Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-14

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 5.5)

Dear Mr. Kareem,

My self Bhavin Bhanderi, I am one of your tanent renting apartment 1709. Hope you are doing well. From past couple of days have been extremely attrotious for me as I am getting homw from work and spending a lot of time looking for parking spot near by area. As our parking spots are always filled before i get here.

It is totally unacceptable for a paying tanent to not get allocated parking spot and have to look for space to parke after a very tiring day at work. This is much of a headache for me now.

I have a suggestion for you that either you allocate designated parking spots to each tanent or to increase parking spots by extending parking area by accuring empty peace of land beside.

Second idea is not so economical but you can implement first one and atleast one aparment have one designated spot and it will solve our difficulties.

Looking forward to hearning from you for this regards.

Thank you,

Bhavin Bhanderi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requested points: you describe arriving home to find the parking spaces full, explain that searching after work is frustrating, and propose assigning spaces or expanding the lot. The complaint is clear and relevant, and the specific suggestion of one designated space per apartment gives the landlord something practical to consider. This meets the task well, though some ideas are less fully developed: for example, you could explain how spaces might be allocated fairly or clarify whether the lot is currently shared by residents and others. The request would also be stronger if you stated directly what action you want the landlord to take and used a consistently polite, formal tone rather than calling the situation “totally unacceptable.”

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter follows a generally sensible order: it introduces your tenancy, describes the parking problem, explains its effect, and then offers solutions. This makes the main message understandable. However, the progression is sometimes interrupted by unclear links and sentence boundaries. For instance, “As our parking spots are always filled before i get here” is left as a dependent clause, while “Second idea is not so economical” does not clearly connect to the preceding proposal. The ideas would be easier to follow if you used separate paragraphs for the situation, its impact, and your request, and linked the two suggestions explicitly—for example, “Alternatively” before the expansion proposal. Some references, such as “first one,” could also be clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the issue, including “parking spot,” “designated parking spots,” and “extending parking area.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling or word-choice errors make the letter less natural, such as “tanent,” “homw,” “parke,” and “hearning.” Some expressions are also awkward or imprecise: “extremely attrotious” does not naturally describe the past few days, and “acquiring empty peace of land” is not an idiomatic way to describe expanding the lot. Aim for accurate, natural collocations and check spelling carefully. More precise wording would help you explain both the inconvenience and your proposed solution without making the reader pause to interpret your meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast between assigning spaces and expanding the parking area. However, errors in sentence construction and basic grammar are frequent enough to make parts of the letter difficult to read. “My self Bhavin Bhanderi” is not a complete, correctly formed introduction, and “From past couple of days have been…” lacks a clear subject and uses an incorrect time expression. The clause beginning “As our parking spots…” is also incomplete. There are further problems with articles, agreement, and punctuation, as in “one aparment have one designated spot.” Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check articles and verb agreement before submitting.

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