Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-10

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 Sir or Madam,

I am writing to inform you about the consistent lack of parking space at the residence parking lot. Kindly allow me to explain my situation.

I noticed everytime I return from work there is often no space to park my car due to limited parking. For the past two weeks I have been parking outside the yard.

This is situation has been uncomfortable for me and my kids, we would have to park at a distance outside the compound and most of the time we find it hard and quite stressful to move our bags inside the house. I recently heard someones car battery was stolen few days ago. Therefore, Parking outside the yard will expose my car to risk of burglary

I suggest you make room for extra parking space to solve this issue or make room for security to watch our cars that are parked outside the compound at night.

I will be glad if you can consider my request and take immediate action to resolve this.

Yours faithfully,

Nnamdi Destiny

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The letter addresses all three requested points and maintains a clear, appropriate purpose. You describe the recurring shortage of spaces and explain that you have had to park outside the yard for two weeks. The impact is made personal through the difficulty of carrying bags with your children and the concern about theft after hearing of a stolen battery. You also offer two relevant solutions: creating additional parking and arranging security. These details make the request convincing and well supported. To strengthen the response further, clarify how the landlord might create or allocate extra spaces, and make the security proposal more specific, such as asking for a guard or improved lighting. The formal opening and closing suit the situation, although addressing the landlord by name would make the letter more direct.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information follows a clear progression: you introduce the parking problem, describe its effects, suggest solutions, and close with a request for action. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “Therefore” and “I suggest” make the relationships between ideas clear. The sequence is easy to follow overall. Some connections and sentence boundaries could be smoother, however. The long sentence beginning “This is situation has been uncomfortable” combines the inconvenience and security concern, while the next sentence starts with “Therefore” but has an unnecessary capital letter. Consider separating the effects into two sentences and using a clearer transition to the safety concern. This would make the organisation feel more controlled and less dependent on explicit linking words.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary to explain the issue and its consequences, including “consistent lack,” “quite stressful,” and “risk of burglary.” These choices communicate the main points clearly, and the tone is generally suitable for a formal letter. There are some inaccurate or awkward expressions that limit precision: “residence parking lot” is less natural than “building’s car park,” and “make room for extra parking space” is repetitive and unclear. “Parking outside the yard” is also repeated, so you could vary this with “parking outside the compound” or “leaving my car on the street,” depending on the actual location. Pay attention to spelling and apostrophes in “everytime” and “someones.” More natural collocations and careful proofreading would make your vocabulary more fluent and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The letter includes both straightforward statements and more developed structures, such as “I will be glad if you can consider my request,” so you show some range. The meaning remains clear despite some grammatical and punctuation errors. For example, “This is situation” needs a determiner (“This situation”), and the sentence beginning “This is situation has been uncomfortable for me and my kids, we would have to…” joins two independent clauses with only a comma. “I noticed everytime I return” would be clearer as “I have noticed that every time I return.” There is also inconsistent capitalisation in “Parking” after “Therefore.” Review sentence boundaries, articles, and tense choices, then proofread punctuation. These corrections would improve accuracy while preserving your clear message.

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