Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-18

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 Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the parking lot.

Usually I come back to my apartment from my work around 5 P.M. and regularly I spend half an hour to find a spot to park my car. Parking lot is always full with vehicles and many drivers park their car in wrong lanes or they do not park their cars in appropriate way.

Despite paying for parking slot, I hardly get a space to park my park. Due to the absense of security guard, many visitors park their vehicle on the reserve parking spots that creats problem for the reserver. Not to find a parking spot is the wastage of time and exhausting for people who pay for the parking.

I would like to suggest you to hire one more security guard who can strictly perform their duties to stop visitors for parking on reserve slots. The clear banner for No Visitors can be helpful.

Thank you for your attention. I hope these issues could be solved at earlier convenience.

Yours faithfuy

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points: you describe the regular difficulty finding a space, explain the wasted time and frustration, and propose a security guard and a “No Visitors” sign. The purpose is clear and the tone is appropriately formal. The explanation that visitors use reserved spaces gives a specific cause, while the suggestion to enforce parking rules is relevant. To make the response more fully developed, clarify who is entitled to the reserved spaces and how the landlord could address drivers who park across lanes. You could also make the requested action more explicit—for example, ask the landlord to introduce a permit system or notify residents of the proposed changes. This would strengthen the support for your otherwise clear request.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: it introduces the complaint, describes the parking problem, explains its impact, and then offers solutions. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and phrases such as “Despite paying” and “Due to” show attempts to connect ideas. Some links are less smooth or precise, however. The shift from drivers parking incorrectly to visitors using reserved spaces could be explained more clearly, and “Not to find a parking spot” makes the relationship between the problem and its effect difficult to follow. The closing also moves quickly from the suggestions to thanks. Use clearer transitions and refer consistently to the same parking issue so the progression feels more natural and controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the situation, including “parking lot,” “security guard,” “reserved parking spots,” and “visitors,” so the reader can understand the main concern. There are also noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems that limit precision: “park my park” repeats the wrong noun, “wrong lanes” is unclear in this context, and “absense,” “creats,” “reserver,” and “faithfuy” are misspelled. Phrases such as “at earlier convenience” and “perform their duties” are also unnatural for this request. Aim for accurate, natural combinations such as “find a parking space,” “park in a reserved space,” and “at your earliest convenience.” Proofreading spelling and choosing precise terms would make the letter more fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including “Despite paying for parking slot…” and the relative clause “who can strictly perform their duties.” The main message remains understandable, but errors in sentence construction and grammatical forms occur often enough to affect fluency. For example, “Parking lot is always full” needs an article, while “many drivers park their car” has a number-agreement problem. “I hardly get a space to park my park” also shows an unsuccessful sentence pattern, and “I would like to suggest you to hire” uses an incorrect verb construction. Practise articles, singular and plural agreement, and patterns such as “suggest that you hire” or “suggest hiring.” More accurate sentence forms would improve control.

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