made clearer. Use separate paragraphs for the recommendation, learning arrangements, and invitation, and connect each point directly to the next. This would give the email a clearer progression and make references easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main message, including “national team,” “coach,” “training,” and “physically playing.” There are also attempts at more expressive language, such as “swamped,” although it is not entirely natural in this context. Several word choices, spelling errors, and collocations reduce precision: “teeling,” “dreamy profession,” “acknowledge you about,” and “cricket matchs” are examples. These do not prevent the reader from understanding the recommendation, but they make the email less natural and sometimes require the reader to interpret your meaning. Build accuracy by learning common combinations such as “teach you the basics” and checking spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple and longer sentences, including clauses beginning with “because,” “who,” and “if,” so there is some structural variety. The main message remains understandable, but errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries occur. For instance, “how bad he want” needs a correctly formed verb, and “i would suggest you to learn” uses an incorrect pattern after “suggest.” The opening also runs several sentences together, while capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent. Practise accurate patterns such as “I suggest that you learn” and “he wants to get into the national team,” and divide the opening into complete sentences. This will improve control without sacrificing your attempts at complex structures.

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