Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-26

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 Mr. David,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing to express my concern about the ongoing shortage of parking space in our apartment, which makes it difficult to find a spot for me when I return home from work.

The parking lot behind our apartment building has limited number of parking spaces, in addition to this, most of the parking spaces are usually occupied by the time I return home from work, leaving me struggle to find a parking space.

The lack of available parking spaces is extremely frustrating, as I often have to spend several minutes to find a parking spot or sometimes I have to park away from our building, particularly after a exhausted day. I am facing this problem from last 2 weeks.

I would appreciate it if this concern should be addressed at earliest convenience becasue it is not only consuming my precious time but also it is not safe to park in area where there is no designated parking lines to aprk a car. Therefore, I would request you to either you could do something that help me to get parking in our main buliding or other paking area could have designated line so I can park over there without having any concern.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Arvind Mishra

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points in the prompt: you describe the shortage, explain its effect on you, and ask the landlord to take action. The impact is made clear through details such as spending time searching and sometimes parking away from the building, while the safety concern gives a reason for resolving the issue. Your request for designated parking lines is relevant, but the proposed solution is not fully clear: “either you could do something” does not specify what action you want, and the alternative parking area is vague. To strengthen the letter, make a practical, specific proposal, such as assigning spaces to residents or marking additional legal parking bays. The polite opening and closing suit the purpose and audience.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter has a clear overall progression: it introduces the problem, describes the difficulty, explains why it is frustrating, and then makes a request. Separate paragraphs help the reader follow these stages, and phrases such as “Therefore” and “I look forward to hearing from you” support the letter’s flow. Some linking is less controlled, however. “The parking lot … has limited number of parking spaces, in addition to this” joins related points awkwardly, while the final request combines several ideas in one long sentence. Use clearer transitions and divide the proposed solutions into shorter sentences. This would make the organisation feel more natural and the relationship between the problem and requested action easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the parking problem and its effects, including “ongoing shortage,” “frustrating,” “designated parking,” and “precious time.” However, several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “becasue,” “aprk,” “paking,” and “buliding” distract from an otherwise understandable letter. Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “get parking in our main building” and “park in area where there is no designated parking lines.” Aim for accurate spelling and more natural collocations, for example, “find a space in the main car park” and “park in an unmarked area.” This would make your vocabulary more fluent and appropriate for a formal request.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and complex sentences, including the opening sentence with “which makes it difficult” and the explanation beginning “as I often have to spend.” However, errors in sentence construction and grammatical forms are frequent enough to make some sentences awkward. For example, “leaving me struggle” needs a gerund or infinitive construction (“leaving me struggling”); “from last 2 weeks” needs a different tense and preposition (“for the last two weeks”); and “I would request you to either you could” combines incompatible structures. Articles and agreement also need attention in “has limited number” and “there is no designated parking lines.” Practise building clear request sentences and checking articles, verb forms, and singular/plural agreement.

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