Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-09

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 6.5)

Dear Tom,

I am writing this letter to address the parking issue, I am facing from last one month.

Actually, I have rotating shift and I work alternatively days and nights. But whenever, I reach home I could not find the parking space. I have discussed this matter to our neighbours and they are also facing the same problem.

This is so annoying. I have to park five minute walk from home, near Walmart. This is not safe, car theft news are all over the channel. I am paying for everything including the parking space but facing this issue everyday.

I have a suggestion, I have noticed other people who lives in apartment have lots of visitors and most of the space are occupied by them. Can you please put a sign board, where tenants and visitors park separately.

Thank you for your time and assistance to this matter. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours Faithfully,

Kate

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three requested points: you describe the recurring lack of spaces, explain that parking farther away feels unsafe and that you pay for parking, and propose separating tenant and visitor parking. The letter’s purpose is clear, and the details about your rotating shifts and neighbours experiencing the same problem help support your complaint. The proposed sign is relevant, although it would be stronger if you explained how the landlord could enforce the separation or considered another practical measure, such as permits or marked spaces. The concern about theft is understandable, but a little more detail about the inconvenience of the walk would develop the impact further. The polite opening and closing suit a letter to a landlord.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter follows a clear progression: it introduces the parking problem, explains its effects, and then offers a solution. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “Actually,” “But,” and “I have a suggestion” make the sequence easy to follow. The reader can understand how the lack of spaces affects you and why you are contacting the landlord. To make the organisation more polished, use transitions that show the relationship between ideas more precisely; for example, connect your rotating shifts directly to the difficulty of finding a space at different times. The sentence beginning “I have a suggestion” also contains several ideas that could be separated for clearer emphasis. Overall, the progression is logical, though some linking is a little mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use adequate vocabulary to explain the situation and its impact, including “rotating shift,” “parking space,” “car theft,” and “occupied.” These choices make the main message clear, and the tone is generally appropriate for a complaint to a landlord. There are some imprecise or unnatural expressions, however: “address the parking issue, I am facing” and “assistance to this matter” do not sound idiomatic, while “car theft news are all over the channel” is an awkward way to express your concern. Aim for more precise collocations and a slightly wider range of formal complaint language, such as describing spaces as “reserved” or “allocated.” These improvements would make the letter sound more fluent without changing its clear meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including “I have discussed this matter to our neighbours and they are also facing the same problem.” The overall meaning remains clear, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “I am facing from last one month” needs a present-perfect form and an article, and “whenever, I reach home I could not find” has an awkward tense relationship and unnecessary comma. Agreement is also inaccurate in “other people who lives” and “most of the space are occupied.” The sentence joining the opening clause with a comma should be separated or linked with a conjunction. Work on tense consistency, subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries; greater accuracy in these areas would make your varied sentence attempts more effective.

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