Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-10-05

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 5.5)

Dear Madam,

I am writing to complain some issue I am facing currently due to the loud music.

I would like to explain the situation in detail, I am your neighbour and I live next to your apartment. My final examination will be started from coming Monday. I have some issues like, I cannot read and memorize the thing in noisy places. Therefore, this I faced alot of challenges due to this. I am a morning person and I go to bed around 10 pm everyday. Because of the loud music you play at night, I am not able to sleep from you have been shifted there.

Secondly, due to sleepless nights, I am not focusing on my preparation of exam. This is very difficult for me to do study without fresh mind. Kindly, Keep your sound players' volume low. Moreover, If you stops to play music for only 2 weeks, It would be extremely appreciated.

Lastly, I appreciate if you could so something for me regarding this issue. I will be very thankful to you.

Kind regards,

Kinza latif

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You have successfully addressed all parts of the bullet points by explaining the problem of loud music, describing how it affects your sleep and upcoming examinations, and requesting that they keep the volume low or stop for two weeks. Your purpose is clear throughout the letter. To reach a higher level, the ideas could be more fully and seamlessly extended, as some points currently feel slightly repetitive or under-developed, such as the general mention of facing challenges without deeper elaboration. However, you have clearly presented a relevant position and covered the core requirements of the task.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

Your letter has a coherent overall arrangement with a clear opening salutation and logical paragraphing that separates your introduction, the explanation of problems, your request, and your closing remarks. You use some cohesive devices and transition words like 'Secondly', 'Therefore', and 'Moreover' to guide the reader. However, the progression of ideas is occasionally mechanical, and some referencing is a bit unclear, such as the abrupt transition in the final paragraphs. To improve, you should ensure that your sentences flow more naturally into one another using smoother linking devices rather than relying on basic connectors.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully communicating your message about examinations and sleep disturbance with phrases like 'morning person' and 'sleepless nights'. However, there are noticeable errors in word choice, collocation, and phrasing throughout your response, such as 'complain some issue' instead of 'complain about an issue', and 'memorize the thing' instead of 'memorize things'. You also make errors in word forms, such as 'stops to play' instead of 'stop playing'. These limitations and occasional awkward collocations place your vocabulary in the adequate range, meaning your errors do not seriously impede communication but are still apparent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and some complex sentence forms, attempting structures such as 'Because of the loud music you play at night, I am not able to sleep...' However, your writing contains frequent errors in grammar and punctuation, including tense issues like 'examination will be started' instead of 'examinations start', and preposition errors like 'sleep from you have been shifted there'. There are also issues with subject-verb agreement and article usage. While these errors rarely completely block your meaning, they are frequent enough to cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a limited range of well-controlled complex structures.

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