Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-24

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 6.5)

Dear Michelle,

I am writing this letter to inform you about the new sports club "The Sports and Recreational Activity Club" that has been opened few days before. I got to know that you are trying to learn a new sport and this place will be most suitable for you.

The club offers various sports and other recreational activities that might interest you but table tennis is one such sport that would immediately draw your attention, and i would definitely like to recommend you this sport. Different coaches are available there for different age groups and they all are advanced level champions. This would be a great help for you to learn such a sport easily.

I was planning to get membership for the same and if you are interested, I will get both of us registered today itself. Together, we would be able to learn this sport faster and can be each others partners when the members are few.

Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Yours lovingly,

George Mathew

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you recommend table tennis, explain that the club has coaches, and invite Michelle to register and learn with you. The advice is relevant and the purpose is clear. The club’s coaches and your offer to join together provide useful support, but some details remain general: for example, you do not explain how lessons work, when they take place, or what a beginner could do to get started. The suggestion that you could be partners “when the members are few” is also unclear. This covers the task well overall, while fuller practical details and a clearer explanation of the shared-learning benefit would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The email has a clear overall sequence: you introduce the club, recommend a sport, explain the coaching, and then propose joining together. Paragraphing helps separate these stages, and the opening and closing make the message recognisable as a personal email. Some links are less smooth or precise, however. The first paragraph focuses on the club before clearly connecting it to Michelle’s request, and “for the same” and “when the members are few” make the final paragraph harder to follow. The repeated use of “sport” and “club” also makes the flow somewhat mechanical. Use clearer references and transitions, and organise the practical learning advice before the invitation.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for the topic, including “coaches,” “age groups,” “membership,” and “registered,” so the reader can understand your recommendation. There are also attempts at more formal or less common phrasing, such as “recreational activities” and “advanced level champions,” but some combinations are unnatural or imprecise. “Opened few days before” and “get membership for the same” do not sound idiomatic, while “partners when the members are few” does not clearly express your intended meaning. Choose familiar, natural collocations rather than adding formality where it is not needed. More precise vocabulary for lessons, beginner instruction, and practice would make the advice clearer and more flexible.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the relative clause in “a sport that would immediately draw your attention” and the conditional invitation, “if you are interested, I will get both of us registered.” Meaning is generally clear, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “has been opened few days before” needs an article and a more suitable time expression, and “Looking forward to hear from you” requires a gerund after “to.” The sentence beginning “Together, we would be able to learn…” also shifts from “would be able” to “can” without a consistent structure. Review articles, verb patterns, and parallel forms, and check capitalisation of “I.”

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