Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-14

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 6.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

Hope you are doing well. I am writing this to let you know my concern about my neighbour in apartment no:X. It has been a few days that he is palying videos games at late night with full volume up. He is continuosly doing now and it is very irritating. I have to wake up early morning to go for work and this loud noise is unbearable for my ears, adnd it is giving me headaches as I was not able to sleep properly.

I am very sensitive to loud noises, so it it affecting my day-to-day life and routines to a greater extend. This loud noise is keeping me up all night and i start to have nausea and drowsiness throughout the day.

I thought he would stop playing video games very loud after a few times, but he doesn't seems to care about the others in building.

So, I would request you to kindly send him a notice about the concern about loud noises at late night. Hope you will do the needful and please update me the status.

Hopefully,

Name

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address all three points: you say the noise began “a few days” ago, explain that it disrupts sleep and causes headaches and daytime drowsiness, and ask the agency to send the neighbour a notice. The purpose is clear and the details are relevant. The impact on your daily life is explained more fully than the timing, which remains brief, and the requested action could be more specific—for example, asking the agency to contact the neighbour and ensure quiet hours are observed. The complaint is appropriately directed to the agency, and the closing request for an update helps make the letter practical. More precise development of the timeline and remedy would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter follows a generally sensible order: it introduces the complaint, describes its effects, explains that you hoped the neighbour would stop, and then makes a request. Paragraphing separates the main points, and links such as “so” and “but” help show relationships between ideas. However, some connections are repetitive or mechanical, particularly the repeated references to “loud noise” and the sequence of sentences beginning with “I.” The opening moves quickly from the greeting to the complaint, while the final “Hopefully” is not a natural sign-off and leaves the ending slightly abrupt. Use clearer paragraph focus and vary references—for example, “the late-night gaming” or “this disturbance”—to improve flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the complaint and its effects, including “unbearable,” “headaches,” “nausea,” and “drowsiness.” These choices convey the seriousness of the disturbance. However, several spelling errors and awkward or imprecise expressions reduce accuracy, such as “palying,” “continuosly,” “greater extend,” and “do the needful.” Some phrases are also repetitive, especially “loud noise” and “very loud.” Aim for more natural collocations and a suitably formal register in a letter to an agency. For instance, “late-night gaming” and “submit a formal complaint” would be clearer and more precise. The message remains understandable, but more consistent control of spelling and word choice is needed.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and the reader can follow the main complaint. For example, you connect the noise to its effects in “I have to wake up early morning to go for work and this loud noise is unbearable…” However, errors in sentence construction and verb forms occur often enough to make some sentences awkward: “It has been a few days that he is…” and “he doesn't seems to care” are not correctly formed. There are also problems with articles, pronouns, and punctuation, as in “i start to have nausea” and the run-on sequence of effects in the first paragraph. Practise accurate present-perfect and present-simple forms, and divide long sentences into clearer units while retaining some complex structures.

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