Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-14

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 5.5)

Dear Sir or Madam,

Good day! I am writting this letter to you to discuss my concern about my nieghbour who rents near my flat room , because they play vedio games very loud at late night.

Last saturday night, they invite their friends to play vedio games and they pass the midnight having fun and not concerning about other renters who are resting in that time.It affecst my sleep because of their loud voice and screaming when they got excited. Also its hard to sleep for me because I am not used to live in noisy invironment.

I would like to suggest that you make a rules for the renters that they can be loud or make some partys but it has a time limits, also if they want to have some fun make sure that they will not disturbed the other people who is renting bisides their room.

I hope that this letter will reach you, and make an action for my concern. I thank you in advance for this, I am waiting for youre positive reply.

sincerely yours enoch

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three requested points: you identify when the disturbance occurred (“Last saturday night”), explain that the noise and shouting affect your sleep, and ask the agency to set rules about noise and parties. The purpose of the letter is clear and the details are relevant. However, the timing is not fully clear: the task asks when the problem began, while your account could describe only one night rather than when the ongoing issue first started. Your request is also somewhat general; specify a practical action, such as contacting the neighbour and reminding them of quiet hours. These details would make the response more fully developed and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: you introduce the complaint, describe its effect, make a request, and close politely. Paragraphing helps separate these stages, and links such as “because” and “Also” make the relationship between ideas understandable. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent overall organisation and shows some of the clearer progression associated with a stronger performance. However, several ideas are crowded into long sentences, particularly the request about rules, parties, and other renters. The transition from the single Saturday-night example to the broader complaint could also be clearer. Use shorter sentences and make the progression explicit: when the noise started, its impact, then the action you want.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the complaint, including “loud,” “midnight,” “screaming,” and “renters.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors make the letter less clear or less natural, such as “writting,” “nieghbour,” “vedio,” “affecst,” and “invironment.” Some phrases are also imprecise: “they pass the midnight” and “make a rules” do not express the intended meaning naturally. Aim to learn accurate collocations for noise complaints, such as “stay up past midnight,” “disturb other tenants,” and “enforce quiet hours.” Proofreading spelling and choosing more precise phrases would improve clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, for example, “It affecst my sleep because of their loud voice and screaming when they got excited.” The main message remains understandable, but control is inconsistent, and several sentence patterns contain errors. Examples include “they invite their friends” where past tense is needed, “I am not used to live” instead of a gerund construction, and “they will not disturbed” instead of a correctly formed verb phrase. There are also agreement and article problems in “make a rules” and “other people who is renting.” Practise accurate past-tense narration and clauses with “used to,” and divide long sentences so that each grammatical relationship is easier to control.

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