Dear Mr and Mrs Williams, I am writing the complaint I have received from you recently. My sincere apology for the inconvenience and my actions and I assure you that I will be more careful in the future about it. I started learning the piano recently. As you may know, I work full-time and the only free time I am able to dedicate to my classes . I have hired a piano teacher to teach me during the weekends and I am sorry that the noise reached your flat. I am sorry about the inconvenience I caused to you and . I did not expect the sound of my piano to be so loud and reach your rooms. I totally understand your position and my sincere apologies. As a solution, I have decided that I will continue my piano classes at my tutor’s house instead of mine. This way I to continue my practice and not disrupt you. I hope this unpleasant situation our friendship. Yours sincerely, Alfred Harris
Letter to Neighbours Apologising for Noise
Your neighbours have recently written to you to complain about the noise from your house / flat. Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter: - explain the reasons for the noise - apologise - describe what action you will take
Annotated response
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Overall assessment
Why this response received Band 7.0
The letter fully achieves its communicative purpose, covering all three bullet points with clear explanations, sincere apology, and a concrete solution in an appropriate formal tone. Its main limitation is the recurring pattern of small language slips, such as spelling and phrase-level errors, that slightly reduce precision without obscuring meaning.
IELTS criteria
How each score was decided
Task Achievement
7.5The letter directly addresses all three bullet points from the prompt, explaining the piano lessons, apologising sincerely, and offering a clear action plan, all in a suitably respectful register with well-developed relevant detail.
Coherence and Cohesion
7.0The response is logically organised with a clear progression from explanation to apology to solution, and cohesive devices are used naturally, though some sentences are slightly long and repetitive in structure.
Lexical Resource
6.5The vocabulary is generally adequate and appropriately formal, with phrases like 'sincere apologies' and 'disrupt you', but range is somewhat limited and errors such as 'in regards to' and the misspelling 'Williamds' reduce precision.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
6.5Grammatical control is generally sound with varied sentence structures, but errors such as 'I will be more careful in the future about it', 'apology for the inconvenience', and inconsistent tense use show a lack of full accuracy.