Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-31

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 Ross,

I hope you are doing well. I wanted to inform you that I am having some issues with finding a palce to park my car after returning from my job. It has been several days that I have to street park my car because the parking lot is always full and this wasnot the problem earlier. Also, sometimes even the parking space on street is full and I have to park my car at my friend's place who lives two blocks away, which is pretty inconvenient for me.

I have noticed that Rob, who lives on the ground floor has some guests staying at his place for over a week now and they utilize the spot in the parking. I have tried to talk with him regarding the problem but I havenot gotten any positive response from him. So, I feel you could help me out with it.

I would like you to serve him a notice for it and ask the vehicle to be moved to some other place instead of occupying my area. I hope you understand the seriousness of this problem and do the necessary.

Yours sincerely,

Rudresh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you describe the parking shortage, explain its inconvenience, and request action from the landlord. The details that you sometimes have to park at a friend’s home two blocks away and that Rob’s guests have been using the lot make the complaint specific and relevant. Your request for the landlord to intervene also gives the letter a clear purpose. To strengthen the response further, make the proposed solution more practical and precise: for example, ask the landlord to clarify which spaces are assigned to residents or to contact Rob about arranging alternative parking for his guests. The claim that a space is “my area” is not established earlier, so clarify whether spaces are allocated.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter follows a clear progression: you introduce the problem, add information about its cause and your attempt to resolve it, and finish with a request. Paragraphing supports this sequence, and linking expressions such as “Also,” “I have noticed,” and “So” help the reader follow your reasoning. The opening and closing are appropriate for a letter to a landlord. Some connections could be more precise, however. For instance, “this wasnot the problem earlier” is intended to contrast the current situation with the past, but the relationship is not expressed smoothly. You could also separate the description of the parking shortage from the explanation about Rob’s guests to make each stage of the complaint easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to explain the situation and its impact, including “parking lot,” “inconvenient,” “guests,” and “positive response.” The meaning is generally clear, but several choices are awkward or imprecise for a formal complaint. “Street park my car” would be more natural as “park on the street,” while “serve him a notice” and “ask the vehicle to be moved” do not express the intended action naturally. There are also spelling and spacing slips, including “palce” and “wasnot,” which reduce accuracy. Aim for precise collocations and a consistently polite, formal register; for example, request that the landlord contact the tenant about the guests’ use of the parking spaces.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, such as the sentence explaining that you sometimes have to park at a friend’s home, and most of the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors persist. “It has been several days that I have to street park” has an awkward time construction and verb pattern; “For several days, I have had to park on the street” would be clearer. In “I have tried to talk with him … but I havenot gotten,” the tense is understandable, but the missing space in “have not” affects written accuracy. The final request, “ask the vehicle to be moved,” also has an unclear grammatical subject. Practise accurate time expressions and make the person responsible for each action explicit.

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