Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

Dear Sir,

Good morning sir, How are you?

I really want to show my appreciation to your efforts for getting me good condition flat in affordable prices and I felt almost no problem in this flat, however , I want to draw your attention toward a problem I am facing because of my neighbourhood. Actually, I am facing a problem of loud music and video games late at night which disturbs my sleep cycle.

As I am a early bird so, I have to wake up early for my morning shift and sometime I have to start at 5 in the morning but due to this loud noise I can not sleep at night well and it effect my whole day. Also I am patient of migraine and due to this high volume my migraine got worsen these days.

I want to request agency to send my neighbourhood a letter which can describe how this loud music affect the neighbourhood , so that they can understand this problems and also suggest them to play music only until 8 pm and if they want to hear for longer period , please ask them in play in low decibel.Hope you would help to get this problem solved as soon as possible.

Thanks once again for everything!

Your truly,

Lovepreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the central issue—late-night noise from your neighbour—and explain its effects on your sleep, early work shifts, and migraines. You also make a request for the agency to contact the neighbour, so the main purpose is clear. However, the task is only partly developed: you do not say when the problem began, which is one of the required points. The proposed action is also somewhat indirect and unclear: asking the agency to send a letter is relevant, but the suggested 8 p.m. limit and low-volume request could be stated more precisely as specific actions you want the agency to take. Addressing the missing timeline and making the requested remedy explicit would make the letter more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a generally understandable progression: you introduce the complaint, describe its impact, and then request action. The paragraph breaks help separate these stages, and linking expressions such as “however,” “As,” and “Also” show relationships between ideas. Some connections are less smooth, though. The opening pleasantry and extended thanks delay the complaint, while the final request combines several ideas in one long sentence, making the agency’s next steps harder to follow. References such as “this problems” are also unclear. Use a concise opening, give each required point its own clear paragraph, and divide the requested actions into shorter sentences to improve the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the situation, including “loud noise,” “disturbs my sleep cycle,” “morning shift,” and “migraine,” so the reader can understand the complaint. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “affordable prices” and “low decibel,” but several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “neighbourhood” is used where you mean the neighbour, and “my migraine got worsen” does not express the intended meaning naturally. Spelling and word-form choices such as “neighbourhood” and “effect” also reduce precision. Build a more reliable set of formal complaint phrases and check that each noun and verb fits its context.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, for example, the sentence beginning “As I am a early bird” and the clause introduced by “so that.” This gives the letter some structural variety, and the main message remains understandable. However, errors in articles, agreement, verb forms, and sentence boundaries occur in several places. Examples include “I am a early bird,” “it effect my whole day,” and “my migraine got worsen.” The long final request also contains a run-on transition between “low decibel” and “Hope you would help.” Review article use, subject–verb agreement, and verb forms, and separate connected requests into complete sentences. More accurate control of these patterns would make your meaning clearer and more professional.

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