Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-13

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

You rent a flat from an accommodation agency. Your neighbour who rents their flat from the same agency plays very loud video games late at night.

Write a letter to the accommodation agency. In your letter

• explain when the problem began

• describe how the noise affects you

• say what you would like the agency to do

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear sir

I am Sara, tanent of your accommodation agency since almost one year, writing this letter to complaint my neighbours who playvery loud video games late at night.

firstly, I want to explain a time when this problem has began. I clearly remember that 2 months ago, they bought video games for their children no doubt this is god thing to entertainment but their childern started playing these games loudly at night which disturb my working schedule and sleeping hours of my family members.

As I have to do work till 11:00 PM because I have some office deadlines also my children can not get enough sleep by which they are sleepy at school.

At last I wana tell you that you should take any action towards them because I have already warned them but they did not take me seriously.

Hoping for a prompt action from your side.

Yours faithfully

Sara

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three requested points: you say the problem began “2 months ago,” explain that it disrupts your work and your family’s sleep, and ask the agency to take action after your warning was ignored. The complaint is relevant and your request is clear. The account of the effects is more developed than the request: “take any action” does not specify what you want the agency to do, such as contact the neighbour or enforce quiet hours. The opening also identifies you as a tenant, but the letter would be more effective if it stated the issue and requested help directly. You already cover the task well overall; to strengthen it further, make the agency’s next steps explicit and develop the impact with a little more detail.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a recognisable structure, moving from the complaint to its effects and then to the requested action, with separate paragraphs that help the reader follow the main points. Phrases such as “Firstly” and “At last” signal stages, but the linking can feel mechanical, and “At last” is not a natural transition to a request. The first paragraph combines your introduction and the complaint, while the effects are split across two paragraphs without a clear reason. The reference in “they bought video games” is also not fully clear: it could mean the neighbours or their children. Use more natural transitions, group related information together, and identify the neighbour consistently to make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the complaint and its consequences, including “deadlines,” “sleeping hours,” and “prompt action.” However, several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “tanent,” “complaint” where the verb “complain” is needed, “childern,” and “wana.” Some phrases are also unnatural or vague, such as “a time when this problem has began,” “a good thing to entertainment,” and “take any action towards them.” These choices do not prevent the reader from understanding the main message, but they make the letter less fluent and professional. Check spelling carefully and learn common complaint-letter collocations, such as “raise a complaint,” “disturb my sleep,” and “contact the neighbour.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, for example by linking the noise to its effects with “which disturb my working schedule and sleeping hours.” The main message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors occur in verb forms, agreement, and sentence construction. In “this problem has began,” the verb form should be “began” or “has begun”; “their children started … which disturb” also needs agreement and a consistent tense. The long sentence beginning “I clearly remember” joins several ideas without clear punctuation, and “As I have to do work till 11:00 PM because…” is an awkwardly constructed sentence. Aim for clearer sentence boundaries and check tense and subject–verb agreement, while continuing to use a mix of sentence forms.

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