Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-16

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 to make a complaint against the neighbour who makes loud noises while playing vedio games late night.He live next door and rented this flat from you last month.

Since last week he is calling his friends at home at late night and play video games with them by using high volume loud speakers. Which not only disturbs my sleep but also affects other neighbours sleep schedule. When I wake up in the morning, I feel tired and sleepy because of disturbed sleeping pattern before night and sometimes I find it hard to focus on my studies as well.

I am requesting you to warn him for creating unsuitable environment for others in the colony or you can directly give him a legal notice to leave the flat as soon as possible.

I hope you understand the issue and will take appropriate actions.

Best regards,

Gurpreet

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address all three required points: you identify when the noise began (“Since last week”), explain its effects on your sleep and studies, and ask the agency to intervene. The impact is made clear through feeling “tired and sleepy” and finding it hard to focus. However, the request for action is less measured and developed than the description of the problem: asking the agency to issue a legal notice and make the neighbour leave may seem disproportionate without first requesting a discussion or warning. You could also clarify the timeline, since you say the neighbour rented the flat “last month” but that the problem began “last week.” A more specific, reasonable request would make the letter’s purpose clearer and better supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The letter has a clear overall arrangement: you introduce the complaint, describe the noise and its effects, then state what you want the agency to do and close politely. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these stages. Some links between ideas are less smooth, however. The sentence beginning “Which not only disturbs my sleep” is a fragment, and the connection between the neighbour moving in last month and the problem starting last week could be made clearer. The phrase “before night” also makes the sequence of events difficult to follow. Use complete sentences and clearer time references, and connect the effects in a more direct progression, such as noise at night leading to poor sleep and then difficulty studying.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary to explain the complaint, including “loud speakers,” “disturbs my sleep,” “sleeping pattern,” and “legal notice.” This gives you enough range to communicate the main issue, though some choices and combinations are inaccurate or unnatural. “Unsuitable environment” is vague in this context, while “sleep schedule” and “before night” do not express your meaning naturally. There is also a spelling error in “vedio.” Aim for precise, conventional phrases used in formal complaints, such as “excessive noise,” “disrupting my sleep,” and “a formal warning.” These improvements would make the letter sound more fluent and appropriately formal without changing its meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use both simple sentences and attempts at more complex structures, for example, “When I wake up in the morning, I feel tired and sleepy because…” The main message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors occur. In “He live next door,” the verb should agree with the subject; “Since last week he is calling” needs a more suitable tense for an ongoing situation; and “Which not only disturbs…” is not a complete sentence. The phrase “other neighbours sleep schedule” also needs a possessive form. Review subject–verb agreement, tense choice, sentence boundaries, and possessives. More accurate control of these patterns, while retaining varied sentence forms, would strengthen the letter.

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