Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-08

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 landlord,

I hope this letter finds you good.

I wish to discuss an grave issue with you in regards of parking lot located at back of our apartment building.

From quite sometime, I am unable to find free space inside parking lot due to which I often have to park my car besides the main road.

I also knew that all the residents of the apartment building have already been given a designated car parking but the issue is in regards of the relatives of the residents who tend to park their cars over the designated spaces for others and the residents are compelled to park somewhere else.

Since my office timings ends around 08:00PM and it takes me around another hour to reach home, prior to that all the parking get occupied.

Aditionally, since I have recently got a brand new car, I dont want to leave it like unattended besides the main road that too without any security. Besides it is also unlawful.

Under these circumstances, i would like to propose that an advisory be issued to

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address the main points by describing the shortage of spaces, explaining that visitors take residents’ designated spaces, and saying why roadside parking concerns you. The details about arriving home after work and having a new car make the problem relevant. However, the proposed solution is unfinished: the letter ends with “an advisory be issued to” and never says who should receive it or what it should require. This leaves the requested action unclear and makes the response feel incomplete. Develop the suggestion into a specific measure, such as asking visitors to use designated visitor spaces or requesting enforcement of residents’ allocated spaces. A complete closing request would also make your purpose clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The ideas follow a generally sensible order: you introduce the parking problem, explain its cause, and then describe its effects on you. Linking phrases such as “Since” and “Under these circumstances” help show relationships between points. However, the response is presented as a series of separate short paragraphs, and some connections are awkward or repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “in regards of.” The final sentence stops mid-thought, disrupting the progression and leaving the proposed solution disconnected from the explanation. Group related details into a few purposeful paragraphs and use clearer transitions—for example, move from the cause to its consequences, then introduce a complete, specific request.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the situation, including “designated car parking,” “occupied,” “security,” and “unlawful.” These choices communicate the issue and its consequences, and you attempt a more formal tone with “I would like to propose.” Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, however: “find free space” would more naturally be “find an available space,” and “park my car besides the main road” is not idiomatic. “I hope this letter finds you good” also uses an unsuitable expression. There are spelling and form slips such as “Aditionally” and “dont.” Aim for natural, precise phrases and check spelling and apostrophes before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the explanation beginning “Since my office timings ends…” and the longer sentence about relatives taking designated spaces. The main message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors affect accuracy. For example, “an grave issue” needs the article “a,” and “all the parking get occupied” has a subject–verb agreement problem. In “Since my office timings ends,” the plural subject also requires “end”; the sentence would be clearer as “Because I finish work at 8 p.m. and take about an hour to get home, the spaces are usually occupied by then.” The final sentence is incomplete, so ensure each sentence has a finished structure and check articles, agreement, and punctuation.

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