Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-09

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 6.5)

Dear Mr. Singh,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the available parking space in the parking lot.

I have been living in your apartment at Bowker venue for almost two months. I am facing a problem to get a parking space whenever I come back from my work. As, I start my work in the afternoon and come back home close to midnight. I find difficulty to park my car as there are no parking spots available at that time.

This thing bothers me a lot because of several reasons. But the main reason is inconvenience because I come back to home late night and I have to park my car two streets away from my apartment due to unavailability of the parking spots.

To tackle this issue, could you please assign parking spots according to the registration of the vehicle when they rent out any apartment in your building. Also, you can issue parking permit so who has the parking permit can park their vehicle in the lot.

Thank you for considering my suggestions and I hope to hear from you soon.

Kind regards,

Ekonkar Singh.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three requirements clearly: you describe the recurring lack of spaces when you return near midnight, explain that you must park two streets away, and propose allocating spaces or issuing permits. The purpose and polite request are clear throughout, and the practical details make the inconvenience understandable. The proposed solutions are relevant, although the permit idea would be stronger if you explained how permits would ensure that spaces are available for residents, or suggested monitoring and enforcement. The explanation of why the situation bothers you is also somewhat brief, focusing mainly on the extra distance. Developing the safety or time-related impact would make the ideas more fully supported while retaining the clear, appropriate response already present.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall progression: opening purpose, description of the parking problem, its impact, proposed solutions, and a courteous closing. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “This thing bothers me” and “To tackle this issue” signal the shift between points. The sequence within the description is also easy to understand. However, some linking is mechanical or awkward: “But the main reason” follows “several reasons” without actually identifying more than one, and “As” begins a sentence fragment before the explanation of your work schedule. Use more natural transitions and connect related details within complete sentences. The organisation is coherent, but smoother links and clearer referencing would make the progression more polished.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for a formal complaint, including “express my dissatisfaction,” “inconvenience,” “unavailability,” and “assign parking spots.” These choices communicate the issue and proposed remedies clearly. Some wording is imprecise or unnatural, however, such as “the available parking space” when referring to the overall shortage, “facing a problem to get,” and “park their vehicle in the lot.” “This thing” is also vague, while “Bowker venue” may not be the intended name or form of the building’s address. Aim for more natural collocations and precise references, for example, “difficulty finding a space” and “reserve a space for each apartment.” This would add flexibility and accuracy without requiring unnecessarily complex vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The letter includes both simple and more developed sentence forms, and the meaning remains clear. The present perfect in “I have been living” appropriately describes a situation continuing to the present, while the conditional request “could you please assign” is suitably polite. Some grammatical errors remain. “As, I start my work…” is an incomplete sentence and the comma after “As” is incorrect; connect it to the preceding sentence or write “I start work in the afternoon, so I return close to midnight.” Other examples include “I am facing a problem to get” and “I come back to home,” where the sentence patterns and prepositions need adjustment. Review sentence boundaries and common verb patterns, while continuing to use varied structures.

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