Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

Dear Landlord,

I am writing to express my concern related to parking spot, as I arrived to the home from work. I need to wait for the parking slot, even though I have been residing here since last year. Moreover, many of visitors parked their vehicles in any of the vacant spot.

For this reason, I need to wait until someone can vacant that spot or else I need to park my car on street, which is far away from this building. Moreover, when it's raining, I get wet before reaching to my car, and this ruin my day at work.

I would be grateful if you could allocate an individual parking slot to every lease owner, so we can solve this problem promptly. Apart from this, visitors should not parked their vehicles apart from visitor parking.

Your prompt action to this matter would be highly appreciated. If you need any further information, please feel free to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Rishil

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The letter addresses all three required points: it describes difficulty finding a space after work, explains the inconvenience of parking far away in the rain, and proposes allocated spaces for residents plus restrictions on visitor parking. The purpose and request remain clear throughout, and the examples make the problem relevant to the landlord. To strengthen the response further, develop the proposed arrangement more precisely—for example, explain how visitor spaces could be marked or how parking rules could be communicated and enforced. The opening could also identify the issue more directly, rather than saying “concern related to parking spot.” Overall, the task is handled clearly, with the main ideas supported, though the solution could be more fully specified.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information follows a clear progression: the parking problem is introduced, its effects are explained, and a solution is requested before the polite closing. Paragraphing helps distinguish the situation from the request, and linking expressions such as “For this reason” and “Apart from this” guide the reader through the points. The repeated use of “Moreover,” however, makes some connections feel formulaic, and the relationship between visitors taking resident spaces and the suggested visitor-only parking could be linked more smoothly. Consider grouping the description and consequences together, then presenting the two parts of the solution in a focused final paragraph. The overall organisation is easy to follow, with some room for more flexible cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The vocabulary is adequate for communicating the issue and includes useful task-specific terms such as “parking slot,” “vacant spot,” “allocate,” and “lease owner.” The reader can understand the complaint and proposed action, but several choices are imprecise or do not sound natural in this context. For example, “concern related to parking spot” would be more idiomatic as “concern about the parking situation,” while “individual parking slot” could be expressed as “designated parking space.” “Vacant” is also repeated, and “promptly” is somewhat formal beside the otherwise straightforward letter. Aim for more natural collocations and vary repeated terms; these refinements would make the language more precise without changing the clear message.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including a conditional request (“I would be grateful if you could…”) and a clause beginning “even though.” The meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. In “many of visitors parked,” the article and verb form need correction (“many visitors park”); “until someone can vacant that spot” needs a verb form such as “until someone vacates a space”; and “this ruin my day” requires subject–verb agreement (“this ruins my day”). There are also article and preposition problems in “arrived to the home” and “reaching to my car.” Review verb forms, agreement, and common article/preposition patterns, while continuing to use varied sentence structures.

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