Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-07

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 sir/madam,

I am writing this letter to draw your immediate attention about not getting space in parking lot to park my vehicle. As people get a number for parking their vehicle in parking lot but my parking space is always full. I do not get my parking because of resident living in apartment number 301. They have 2 cars and they put their car in my space.

This is bothers me from very long time. I did not raise question becuse I thought that they will understand theirself but they do not. As we can see that municipality give panelty to everyone who put their car out of society. I paid panelty two times before this and now I feel that it is not beneficial for me to always give panelty from my pocket.

I have some suggestion which you can take as a landlord. Firstly, you can give them warning and leave for next time. secondly, you can take a charge and give notice in writing. Lastly, you can give a notice to leave your apartment and find another one. You can take any suggestion from this.

I hope to hear back from you about this incident.

Yours faithfully,

Manav

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you explain that another resident’s two cars occupy your allocated space, describe the inconvenience and fines, and propose several actions for the landlord. The reason this bothers you is particularly clear in “I paid penalty two times,” which shows a practical financial consequence. The suggestions are relevant, but they are not equally well developed: a warning and written notice are understandable, while asking the tenants to leave seems severe without explaining why lesser steps would not work. The letter’s purpose and generally formal tone are clear. To strengthen the response further, explain how the landlord could confirm which space belongs to you and set out a fair, staged solution before considering eviction.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: the opening states the problem, the next paragraph explains its impact, and the final main paragraph offers solutions. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “secondly,” and “Lastly” make the suggestions easy to identify. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “As we can see that municipality give…” does not clearly link the parking problem to the fines, and “You can take any suggestion from this” weakens the progression after the list. The reference to “they” also requires the reader to infer that it means the residents in apartment 301. Use more natural transitions and make references explicit to improve the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main issue, using relevant terms such as “parking lot,” “resident,” “warning,” and “notice in writing.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling errors make parts less natural or briefly unclear. “Draw your immediate attention about” is not the usual collocation; “bring this matter to your attention” would be more idiomatic. “Give a charge” and “give penalty” are also imprecise, while “panelty” is misspelled. Some repetition of “parking,” “space,” and “notice” could be reduced by using more precise alternatives. Aim to learn common formal-letter phrases and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the reader can generally understand the sequence of events. However, control is uneven, and errors in sentence structure, verb forms, agreement, and articles occur across the letter. For example, “This is bothers me” combines incompatible verb patterns; write “This has bothered me” or “This bothers me.” In “As people get a number … but my parking space is always full,” the clause structure is incomplete and the contrast is not properly joined. “They have 2 cars and they put their car” also shifts awkwardly between plural and singular. Practise building complete clauses and checking tense and agreement, especially in longer sentences. More accurate complex sentences would make your explanations clearer.

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