Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-22

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You live in a small apartment building. You are frequently bothered by noise from your upstairs neighbour's apartment.

Write a letter to your neighbour. In your letter
• describe the situation.
• explain why it is a problem for you.
• suggest a solution.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear _________,

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Dear Johnson,

I hope you are doing well,

I am writing this letter to informs you that I am living in your downstairs apartment, Unit 25634, Flat no: 201. I am working part time at evening. Although, With that, i am studying masters of education. I hope you don't mind because Certainly a lot of loud music noise coming from your apartment that disturbes my sleep in night .

As I said, I already working or studied daily, due to your frequently noise bothered me and my family.In spite of this, in night you can clean the clutters of garden and your childrens make a lot of noise while playing.

I requested you to please play the music in a day at anytime and I suggested you to please take your childrens to the park for playing. It has a lot of benefits, Firstly they got a lot of place there to enjoy and there are more fun activities in the park. With that, your childrens can make new friends there and enjoy more rather than home.

Yours sincerely,

Sana

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student successfully covers all bullet points required by the task prompt. The letter begins by describing the situation, noting that 'loud music noise coming from your apartment' disturbs the writer's sleep. It explains why this is a problem by stating that the author works part-time in the evening, studies a master's degree, and lives with family who are also bothered. Furthermore, constructive solutions are suggested, such as playing music earlier in the day and taking the children to the park. The tone is appropriate for a semi-formal letter to a neighbour. All parts of the task are addressed adequately, placing this within the Band 6.0 territory due to some under-development of ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is organised into four distinct paragraphs with an appropriate opening and closing. Basic cohesive devices are used, such as 'Although', 'As I said', 'In spite of this', and 'Firstly'. However, some of these cohesive links are used incorrectly or mechanically, such as 'Although, With that, i am studying' and 'due to your frequently noise bothered me'. Paragraphing is present and helps structure the letter from the introduction of the problem to explanations and solutions, but referencing is occasionally unclear. Overall, the arrangement is coherent enough to follow easily, fulfilling the requirements for a Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting phrases like 'part time', 'masters of education', and 'activities in the park'. However, there are noticeable errors in word choice and word formation, such as 'informs' instead of 'inform', 'frequently noise' instead of 'frequent noise', and 'clutters of garden'. Words are also occasionally misused, such as 'place' instead of 'space'. Spelling mistakes like 'disturbes' and 'childrens' (as a plural) occur. Because these errors do not impede overall communication and the vocabulary is minimally sufficient, a Band 5.5 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating clauses with 'although', 'as', and 'while'. However, grammatical accuracy is weak throughout the text. Examples of errors include 'I am writing this letter to informs you', 'I already working or studied daily', and 'your childrens make'. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with comma splices and incorrect capitalization. While simple sentences are generally understandable, attempts at complex structures frequently result in errors that require the reader to re-read parts of the sentence. This aligns well with the Band 5.0 descriptors.

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