Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-15

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 Mr.Patel,

I am writing to make a complain regarding parking issue,which arised from fortnight.

I would like to express my dissatisfaction with uneven distribution of vehicle parking space.Altough the area is shared between three people equally by you,I can not get any empty space for my car parking.My house mates always cover the space,because they arrive earlier from job than me.

Firstly, i am working in night shift and when i reach home in early morning all space is full they just randomly park their four wheel wherever they want.Due to morning thay are sleeping and i am not even able to tell them anything;before i woke up they leave home. Consequently, it is really creating a big problem for me.

To resolve it, you should mark the parking area with yellow colour which is easily visible during any time.Also, add one cctv camera on backyard to watch it works properly or not then you able to tell them something with proof.

Please respond at your earliest convenience

Yours sincerely,

Rajal Rajput

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points in the prompt: you describe the lack of available spaces, explain that your night-shift schedule makes the situation difficult, and propose marking spaces and installing a camera. The letter also maintains a clear, appropriately formal purpose. The explanation that your housemates arrive earlier and leave before you can speak to them helps show why the problem persists. To make the response more fully developed, clarify how the parking spaces are currently allocated and make the proposed solution more specific—for example, suggest assigning each resident a marked space or asking the landlord to remind residents of agreed parking rules. This would make the request more persuasive and directly resolve the unequal access you describe.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: it introduces the complaint, explains the circumstances and impact, then offers solutions and closes politely. Paragraphing supports this progression, and connectors such as “Firstly” and “Consequently” help signal relationships between ideas. This gives the response a coherent structure, while the progression is not always fully smooth: “Firstly” suggests a list, but no corresponding “Secondly” follows, and “Consequently” does not clearly connect to the preceding details. Some references, such as “they” and “it,” could also be clearer. Use transitions that reflect the actual relationship between points and name the people or problem when a pronoun might be ambiguous.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to a landlord complaint, including “dissatisfaction,” “resolve,” and “at your earliest convenience,” and the reader can understand the central issue. However, the range and control are limited by noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems. Phrases such as “make a complain,” “uneven distribution of vehicle parking space,” and “car parking” are not natural in this context; “complaint,” “unequal allocation of parking spaces,” and “park my car” would be more idiomatic. There are also spelling errors in “Altough” and “thay.” Aim for precise, natural phrases rather than formal-sounding wording that does not fit the sentence, and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, for example, “My house mates always cover the space, because they arrive earlier from job than me” and the sentence explaining your night shift. However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors in articles, verb forms, agreement, and sentence boundaries sometimes make the reader work to understand the message. For instance, “I am writing to make a complain regarding parking issue, which arised from fortnight” needs corrected verb forms and articles, while “when i reach home in early morning all space is full” needs clearer clause punctuation and agreement. Practise building accurate sentences with one main idea and a subordinate clause, then check articles, tense, capitalization, and punctuation.

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