Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-14

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 5.0)

Dear Sir,

I am Rajveer kaur, living in your appartment. Today I wanna discuss my parking problem with you. Actually , what usaually happens with me is that when I come back from work, I do not have have any empty parking spot where I can park my car. Nowadays, I am parking on side the ride, which make me uncomfortable. I have a brand new camry. I do not wanna risk my car by parking it by roadside.

This situation is making me irretated. It waste my time because I have to walk to road. I came tired from work and I have to handle this problem later.

I have an idea. If u can it possible, You can aloy each room a parking slots. So everyone knows where to park their vechiles. You can restrict guest parking

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student covers all three bullet points required by the task: describing the parking situation (no empty spots when returning from work), explaining why it bothers them (fear of damaging their brand new Camry on the roadside, irritation, wasted time), and suggesting a solution (allocating parking slots to each room and restricting guest parking). However, the response is under-length, containing only 139 words against the minimum requirement of 150 words. This under-length impacts the full development of ideas, restricting the score. Because the task is otherwise fully addressed in terms of content and bullet points, the response fits well within Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The letter lacks proper paragraphing, presenting a jumbled layout of ideas where sentences run together without clear structural breaks between the introduction, body, and solution. While there is a basic chronological and logical progression from describing the problem to explaining the impact and offering a solution, the lack of paragraphing and the mechanical or absent cohesive devices limit the overall flow. Phrases like 'Actually' and 'I have an idea' are used, but referencing and substitution are basic. The letter is overall coherent enough to understand, but the structural flaws place it firmly at Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is fairly basic and repetitive, such as 'problem', 'parking', 'car', and 'work'. There are noticeable spelling and word choice errors, including 'appartment' (apartment), 'usaually' (usually), 'side the ride' (roadside), 'irretated' (irritated), 'aloy' (allocate), and 'vechiles' (vehicles). While the writer attempts some less common vocabulary like 'brand new camry', the lexical control is limited, and errors occasionally cause strain or require the reader to decode the intended meaning. This performance aligns with Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response features a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences and direct statements. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as 'I wanna discuss' (informal and poorly formed), 'what usaually happens with me is that when I come back... I do not have have any' (awkward phrasing and repetition), 'which make me uncomfortable' (subject-verb agreement error), and 'If u can it possible' (ungrammatical conditional structure). Punctuation and capitalization are also inconsistent (e.g., lowercase 'i', stray commas). These persistent errors and limited structural range reflect Band 5.0 descriptors.

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