Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

New neighbours have recently moved into the house/flat next door to where you live. You have examinations soon, but your neighbours play music late at night which is affecting your studies and sleep.

• explain what the problem is
• why it is causing you difficulties
• what action you would like them to take

Student answer (Band 6.5)

Hello John,

I hope you are doing well. I am your neighbour and I live in next house at 41 River St.

I know John that you have just shifted in your new home and you might not be aware of our all community rules.

I am writing this email regarding disturbence occuring because of the high volume songs you play at late night. I am going to have my college final term exam soon in which I need to perform well. I work full time at day time and I rarely find time to prepare for exam at night, but because of loud music coming from your house I cannot concentrate on my study.

So it is my humble request to you that if you could lower the volume on week days that would be really appriciated becasue I only study on those days. I really understand that it can be frestrating but I am more than happy if you keep the volume as you want on weekends as per neigherhood guidelines. If I will having same inconveniency continueously, I wuold need to bring this issue with community manager.

Please let me know if you any concern regaring this.

Thanks,

Ansh

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You address all three points clearly: the late-night music is the problem, it disrupts your study, and you ask John to lower the volume on weekdays. The explanation that you work during the day and have limited time to prepare makes the impact personal and relevant. You also offer a weekend compromise and explain that you may contact the community manager if the problem continues, so the requested action is clear. To strengthen the response further, develop the effect on sleep as well as concentration, since the prompt mentions both, and make the request more precise—for example, specify a time after which the music should be kept low. The tone remains appropriately considerate throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter follows a clear progression from greeting and context to the noise problem, its effect on your studies, and your proposed solution. Paragraphing helps separate the opening from the main request, and linking expressions such as “but,” “So,” and “If” make the relationships between ideas understandable. The weekend compromise and possible next step also follow logically from your request. At times, however, the connections feel slightly formulaic, particularly the repeated use of “I” to begin sentences and the abrupt move from the request to the warning about the community manager. A smoother transition and clearer paragraph breaks between the problem, request, and follow-up action would make the organisation more polished.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the situation and maintain a polite tone, with useful phrases such as “high volume,” “concentrate on my study,” and “community manager.” However, several spelling errors and awkward word choices reduce precision and naturalness: “disturbence,” “appriciated,” “frestrating,” and “inconveniency” are noticeable, while “high volume songs” is not a natural collocation. Some expressions, including “our all community rules” and “as per neigherhood guidelines,” are also unclear or imprecise. Use more conventional phrases such as “loud music,” “community rules,” and “neighbourhood guidelines,” and check spelling carefully. This would make the letter sound more fluent and appropriately formal without changing its meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including clauses with “because,” “if,” and “that,” which lets you explain the problem and make a conditional request. Meaning is generally recoverable, but errors in sentence construction and verb forms occur often enough to affect fluency. For example, “I live in next house” needs an article, “I know John that” has an incorrect clause pattern, and “If I will having same inconveniency continueously” is not grammatically formed. The closing question, “Please let me know if you any concern,” also needs a verb. Practise accurate conditional forms (“If the noise continues, I may…”) and check articles, auxiliaries, and word order. More reliable control of these patterns would make your varied sentences clearer.

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