Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-04

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 Albert,

My name is Alex and I live in the apartment number 16 which is located beneeth your falt exactly. I am writing this letter to express my annoying by the noise coming from your place.

Every night I hear music played outload and people screaming and singing for late night hours, also the sound of your TV can reach my ears easely, especially when you are watching football matches.

As I am preapring to take IELTS test next month, the noise reduce my ability to concentrate only , but also prevent me from taking naps when I came back from work. In addition, my dog is having panic attacks due to the high levels of sound.

what I am asking here is that may you turn down the volume of your TV during late night hours? and you can have parties at your home on weekends which can be totally acceptable me.

I hope that you totally understand the situation and I am looking forward to hearing your answer so we can discuss more ebout other solution.

Best regards

Alex

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: you describe late-night music, shouting, singing and television noise; explain its effects on your IELTS preparation, rest and dog; and request lower TV volume while suggesting weekend parties as a compromise. The purpose and polite, neighbourly tone are clear throughout. The effects on you are supported with specific details, which helps develop the complaint. To make the solution as fully developed as the problem, specify reasonable quiet hours and ask that music and guests also be kept quieter at night, rather than focusing mainly on the television. A more direct, tactful request would also make your preferred outcome unmistakable.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter follows a clear progression from identifying yourself and describing the noise to explaining its impact and proposing a solution. Paragraphing separates these stages, and links such as “As,” “In addition” and “I hope” help the reader follow your reasoning. The closing also signals a willingness to discuss the matter. Some connections are less smooth: the request about TV volume is followed by the weekend-party suggestion without clearly explaining how the two fit together, and the final sentence introduces “other solution” rather abruptly. Use a clearer transition to present the weekend arrangement as a compromise, then close with a specific invitation to discuss quiet hours.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to describe the situation and its effects, including “panic attacks,” “concentrate” and “late night hours.” The range is relevant, but several spelling and word-choice errors make the language less natural and occasionally slow the reader: “beneeth,” “falt,” “outload,” “easely” and “ebout” are examples. Some phrases are also awkward, such as “express my annoying” and “acceptable me.” Aim to learn accurate forms and natural collocations for making a polite complaint, such as “disturbed by the noise” and “acceptable to me.” This would make your meaning more precise and the letter sound more fluent and appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including a sentence explaining several consequences of the noise and one beginning “As I am preparing…”. However, errors in sentence construction and verb forms are frequent enough to affect smooth reading. For example, “the noise reduce my ability to concentrate only, but also prevent me” has faulty agreement and an incomplete “not only…but also” structure; “when I came back” does not fit the present-time context. The request “may you turn down” is also not formed naturally as a question. Practise checking subject–verb agreement, consistent tense, and complete parallel structures, and use question forms such as “Could you…?”

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