Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-23

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 Carmela,

I am writing this letter to complain you about parking space which I cannot find it when I come back home from work.

Usually I come back home late evenings because of my working hours, when I get there the parking lot is fully occupied. Therefore, I need to find a space somewhere else.

Since one week I have to park my car at mall parking lot which is paid parking. Also, I have to drop my children early in the morning due to their school time so I need to walk far to reach the car which is inconvenient.

I would like to suggest you some possible solution that you should allocate the parking lot with their apartment number. If it is fix parking, people will park their car in their space rather than others space. Also, you can fine people who parks their vehicle in other's space.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Jinal Prajapati.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three requirements: you describe the recurring lack of spaces after work, explain the extra cost and inconvenience of parking at the mall and walking to your car, and propose allocating spaces by apartment number with penalties for misuse. The purpose is clear and the tone is appropriately polite, especially in “I look forward to hearing from you soon.” The suggestions are relevant and give the landlord practical options. To strengthen the response further, develop the proposed system a little more—for example, explain how residents could be assigned spaces or how visitors would be accommodated. This would make the solution more fully supported rather than leaving its practical details general.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information follows a clear progression: the opening states the complaint, the next paragraphs explain the situation and its effects, and the final main paragraph offers solutions. Paragraphing helps the reader distinguish these points, while connectors such as “Therefore,” “Also,” and “Since one week” signal relationships between ideas. The closing is suitable for a formal letter. Some links are less smooth than others: “Since one week” does not clearly express the time relationship, and the sentence beginning “Also, I have to drop my children” moves quickly from the parking cost to the morning inconvenience. A more explicit transition would make the progression feel more natural and cohesive.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to explain the problem and its consequences, including “parking lot,” “paid parking,” “inconvenient,” “allocate,” and “fine.” These choices make the main message understandable, and the tone remains suitably polite. However, several phrases are awkward or imprecise, such as “complain you about,” “fully occupied,” and “fix parking.” There is also repetition of basic words such as “space” and “park.” Aim for more natural collocations and a little more variety—for instance, describe the lot as “full” and refer to “designated parking spaces.” More accurate phrasing would make the letter sound more fluent and professional.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response includes both simple statements and attempts at longer sentences, such as the explanation beginning “Since one week I have to park…” and the conditional suggestion “If it is fix parking…”. These attempts show some range, and the reader can generally follow the intended meaning. However, errors in sentence construction and grammatical forms are noticeable. In “I cannot find it,” the pronoun is unnecessary after “find”; “when I get there the parking lot is fully occupied” needs clearer punctuation or a conjunction; and “people who parks” has a subject–verb agreement error. The conditional sentence also needs a more accurate structure. Practise building complex sentences with correct agreement, articles, and clause connections to improve control.

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