Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-16

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 7.0)

Dear Alex,

I heard you're looking for suggestions on learning a new sport. I can shed some light on the type of sport suitable for an Englishman like you.

I suggest you learn cricket; it is an English game that originated in England. For someone who is born and brought up in India, Cricket is a kind of sport that is very popular in the nation among people of all age groups. Also, it is a team game that will familiarize you with teamwork and coordination skills. This will be useful for you in other sports as well as in professional life.

The sport is played in every playground and gully in your town. I think you should take this sport to a competitive level by enrolling in the Cricket coaching school. I believe your previous experience of a baseball game will help you adapt to the sport and learn more quickly.

I have some free time in the evenings. If it works out for you, we can enroll in coaching lessons on the weekends. Let's gather at my house this weekend to watch a live Cricket match on TV and discuss further.

Best wishes,

Kushal.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: cricket is recommended, coaching is suggested as a way to learn, and you invite Alex to join you. The reasons—its popularity in India, its team-based nature, and Alex’s baseball experience—make the recommendation relevant and give it some support. The invitation to watch a match together also creates a friendly, appropriate purpose for the email. To develop the response further, make the learning advice more specific, such as naming a beginner class or explaining what Alex could practise first. The reference to cricket as an “English game” sits awkwardly beside the later focus on India, so clarify why it is especially suitable for Alex rather than relying on broad claims about nationality.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The email has a clear progression: you introduce the request, recommend cricket and explain its benefits, describe how to learn it, then propose doing it together. Paragraphing supports this sequence, and linking expressions such as “Also,” “I think,” and “If it works out for you” help the reader follow your points. The closing invitation to watch a match connects naturally with the sport being discussed. To make the organisation more polished, use transitions that show the relationship between ideas rather than relying on general connectors, and avoid repeating “sport” and “cricket” where a clear reference such as “the game” would work. Overall, the message is easy to follow and appropriately shaped as a personal email.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of vocabulary for the topic and friendly email, including “teamwork,” “coordination skills,” “competitive level,” and “adapt.” These choices communicate the benefits of cricket and how Alex might approach learning it. There is some awareness of tone, particularly in the conversational invitation at the end. However, a few expressions are imprecise or unnatural: “shed some light on the type of sport suitable” is rather formal and awkward here, while “take this sport to a competitive level” does not clearly describe joining coaching. “A baseball game” is also less natural than referring to baseball experience. More precise collocations and less repetition would strengthen the vocabulary while preserving the clear meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 7.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, and many sentences are controlled, such as “I believe your previous experience of a baseball game will help you adapt to the sport and learn more quickly.” The conditional phrase “If it works out for you” also suits the informal invitation. Most grammar and punctuation allow the reader to understand the message without difficulty. A few issues remain: “For someone who is born and brought up in India” would be more naturally expressed with a past participle construction, and “take this sport to a competitive level by enrolling in the Cricket coaching school” has an unclear grammatical relationship between the action and the school. Review article use and sentence phrasing to make these structures more precise.

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