Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-13

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 or Madam,

I am writing this letter to submit a problem regarding the noise, and disturbance caused by my next-door neighbour at night, while playing video games. This issue has been going on for a few days now. Initially, I thought they would figure it out eventually and stop making noises, however this issue is still lingering. Hence, forcing me to write to you.

It has disturbed my sleep schedule, and affected my work performance tremendously. I cannot seem to get a proper sleep at night leading to me feeling sleepy in the day at the workplace. The poor performance at work has led me to get reprimanded from my boss. It was humiliating actually to get an earfull of insults in front of everyone in my workplace.

I would like the agency to actually talk out with the neighbours as they also rented their house through you. It would be extremely helpful, if they keep the noise to themselves, and stop doing it everynight.

Kind regards,

Khadija

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you say the noise has continued “for a few days,” explain its effect on your sleep and work, and ask the agency to speak to the neighbours. The impact is made specific by mentioning that your boss reprimanded you, which helps the complaint feel credible. The request, however, could be more fully developed: specify practical action, such as asking the neighbour to keep the volume down after a particular hour, and request that the agency follow up if the problem continues. The opening also says “a few days” without identifying when the disturbance began. These details would make the purpose and requested outcome more precise while retaining the relevant content already present.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter has a clear overall sequence: you introduce the complaint, describe its consequences, and then state what you want the agency to do. Paragraphing supports this progression, and links such as “Initially,” “however,” and “Hence” show attempts to connect ideas. Some connections are less smooth: “Hence, forcing me to write to you” is a sentence fragment, and “actually” is repeated in ways that do not add much to the progression. The shift from poor work performance to the humiliating reprimand is relevant, but could be linked more directly. Use complete sentences and choose linking expressions that clarify cause and result, rather than adding them mechanically.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary communicates the complaint and its effects, with useful phrases such as “disturbed my sleep schedule,” “work performance,” and “reprimanded.” However, several choices are awkward or imprecise for a formal letter: “submit a problem” is not a natural way to introduce a complaint, and “talk out with the neighbours” does not clearly express the action you want. “Keep the noise to themselves” is also unclear, while “earfull of insults” is overly emotive and contains a spelling error. Aim for precise, conventional complaint language and accurate collocations. A few stronger choices would make the tone more professional without changing the meaning of your account.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the contrast in “Initially, I thought … however this issue is still lingering” and the result clause “leading to me feeling sleepy.” The main message remains clear, but some sentence construction and punctuation errors reduce control. “Hence, forcing me to write to you” is a fragment; connect it to the preceding sentence or make it a complete clause. In “I would like the agency to actually talk out with the neighbours as they also rented their house through you,” the structure is awkward and the tense shifts from the present request to “rented.” Commas are also unnecessary before “and” in “sleep schedule, and affected” and before “if” in the final request. Review sentence boundaries and clause structure.

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