Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-08-25

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 6.0)

Dear sir,

I am writing this letter to let you know that I am getting disturb everyday because of your late night music which is not only affecting my studies but also my sleep.

As you reside next to my home as well as you have not knew about me because we have not met yet, so I want to inform you that I am preparing for my important exams, additionally you are playing songs loudly each day which you continuously playing till midnight. As a result, it bothers me enormously whilst I am doing studies.

I am a person who like to study in peace without any disturbance. However, we are sharing a one wall of two houses and my room is along with that wall. Consequently, when you play loud music, it hurts my mind which create a lot of difficulties to me.

I would really appreciate if you could listen my problem carefully, try to make less volume as well as do not play it over night as it makes disturb both my sleep and studies.

I hope you will consider my request carefully.

Yours sincerely,

Lakhwinder Kaur.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The letter addresses all three bullet points of the task: explaining the problem, describing the impact on studies and sleep, and requesting specific action. The tone is appropriate for a formal letter to a neighbour. However, the development of ideas is somewhat repetitive, particularly in the second and third paragraphs where the impact of the music is restated multiple times. To reach a higher band, the ideas could be more concisely expressed to allow for a more sophisticated development of the request. Overall, the purpose of the letter is clear and the requirements are fully met.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The letter is logically organized into clear paragraphs, each serving a distinct purpose. Cohesive devices such as 'As a result', 'However', and 'Consequently' are used to link ideas, though some transitions feel slightly mechanical or forced. The referencing is generally clear, although the sentence structure in the second paragraph ('As you reside next to my home as well as you have not knew about me') is somewhat clunky, which slightly disrupts the flow. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the introduction, the problem description, and the final request.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is adequate for the task but lacks variety and precision. There are several instances of awkward phrasing or incorrect word choices, such as 'getting disturb' instead of 'being disturbed', 'not knew' instead of 'not known', and 'it hurts my mind' which is not a natural collocation in this context. While the meaning is always clear, the range of vocabulary is limited to basic, everyday language. To improve, you should focus on using more precise collocations and avoiding repetitive phrasing when describing the impact of the noise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors. Examples include subject-verb agreement issues ('it makes disturb'), incorrect verb tenses ('you have not knew'), and awkward sentence construction ('which you continuously playing'). Punctuation is generally functional, but there are errors in sentence boundaries and word forms. While these errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the message, they occur frequently enough to impact the overall fluency and accuracy of the writing.

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