Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-30

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,

I am preethy staying in your aparment flat no 26.I would like to draw your attention to the issue of car parking.

It's a very pathetic situation when I cannot find a parking lot after I reach home from work. I have to park outside far from the apartment. After parking I have to walk a long distance to reach the aparment. Tired from work makes my situation vey worse.Moreover if i need to go out again i have to walk a long distance to and fro and it is time consuming.Recently i had a facture on my leg and found it difficult to get to the parking lot.My neighbour had to drop me to the parking lot.

I would like if you can solve the problem by alloting the parking space to each aparment by writing the flat numbers on the parking lot . Hope you will do the needful.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requested points: you describe the shortage of spaces, explain its effects, and propose assigning spaces to flats. The examples of having to walk a long distance and needing a neighbour’s help after your leg injury make the inconvenience personal and relevant. The proposed solution—marking spaces with flat numbers—is also clear. This meets the task well, though some points could be developed further: for example, explain whether spaces are being used by residents without assigned places or by visitors, and how numbered spaces would ensure fair access. The letter’s purpose is clear, but a more complete explanation of the parking situation and a more specific request would make the response more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The ideas follow a sensible order: you introduce the parking issue, describe its consequences, and then suggest a solution. Linking expressions such as “Moreover” and “Recently” help show how the problem affects you, and the reader can follow the overall message. However, most of the letter is presented as one dense paragraph, so the situation, personal impact, and request are not visually separated. Some connections are also abrupt, particularly the move from the general inconvenience to the leg injury. Use two or three short paragraphs and make the relationship between examples explicit—for instance, explain that the injury made the long walk especially difficult. This would make the progression smoother and cohesion less dependent on a few linking words.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main problem and its effects, including “parking space,” “time consuming,” and “difficult.” There are also attempts at more formal language, such as “draw your attention” and “solve the problem.” However, several inaccurate or unnatural choices reduce precision: “pathetic situation” does not fit this context, “facture” is not the intended word, and “alloting the parking space” is awkward. Spelling errors such as “aparment” and “vey” are noticeable, while repeated use of “long distance” limits variety. Choose more natural collocations and check spelling carefully; this would make the letter sound clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

Your message is generally understandable, and you attempt both simple sentences and longer structures, such as the sentence beginning “Moreover if I need to go out again.” However, grammatical control is uneven. Missing or incorrect articles and prepositions appear in “staying in your apartment flat no 26,” while “Tired from work makes my situation” has an unclear sentence structure. There are also inconsistent capitalisation and punctuation, including lowercase “i” and missing spaces after full stops. The closing request, “I would like if you can solve the problem,” needs a more accurate conditional structure. Practise building complete sentences and checking articles, verb forms, and punctuation; more reliable control would make your varied sentence attempts easier to read.

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