Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You live in a small apartment building with a parking lot in back, and you often cannot find an empty parking space when you get home from work.

Write a letter to your landlord. In your letter
• describe the situation.
• explain why it bothers you.
• suggest something the landlord could do to solve the problem.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ____

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear landlord,

I am writing to let you know about the problem i face everyday, finding the parking in parking lot.

I have been facing this parking problem every time when i get back to work. I work in construction and i get very tired working after work due to standing all day and my work consist of heavy lifting and physical work. After all that, when i get back from work and not able to find any parking in the parking lot gives me stress and i have to go around the apartment building to park my car on the street .

I would like to make a suggestion that, each parking should have number which is assigned to specific person living in an apartment. If somebody park at other"s spot they should be fined. by doing that we can get rid of this problem.

Yours sincerely,

Parvinder Singh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you describe repeatedly finding no space, explain that you are tired after physically demanding construction work and must park on the street, and propose assigning numbered spaces and fining people who use another resident’s spot. These details make the complaint relevant and give the landlord a practical solution. The explanation of the inconvenience is more developed than the proposal, however: you could clarify how spaces would be allocated and what should happen if residents have more than one vehicle or visitors need to park. The request would also be more effective with a direct, polite closing appeal asking the landlord to consider introducing the system.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: it introduces the problem, explains its effect, and then offers a solution. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “After all that” connect your work-related fatigue to the parking difficulty. Some links are less smooth, particularly the repeated use of “when I get back from work,” and the long sentence beginning “After all that” contains several ideas that would be clearer if divided. The final suggestion also moves quickly from numbered spaces to fines without explaining the steps between them. Use a few more precise transitions and develop the solution in a logical order to make the progression more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary communicates the main situation, including “construction,” “heavy lifting,” “parking lot,” and “fined.” However, the range is limited and several phrases are repetitive or imprecise, such as “parking problem,” “find any parking,” and “get back from work.” Some combinations sound unnatural, including “finding the parking in parking lot” and “my work consist of heavy lifting and physical work.” These choices do not prevent the reader from understanding your complaint, but they make the letter less natural and precise. Aim for more varied, accurate expressions for the lack of spaces, the physical demands of your job, and the inconvenience caused by parking on the street.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main meaning remains clear. Some grammatical errors are noticeable, especially in the opening and the long sentence about returning home: “the problem i face everyday, finding the parking” needs a clearer clause structure, while “when i get back from work and not able to find” lacks a subject and auxiliary. There are also errors in agreement and sentence boundaries, as in “my work consist” and “by doing that we can get rid of this problem.” Capitalise “I,” use complete clauses, and check verb forms and punctuation. Breaking the longest sentence into two would improve accuracy while preserving your explanation.

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