Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-29

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 Sonam,

I hope this letter finds you in a radiant health and best of spirits. I am writing this email to let you know about the sport that you can learn in our town from government school coach, without going to any sport academy.

I know you since high school and you always participated in annual sport competition and you won multiple prices in racing. So, I think football will attract you the most. You will learn football quickly, as your speed is already good, you only need to learn some tactics.

Our town has a coach who teach cricket and football to boys and also planning to make a female football team to play a state level competition next year. Furthermore, He offers classes on the weekend particularly in the evening. You can easily join it.

As you know, I played football in my high school year, but due to some reasons, I left. If you want we both can learn this sport together. This way, we can teach other some help from each other.

Hoping to hear back soon from you.

Yours lovingly,

Ramneet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three requirements: you recommend football, explain that a local coach offers weekend classes, and invite your friend to learn with you. The advice is relevant and supported by personal context, such as your friend’s success in racing and your own experience playing football. The purpose and friendly tone are clear throughout. Some details could be developed more precisely: for example, explain why football would suit your friend beyond her speed, and clarify how she can contact or join the coach’s classes. The reference to a female team preparing for a state competition adds useful context, but its connection to the learning recommendation could be made clearer. Overall, the task is covered effectively, with a few ideas that remain general.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The email follows a clear sequence: you introduce the recommendation, explain why football may suit Sonam, provide information about lessons, and finish with an invitation. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “Furthermore” and “As you know” support the progression. The closing is appropriate for a friendly email. However, some links between ideas are not fully clear. In the final paragraph, “This way” refers to learning together, but the following phrase about helping each other is difficult to interpret. The transition from the coach’s classes to the female team also feels slightly abrupt. This is a coherent overall arrangement, though clearer referencing and smoother connections would make the cohesion more flexible and precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for giving personal advice, including “participated,” “tactics,” “competition,” and “classes.” These choices communicate the main ideas, and the tone is generally suitable for a friendly email. You also attempt more expressive language in “radiant health and best of spirits,” although this phrasing is not natural in this context. Some word choices or combinations are inaccurate, such as “multiple prices” when referring to awards and “teach other some help,” which makes the intended meaning less clear. “Sport” is also repeated several times where more specific wording could add variety. Focus on natural collocations and precise expressions; this would strengthen the range you already show without changing the friendly tone.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple sentences and attempts at more complex structures, including “as your speed is already good” and “If you want we both can learn this sport together.” The message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “a coach who teach” needs subject–verb agreement, and “I know you since high school” requires a different tense construction. There are also issues with articles and sentence structure in “in my high school year” and “This way, we can teach other some help from each other.” Punctuation is occasionally missing, as after “If you want.” Work on accurate verb forms, agreement, and complete sentence patterns while retaining your attempts to connect ideas in longer sentences.

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