Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-09-12
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
The maps presents the present apperance of the centre of a small town called Islip and its development plans. Overall, the map present shape is like two horizontal lines. After the development plan, the sahpe of the town centre will be in circlular form. Initially town centre has only shops, but after the development town centre will provide many other facilities like bus station, car parking, park and new housing society. New town centre development plan is according to a proper structure which will provide maximum facilities to the public. With organizing new society people will be able to get resident near market. People coming for shopping will not face the problem of parking. Many people did not prefer the markets which don't have parking space. Bus station here will also make easy acess to tranportation. The amazing part of the development is construction of park as it will provide ease for parents to get the facility of park near the shopping mall. The biggest benefit is that new development plan have dual carriageway that will make ease for customers as well as for wokers of the mall.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response attempts to cover the main features of the current Islip town centre and the proposed development plans, noting the transformation from a linear layout to a circular form and the addition of facilities such as a bus station, car park, park, and housing. However, the student spends a significant portion of the text offering personal evaluations ("The amazing part of the development is...") rather than strictly summarising and comparing the data as required in Academic Task 1. Key spatial relationships and specific changes are described vaguely, leading to an under-development of certain core features. This performance aligns best with Band 5.5, rounded to 5.0 for limited data selection and slight digression into opinion.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text suffers from a lack of proper paragraphing, presented instead as a single block of text. This impairs the overall visual and logical organisation. While there are some basic cohesive devices used ("Overall", "Initially", "After the development"), progression is sometimes hindered by abrupt transitions and repetitive sentence structures ("The biggest benefit is that...", "The amazing part of the development is..."). Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as "With organizing new society", which disrupts the flow of information. Overall organisation meets the criteria for Band 5.0 due to the lack of paragraphing and somewhat mechanical cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is generally adequate to convey basic ideas about the map features, employing words like "development", "facilities", "housing society", and "car parking". However, there are notable spelling errors ("apperance", "sahpe", "circlular", "aces"/"acess") and awkward word choices ("organizing new society", "get resident near market"). Less common lexical items are attempted but lack precision and natural collocation. These limitations in spelling and word choice keep the lexical score at a Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response displays a mix of simple and attempted complex sentence forms, but grammatical control is weak. There are frequent missing articles and pluralisation errors (e.g., "The maps presents", "Initial town centre", "make ease for customers"). Prepositional and word-form errors are also present, such as in "make easy acess to tranportation" and "get the facility of park". While the meaning can generally be deciphered, the frequency of basic grammatical errors restricts the score to Band 5.0.
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