Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-19

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 landlord,

i am writting this letter to you about my issue related to our building parking space. your house which you gave to me for rent is awesome and a m comfortable . there is no dificulty living in that house except the parking area of building. The space of sparking is so congested that almost everyone living inthis building faceing terrible dificulty in parking their vehicles.

here my main issue is about same car sparking space. Everyday when i came back from work i cannot park my car due to no space was left. i were already very tired but on this condition i managed to park car by calling almost all neighbors lived in building to make some space by moving their cars in a rows so i can get some space which my daily work after came back from office. that got me exhausted.

well,

here is an solution about the issue, you should issue a notice that all the people whom are living in your building charge a fine if they are not spark their cars in a dicipline

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The student covers all parts of the task well. The situation is described ("the space of sparking is so congested"), the reason for the dissatisfaction is explained ("Everyday when i came back from work i cannot park my car due to no space was left"), and a solution is suggested ("you should issue a notice that all the people whom are living in your building charge a fine"). The tone is appropriate for a formal letter to a landlord, and the ideas are extended sufficiently to meet the requirements of the prompt. However, some minor details are slightly underdeveloped and obscured by language errors, keeping the score at a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The text demonstrates a coherent overall arrangement with a clear purpose established in the opening sentence. However, paragraphing is poorly handled; the entire body of the letter is jammed into a single block of text, and the transitional phrase "well," is awkward and isolated. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes repetitive. Reference pronouns are occasionally unclear, such as "about same car sparking space" and "on this condition". Because the organizational structure lacks clear paragraph breaks and cohesive links are faulty, the response fits the Band 5.0 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, but contains numerous noticeable errors and non-standard word choices. For instance, the student repeatedly uses "sparking" instead of "parking" and "dificulty" instead of "difficulty". Other awkward phrasing includes "come back from office" and "charge a fine". While the intended meaning is communicated despite these errors, the lexical range is limited, and spelling mistakes are frequent. This falls squarely into the Band 5.0 category, where vocabulary is minimally adequate but errors cause some difficulty for the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as relative clauses ("whom are living in your building") and time clauses ("Everyday when i came back from work"). However, control of grammar and punctuation is weak. There are frequent capitalization errors (starting sentences with lowercase "i"), tense inconsistencies ("i were already very tired"), and awkward syntactic structures. The high frequency of grammatical and mechanical errors causes strain for the reader and prevents the writing from reaching a higher band, making Band 5.0 the most accurate description.

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