Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-21

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 7.0)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the unpleasant noise that has been caused by the tenant living next door to me.

Since the new neighbours have started living in the next apartment, there are extremely loud noises of video games every night till 12 pm. It has been a week, I am facing issues to sleep because of the unnecessary noises. Additionally, I have early morning work shifts and have to sleep by 9 pm, but these noises are not only prohibiting my sleep but also causing severe headache because of inconsistent sleep schedule.

I tried to inform them about the inconvenience caused by the high-pitched sound of video games but they hardly care. I am requesting you to look into the matter at your earliest convenience to save my mental peace either by issuing them a notice or by shifting their apartment to somewhere else in the building. Otherwise, I will be left with no other alternative than leaving the building.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely

Taran

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The letter clearly addresses all three points: you identify when the noise began (“It has been a week”), explain its effect on your sleep and health, and request action from the agency, including issuing a notice or relocating the neighbour. Your purpose and dissatisfaction remain clear throughout, and the details about early shifts and needing to sleep by 9 pm help support your complaint. To make the response more fully developed, specify what practical steps you expect the agency to take, such as contacting the tenant and enforcing quiet hours, rather than relying mainly on a notice or relocation. The threat to leave the building is clear, but could be framed more diplomatically for a formal complaint.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The letter follows a clear progression: it introduces the complaint, explains its duration and effects, then describes your attempt to resolve it and asks the agency to intervene. Linking expressions such as “Additionally,” “but,” and “Otherwise” help show how the ideas relate. The paragraphing is understandable, although the main information is concentrated in one long middle paragraph; separating the timeline and impact from your requested action would make the structure easier to scan. Some connections are also slightly abrupt, particularly the move from your unsuccessful conversation with the neighbour to the request for agency action. A brief transition explaining that you are contacting the agency because the direct approach failed would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of vocabulary for a formal complaint, including “dissatisfaction,” “inconvenience,” “high-pitched,” and “at your earliest convenience.” These choices communicate the problem clearly, and the reader can understand the effects you describe. However, some expressions are not quite natural or precise in this context: “noises of video games,” “prohibiting my sleep,” and “save my mental peace” sound awkward. “Severe headache” would also be more natural as “severe headaches” if describing a recurring effect. To move beyond adequate range, aim for more accurate collocations and a consistently formal tone, for example by describing the noise as “loud gaming sounds” and saying it “prevents me from sleeping.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

The response includes both simple and more complex sentence forms, such as the sentence beginning “Additionally” and the conditional structure “Otherwise, I will be left with no other alternative than leaving the building.” Most of the message remains easy to follow, but some grammatical choices need more control. In “Since the new neighbours have started living …, there are …,” the present perfect does not fit smoothly with the description of a problem that began a week ago; “Since the new neighbours moved in, there has been …” would be clearer. “It has been a week, I am facing issues” joins two independent clauses with only a comma. Also, “every night till 12 pm” is grammatically ambiguous; use “until midnight.”

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