Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-02

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 6.5)

Dear Mr. Patel,

I am writing to raise a concern that I have been experiencing recently beacuse of the noise coming from your apartment. Over the past weeks, I have noticed loud footsteps, furniture being moved, late night music and most importantly your dog barks continually even at night time.

Unfortunately, this is become serious issue for me now as I am doing work from home as a software developer so this bother me a lot. Sometimes this loud music interrupting me in between my meetings and this has caused me significant inconcenience. Moreover, sometimes I have rushed to library to attend some important meetings. Due to the overnight music, I could not able to sleep properly and that is affecting my health and productivity.

I kindly requesting you to keep your speaker volume low as much as possible and please make sure to avoid moving unnecessary furnitures. I would appreciate it this could be handled promptly.

Your Sincerely,

Varshil

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

Your letter successfully addresses all parts of the task requirements. You clearly describe the situation regarding the noise in your building, explain why it is a problem for you by mentioning your remote work and health issues, and suggest a concrete solution to your neighbour. Your ideas are extended and supported appropriately, such as explaining how the late-night music and dog barking affect your productivity as a software developer. Although some points could be expanded even further to reach the highest levels, your response maintains a clear purpose throughout and fulfills all communicative functions of a general correspondence task effectively.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

Your response demonstrates clear logical organization and progression throughout the letter. You begin with an appropriate greeting and a clear opening statement of purpose, followed by body paragraphs that develop your explanation and suggestions, and conclude with a standard sign-off. You use cohesive devices adequately, such as 'Unfortunately', 'Moreover', and 'Due to the overnight music', to connect your ideas. Paragraphing is used sufficiently and appropriately to separate the introduction, the explanation of the problem, the suggested solution, and the closing, ensuring that the reader can easily follow your train of thought from beginning to end.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the task and successfully attempt less common phrases such as 'significant inconvenience' and 'raise a concern'. However, there are some spelling and word-choice errors that prevent you from achieving a higher score. For instance, 'beacuse' is misspelled, 'inconcenience' contains an error, and phrases like 'this is become serious issue' and 'avoid moving unnecessary furnitures' show some inaccuracy in collocation and word form. Despite these occasional slips, your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate your message clearly and appropriately for a semi-formal letter to a neighbour.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as when you explain that 'sometimes this loud music interrupting me in between my meetings'. However, your writing contains frequent errors in grammar and verb forms, which place your grammar score in the lower range. Examples include 'this is become serious issue', 'I could not able to sleep properly', 'I kindly requesting you', and 'Your Sincerely'. These errors require some effort from the reader to interpret, indicating that while you attempt complex structures, your control over them needs further development and accuracy.

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