Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-22

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 Juliet,

I hope you are doing well. I'm writing to suggest a sport that I think you will be interested in learning since you asked for my advice the last time we met.

I think that you should try learning how to play basketball. Reasons being that you are tall, so this is an opportunity to put your height to good use. Additionally, I believe that you'll find out that it is an easier sport to learn compared to others. If you are interested in lerning it, there is a sport club at the entrance of your street and they offer classes in basketball. I believe that the class schedule will fit into your schedule because they offer weekend classes.

Guess what? I'm currently enrolled in the weekend classes. So, I believe it will be fun to attend this training with you,as we can practice and share updates with each other. And we can motivate each other so that none of us will stop half way.

I hope you give us this opportunity to learn this sport together. Take care of yourself.

Best regards,

Gift

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 8.0

You address all three requirements clearly: basketball is recommended, the nearby club and its weekend classes explain how Juliet can learn, and your own enrolment makes the invitation to join you convincing. The personal reason—“you are tall”—also makes the recommendation relevant to your friend, while the closing reinforces the shared plan. These details develop the purpose of the email well. To make the advice even more complete, briefly explain what a beginner might do in the classes, such as practising basic skills or learning the rules. Overall, the response is focused, appropriately personal, and covers the requested points with only a small opportunity for further detail.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The email follows a clear progression: you introduce your purpose, recommend basketball and explain where to learn it, then invite Juliet to attend with you before closing. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages, and links such as “Additionally” and “So” make the relationships between ideas easy to follow. The friendly opening and sign-off also suit the email format. Some linking is a little formulaic, particularly the repeated use of “I believe,” and the transition from the club’s schedule to your own enrolment could be smoother. Varying these links and using a clearer reference to the classes would make the flow more natural, while preserving the effective overall organisation.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

Your vocabulary is adequate for this friendly email and communicates the recommendation and invitation clearly. Phrases such as “put your height to good use,” “weekend classes,” and “motivate each other” are relevant and help personalise the message. However, some wording is imprecise or less natural: “Reasons being that” is awkward, and “an easier sport to learn compared to others” makes a broad comparison without specifying the basis. There is also a spelling error in “lerning.” Aim for more precise collocations and a little more variety instead of repeating “I believe.” These issues do not prevent understanding, but more accurate and natural word choices would strengthen the overall impression.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more developed structures, including the reason clause “since you asked for my advice” and the conditional “If you are interested in learning it.” Most sentences communicate their meaning clearly, and the reader can follow the advice without difficulty. Some grammatical and punctuation slips remain. “Reasons being that you are tall” is a fragment rather than a complete sentence, and “with you,as” needs a space after the comma. The sentence beginning “I believe that the class schedule…” also repeats “schedule,” which makes its structure less controlled. To improve, check that each sentence has a complete main clause and proofread punctuation and sentence construction, while continuing to use varied sentence forms.

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