Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-10-06

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 5.0)

Dear Jack,

Yesterday I was preparing for my new position interview and suddenly I lost my concentration because of loud music sounds, I understand if you were having some party at your apartment but I trulu respect if next time you will play songs a bit down.

Today I woke up late and couldn't have enough time to prepare for my meeting and I rescheduled my interview time to another day. I don't want this kind of inconvenience situations will be repeated in the future.

To solve this problem, I'm not going to complain to the building manager. Accept this as a warning. In the future we will gonna solve it in different way. Just letting you know, building will gonna charge from 500$ up to 1000$ for the sleep hours bothering.

Warm Regards,

Zaz

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You address the situation by mentioning loud music and explain a real consequence: it disrupted your interview preparation and led you to reschedule. You also attempt to suggest a solution, but the request to turn the music down is mixed with a warning about charges and an unclear statement about solving the issue “in different way.” This makes your intended approach difficult to understand and less appropriate as a neighbourly solution. The response only partially develops the task, and the letter is 15 words below the required minimum. To strengthen it, clearly describe when the noise occurs, explain its impact, and make one specific, polite request, such as keeping music low during agreed quiet hours.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The ideas follow a broadly understandable order: you describe the noise, explain its effect, and then discuss what should happen next. The separate paragraphs help distinguish these points. However, the progression is weakened by the abrupt shift from a polite request to “Accept this as a warning,” followed by the unclear “In the future we will gonna solve it in different way.” Some links between events are also difficult to follow, particularly the connection between waking late and the noise. Use clearer transitions and keep the tone consistent. A more direct sequence—noise, its consequences, then a calm request—would make the letter easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main issue, including “loud music,” “concentration,” “interview,” and “building manager.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “inconvenience situations” and “sleep hours bothering,” but these combinations are unnatural and may make the reader pause. “Music sounds” is also less precise than a natural phrase for noise from an apartment. Spelling errors such as “trulu” further reduce accuracy. Aim for familiar, precise collocations rather than complicated wording: for example, describe “noise late at night” and say that it “disturbed my sleep.” This would make your message clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to combine ideas in longer sentences, for example by linking the noise to your loss of concentration, and you use some straightforward past-tense forms such as “I woke up late.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors sometimes make the intended meaning difficult to follow. In “I don't want this kind of inconvenience situations will be repeated,” the clause structure is incorrect; write “I don’t want this kind of inconvenience to happen again.” “We will gonna solve it” combines two future forms, while “if next time you will play” needs a different conditional structure. Use shorter, controlled sentences and check verb forms, articles, and punctuation before adding more complex clauses.

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