Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-31
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 Rossie
I hope u are doing well. I am very gald to listen that you are moving in my hometown . As a sports lover, i mostly perfer to learn swimming as a new sport . in my areas, government start new initatives to enhance the new swimmers in our city. Thus they started new free program where trained gold medalist swimmers are present to learn this skill . this course is specially for beginners.
The timing of this course is very flexible . u can attend the 3 clasess in a weak at anytime. But before coming the class, u have to fix the schedule with your tutor.
i will also suggest to join this classes from next weak because i already enrolled in this course . Thus we would spend some quality time together and enjoy this free opporunities to learn this life saving skill.
your loving friend
Jashan
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 7.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5
You address all three requested points: swimming is recommended, the free beginner course and its trained instructors explain how Rossie can learn, and you invite your friend to join you. The advice is relevant and the friendly purpose is clear, especially in “we would spend some quality time together.” The course details—three classes a week and arranging a schedule with the tutor—also make the suggestion practical. To strengthen the response further, develop the recommendation with a little more personal reasoning, such as why swimming would suit Rossie specifically, and clarify how to enrol or where the classes take place. The ideas are clear and supported, though some details remain general.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The message follows a sensible order: you introduce the move and sport, explain the course arrangements, then invite Rossie to attend with you. This gives the email a clear overall progression, and linking expressions such as “Thus” and “But” help connect ideas. However, the paragraphing is limited, and “Thus” is used repeatedly where a more natural link or a new sentence would improve flow. Some references are also unclear, as in “join this classes,” and the transition from the government programme to your personal recommendation could be smoother. Use separate paragraphs for the recommendation, practical learning details, and invitation, with varied, precise linking and reference.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “beginners,” “trained,” “flexible,” and “life saving skill,” so the reader can understand the main advice. There is also an attempt to use more specific expressions such as “gold medalist swimmers” and “quality time.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “gald,” “perfer,” “initatives,” and “opporunities,” and some phrases are not natural in context, such as “listen that you are moving” and “in my areas.” These inaccuracies make the language less fluent and occasionally require the reader to interpret your meaning. Build accuracy with common collocations and check spelling before sending the email.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
You communicate the main message using both short statements and some longer sentences, for example, “Thus they started new free program where trained gold medalist swimmers are present to learn this skill.” This shows an attempt to connect ideas and explain details. However, grammatical errors occur across the response, and the range of sentence structures is limited. Examples include “government start” and “you are moving,” where verb forms or agreement need attention, as well as “join this classes” and “before coming the class,” which show problems with number and article/preposition patterns. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent. Practise accurate present and past forms, articles, and plural agreement, then proofread each sentence.
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