Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

Dear Virat,

I hope you are doing well. I am your new tenant at 23, Victoria St, Kitchener, ON. I am working on afternoon shift. So that, I reached home by around 12am and I cannot able to find a parking slot at all to for my car. In fact, during the lease meeting, we already talk about that I need one parking spot.

Futhermore, a group of people living in our basement have 3 to 4 cars which create a problem. Also, all of them doing morning shift and before I come home our parking lot is full. Then, I need to using pay parking everyday since last one week. I was so frustrated

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the main problem: you return around midnight and find no space, despite discussing a parking spot at the lease meeting. You also explain the consequence of paying for parking and show your frustration. However, the letter is incomplete: it does not make the requested suggestion for how the landlord could solve the problem, and the reason the situation bothers you is only briefly explained. The response also falls 35 words short of the 150-word minimum, leaving little room to develop the points. To address the task more fully, explain the practical impact and propose a specific action, such as assigning you a space or setting limits on the number of cars per apartment.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The ideas are presented in a generally understandable order: you introduce yourself and describe the parking difficulty, then explain that other residents’ cars fill the lot and that you have had to pay for parking. Linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “Also” help connect details. However, the response ends abruptly after “I was so frustrated,” and there is no closing or paragraph that makes a request, so the letter lacks a complete progression from problem to solution. Some connections are also awkward or repetitive, particularly the sequence beginning “Also” and “Then.” Use separate paragraphs for the situation, its impact, and your proposed solution, and finish with a clear request and polite sign-off.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough relevant vocabulary to communicate the basic issue, including “parking spot,” “parking lot,” “pay parking,” and “frustrated.” These terms make the topic clear, but the range is limited and some choices are inaccurate or unnatural, which can make the reader pause. For example, “parking slot” is less natural here than “parking space,” and “pay parking” would be clearer as “paid parking” or “a paid parking lot.” “Futhermore” is misspelled, and “afternoon shift” does not clearly express the work schedule you describe. Aim for more precise phrases such as “I work the night shift” and “the lot is already full when I arrive.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response includes some simple sentences and attempts to connect ideas, but the range is limited and errors occur frequently enough to affect fluency. Examples include “So that, I reached home,” “I cannot able to find,” “we already talk,” and “I need to using pay parking.” These show problems with sentence construction, verb forms, and tense. The sentence “a group of people living in our basement have 3 to 4 cars” also has an unclear grammatical relationship between the group and the cars. Practise forming complete clauses and using consistent verb patterns: for example, “I arrive home around midnight, but I cannot find a space,” and “I have had to use paid parking every day for the past week.”

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