Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-16

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.Rampal,

I am writing to raise my concern about finding a parking spot in an apartment building.

As you know,there is a assigned parking space at the back of building.However,it is now more than a week ,I am facing a difficulty in finding a parking space when I came back from my work.

This situation has made me frustarted now,as I have to wait for a longer time to get a empty parking space at the back .I ususally feel tired after a long day and when coming back home,I struggles again.Once I had ro park my vehicle outside in the street ,which has caused my stress of being stolen.

I would like you to suggest to assign particular parking to each tenant .Installing more signage would also help to permit parking to specific people.If not,then I would suggest to provide additional p;arking nearby the building.

I hope you take this matter into consideration and find a prompt solution.Thank you for your time and understanding.

Yours sincerely,

Sukhdeep kaur.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three required points: you describe difficulty finding a space, explain the inconvenience and worry it causes, and propose several possible solutions. The detail that you sometimes have to park on the street makes the concern concrete, while assigning spaces to tenants and adding signage are relevant suggestions. Your purpose and polite request remain clear throughout. To make the response more fully developed, explain how the landlord could check whether spaces are being used by non-residents or communicate and enforce a parking allocation. Also clarify the situation: “there is a assigned parking space” suggests spaces are already assigned, which conflicts with your later proposal to assign one to each tenant. Resolving that ambiguity would make the account more precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter follows a sensible sequence: it introduces the concern, describes the parking difficulty, explains its effects, and then offers solutions before closing politely. Paragraph breaks help distinguish these stages, and linking expressions such as “However,” “Once,” and “If not” show an effort to connect ideas. This gives the reader a coherent overall account. Some connections are less smooth, however: “Once I had…” is not clearly linked to the ongoing problem, and “If not” does not specify which earlier suggestion might fail. The long sentence beginning “I usually feel tired” also combines several points without clear separation. Use more precise references and divide related ideas into shorter, logically connected sentences.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the situation, including “parking space,” “frustrated,” “signage,” and “additional parking,” and the reader can understand the main concern and proposed remedies. There are also attempts to express the impact personally, such as describing stress about leaving the vehicle on the street. However, several spelling errors and awkward word choices reduce precision: “frustarted,” “ususally,” and “p;arking” are noticeable, while “permit parking to specific people” does not naturally express the intended idea. Phrases such as “a longer time” and “a empty parking space” are also imprecise. Check spelling carefully and learn common collocations for parking and allocation so your vocabulary communicates the intended meaning more naturally.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a reason clause in “as I have to wait” and a relative clause in “which has caused my stress.” The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but errors occur across sentence structures, verb forms, articles, agreement, and punctuation. For example, “there is a assigned parking space” has an article error, “when I came back” shifts tense from the present situation, and “I struggles” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. Several sentences also run together after full stops, as in “solution.Thank you,” and commas are often missing after introductory phrases. Practise accurate present-tense descriptions and check each sentence for agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries.

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