Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 Ravi,

I hope you are doing well. As you already know that i am living in your apartment with one parking lot at the back, but this parking area always full without having a single place for me mainly when i come from office.

At the morning time, i usually see a lots of places for paking, however, all lots get occupied by the time i reached back home and it's happening since last few weeks. There should be one lot left for me, but it seems like someone is using double spots, which is including mine too.

This situation was manageable for 1-2 days, but it's keep happening everyday, which makes me annoying and frustating. Having said that, it is hard to find a spot everyday after work and it consumes a lots of time.

I would suggest to have a community meeting to understand who is using my spot. It should be helpful, if i can get a fixed spot that should be dedicated to me only, It would be great help for me.

I hope that i will get a revert from you as soon as possible. I appreciate your help.

Best regards,

Sonam Verma

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points: you describe the parking shortage, explain that it is frustrating and takes time after work, and propose a meeting and a space reserved for you. The situation is clear, especially in “all lots get occupied by the time I reached back home.” Your request is also polite and appropriate for a landlord. To make the ideas more fully developed, clarify how you know a neighbour is taking two spaces and specify a practical action the landlord could take, such as assigning numbered spaces or reminding residents of the parking rules. The suggestion of a community meeting is relevant, but the letter could make the landlord’s role in resolving the issue more explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: it introduces the problem, gives more detail about when it occurs, explains its effect, and then makes a request. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and phrases such as “Having said that” and “I would suggest” guide the reader through the message. This gives the response a coherent structure. However, some links are awkward or do not express the relationship precisely: “Having said that” does not clearly contrast with the previous sentence, and “As you already know that” makes the opening harder to follow. The progression would be smoother if each paragraph focused on one point and transitions were chosen to show the intended connection.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main issue and its impact, including “occupied,” “dedicated,” and “consumes a lots of time.” However, noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision and naturalness. For example, “paking” is misspelled, “makes me annoying” uses the wrong form, and “get a revert” is not a natural expression in this context. “Parking lot” is understandable, but “parking space” would be more precise when referring to an individual place. Build accuracy by learning common combinations such as “reserve a space,” “causes frustration,” and “receive a response,” and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including clauses with “which” and “by the time,” and the main message remains understandable. However, errors occur across sentence structures and verb forms. For example, “As you already know that I am living” has an unnecessary “that” and an awkward tense; “all lots get occupied by the time I reached” shifts tense; and “it’s keep happening” is not correctly formed. There are also issues with articles, plurals, and punctuation, as in “a lots of places” and the capitalisation of “It” after a comma. Practise building accurate clauses and checking tense consistency, subject–verb forms, and sentence boundaries.

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