Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

Dear John,

How are you? I hope you are doing well. The reason I am writing to you is to let you know about an issue that has been my concern lately. The issue is that the parking lot in the back is often full.

This issue has been happening for a few months, and it really bothers me so much recently. As I often have many deadlines and finish work around odd hours, I often find it hard to get a parking spot. I find it very frustrating, especially when you happen to have a long day at work and come back to your own crib without having a single parking. Sometimes I notice that more than one car is parked per unit. I feel this is not fair to others, and this issue must be addressed strictly. If a unit has more than one car, only one car must be allowed to fill the parking space provided. They can utilise the street parking provided by the council if they happen to have a visitor or have two cars in use per unit. I hope this issue will be solved in a short period of time, as this has been bothering me every day to come to a home without having a place to park.

Sincerely.

Aruvi

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The letter addresses all three points: you describe the parking lot as often full, explain that late finishes and long workdays make the situation frustrating, and propose limiting each unit to one space while directing additional cars to street parking. The purpose and your dissatisfaction are clear. The suggestion is relevant, but it is presented quite firmly as a rule rather than developed as a request for the landlord to consider; the reference to visitors is also not fully explained. To strengthen the response, clarify how the landlord might identify or manage unauthorised extra cars and phrase the proposal as a practical request. These details would make the solution more fully supported while retaining the clear position already present.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The ideas follow a generally logical order: you introduce the problem, explain its effect on you, and then suggest a solution. Linking phrases such as “As I often have many deadlines” and “Sometimes I notice” help connect the circumstances to your complaint. However, most of the letter is presented in two long paragraphs, and the second combines the impact, observations about other residents, and several proposed actions. This makes the progression less easy to follow. The repeated use of “often” and “issue” also makes cohesion somewhat mechanical. Separate the explanation from the proposed solution, and use clearer references when moving from residents’ cars to visitor parking. The closing is present, though the sign-off punctuation could be more conventional.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range to explain the situation and its effect, including “deadlines,” “frustrating,” “street parking,” and “addressed.” Some less formal or imprecise choices weaken the tone expected in a letter to a landlord. “Your own crib” is slang, while “without having a single parking” is not a natural way to describe the problem; “parking space” would be clearer. “Fill the parking space provided” is also an awkward collocation, and “issue” is repeated several times. These choices do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and register control. Prefer neutral, specific expressions such as “my apartment,” “find a space,” and “occupy a parking space,” and vary repeated wording where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response includes both straightforward sentences and longer structures, such as “As I often have many deadlines and finish work around odd hours, I often find it hard to get a parking spot.” Most of the message remains understandable, but some grammatical and punctuation problems are noticeable. In “come back to your own crib without having a single parking,” the construction after “without” is awkward; a clearer structure would be “return home and find no parking space.” The sentence beginning “If a unit has more than one car” shifts into a rule without a clear grammatical link to the preceding point. The final sentence is also overloaded with clauses. Break longer ideas into shorter sentences and check that conditional statements and their proposed outcomes are clearly connected.

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