Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

Dear landlord,

I hope you are doing well, i am writting this letter regarding i cannot find empty parking space whenever i go to home from work.

As you know that i go to work from morning 1 pm to 9 pm and i am the last guy who come to apartment as my other neighbour come early from the work as i am the last person who comes in the apartment so oftenly i dont get space for parking my vehical. Then i need to go 3 miles away from my apartment to park somewhere in empty place or somewhere, sometimes i need to pay and park for that night so it is so much irrelevant and bothering me and also sometimes i got late for my work to reach to my car and get to work.

So i kindly request you to solve the problem and my recommendation is to give me a block of place near aprtment where i can park my vehical.

Your sincerly,

Tennant

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you explain that you often find no space after work, describe the inconvenience of parking several miles away and sometimes paying, and propose that the landlord allocate you a space near the building. These details make the complaint relevant and understandable. However, the impact on you is clearer than the practical circumstances: the work schedule and why you are usually the last resident to arrive are expressed confusingly, and the request for a “block of place” is not specific about how spaces might be allocated. Develop the solution with a practical option, such as assigning spaces or introducing a permit system, and make the letter’s purpose and request more precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The letter follows a broadly sensible order: it introduces the parking problem, explains its effects, and ends with a request. This gives the reader an overall path through your message. However, most of the explanation is packed into one very long paragraph and several ideas run together, particularly the work schedule, neighbours’ arrival times, and the consequences of parking elsewhere. Linking words such as “as,” “then,” and “so” are repeated or used where the relationship between ideas is unclear. Separate the situation, its effects, and your proposed solution into distinct paragraphs, and use clearer transitions such as “As a result” and “I would therefore suggest.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main issue, including “parking space,” “pay and park,” and “solve the problem.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which makes parts of the letter less natural. For example, “go to home,” “empty place,” and “irrelevant and bothering me” do not express the intended meaning precisely; “vehicle” and “apartment” are also misspelled. Aim for standard phrases such as “get home,” “park elsewhere,” and “inconvenient and frustrating.” More precise language for the proposed arrangement, such as “designated parking space,” would also make your request clearer and more formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to combine ideas in longer sentences, and the reader can generally understand the main message. However, the response relies heavily on long, joined clauses, and errors in sentence structure, verb forms, articles, and punctuation sometimes make the details difficult to follow. For instance, “i am the last guy who come to apartment” has problems with agreement and article use, while “sometimes i got late for my work to reach to my car” has an unclear grammatical structure. Capitalise “I,” use consistent present-tense forms for a recurring situation, and divide long sentences into shorter, complete ones. Practising accurate complex sentences with “because” and “as a result” would help you express causes and effects more clearly.

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