Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-24

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 landlord,

I am writing this to express my concern about lack of parking space in our building. Every eveining after returning from work, I looked up for parking my car but never get an empty space.

To begin with, many visitors used the resident spot for parking which makes difficult for us to find the space while returning from office. Despite paying for the parking every month, I had to park my car on street which is extremely bothering me.

Considering, you should increase the parking lot for visitors and try to provide each space for the resident so that they can easily used that space. In addition strict rules should be done for the visitors to park only on that spot. I hope you accept my suggestion and eager to wait for the changes.

I would really appreciate if you can make the changes and looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible.

Yours truly,

Dhruvi Panchal

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you describe returning from work and finding no space, explain that you pay for parking yet must use the street, and propose separate visitor parking with rules for residents’ spaces. The purpose and your concern remain clear throughout, and the suggestions are relevant to the landlord. To make the ideas more fully developed, explain the practical impact of street parking—for example, whether it is inconvenient, unsafe, or costly—and make the proposed arrangement more specific, such as marking visitor bays or enforcing permits. The letter is appropriately directed to the landlord and maintains a suitable, polite request, although a more natural closing request would strengthen its effectiveness.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: the opening states the problem, the next paragraph gives a cause and its effect, and the final paragraphs offer a solution and request action. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages. You also use linking expressions such as “To begin with,” “Despite,” and “In addition,” so the main relationships between ideas are visible. However, some transitions feel mechanical or are not used accurately, particularly “Considering,” at the start of the suggestion paragraph. The final two paragraphs repeat the request for changes and a response. For stronger progression, connect the cause, impact, and proposed solution more smoothly, and combine the closing requests into one concise ending.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the parking problem and your proposed solution, with relevant terms such as “resident spot,” “parking lot,” and “strict rules.” The tone is generally appropriate for a letter to a landlord. However, several noticeable spelling, word-choice, and collocation problems limit precision: “eveining,” “looked up for parking,” “extremely bothering me,” and “rules should be done” are not natural expressions. “Each space for the resident” is also unclear about how spaces would be allocated. These choices do not prevent the reader from understanding your main message, but they make parts of the letter less fluent. Build a more precise range around parking arrangements, enforcement, and inconvenience, and check spelling and common word combinations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “Despite paying for the parking every month” and a purpose clause beginning “so that.” The overall meaning remains understandable, but errors in verb forms and sentence construction occur across the letter. For example, “I looked up … but never get” shifts tense, while “they can easily used that space” uses the wrong verb form after “can.” The construction “which makes difficult for us” is missing a required object, and “I would really appreciate if you can make the changes” needs a more accurate conditional structure. Practise keeping past and present forms consistent and checking the verb pattern after modal verbs and conditional phrases. More accurate control of these patterns would make your varied sentences clearer.

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