Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

Dear Raj,

How are you Raj. I hope you are doing well. Besides I would like to suggest one outdoor game which would be more suitable to play in your leisure time.

Firstly, the name of that sport is a cricket, I know you never played this sport. Furthermore, if you will play a cricket, not only beneficial for your health but also gain interest towards an outdoor activities.

In addition, I would like to suggest you to join our college's sport and fitness group which created to motivate people for sport. Moreover, you should start to watch live cricket matches which are the best option to acquire huge amount of knowledge about cricket.

Lastly, I am also very keen to play cricket with someone in my free time. So, I would be grateful if you will become my teammate and we both can play togather and share our experience.

Your friend, Rahul.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three parts of the task: you recommend cricket, suggest joining a sports group and watching matches to learn, and invite Raj to play with you. The purpose and friendly relationship are clear, and the advice is relevant. The learning suggestions are useful, though they are somewhat general: for example, you could explain how the group provides coaching or where and when you could practise. The invitation to become your teammate also supports the final requirement, but a specific plan would make it more convincing. Overall, the response covers the task clearly and extends its ideas, although some details are broad rather than fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The email has a clear sequence: it introduces the recommendation, gives ways to learn, and ends with an invitation. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “In addition,” and “Lastly” make the progression visible. This is a coherent overall arrangement, with some effective linking between ideas. However, the connectors are somewhat mechanical and repetitive, and “Besides” does not fit naturally as the transition after the greeting. The opening also repeats Raj’s name immediately. To strengthen cohesion, use fewer formulaic transitions and connect ideas more naturally, while making references such as “that sport” clear without repeatedly restating the same information.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main advice, with relevant terms such as “outdoor,” “fitness group,” “live cricket matches,” and “teammate.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations sound unnatural, which keeps the message from being consistently clear and idiomatic. For example, “play a cricket” and “gain interest towards” do not express the intended meaning naturally; “acquire huge amount of knowledge” is also awkward. There are spelling errors in “togather” and “sport” where the plural is needed. Aim to learn common phrases for giving advice and discussing sport, and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of sentence patterns, including the “not only … but also” construction and a conditional invitation, so the message is not limited to short simple sentences. However, complex structures are often inaccurate, and errors occur in basic sentence forms as well. Examples include “How are you Raj” without the appropriate punctuation, “if you will play” where the conditional form is unsuitable, and “which created” without a finite verb such as “was created.” There are also article and agreement problems in “a cricket” and “an outdoor activities.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the main message, but they make the writing less controlled. Practise accurate conditional clauses and article/plural agreement.

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