Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-13

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 6.0)

The given maps depicts the information about how the islip town look now and how it will be look after completing the plan of renovation.

Overall, it can be clearly seen that the north side of islip town centre face more changes, while south side face less changes.

Looking at the map in more details, there is countryside in the north. Then some shops in both side of main road of town centre. In the development plan main road will be divided in north and south side and turn into dual carriageway then combine in east of islip town centre. Bus station, shopping centre and car parking will introduce at the place of shops in north of main road along with new housing.

Moreover, school of south will remain same. Other places which will remained same are park,shops of south of main road as well as housing of south.

Main road will become a line area which will be used only by pedestrians.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast between the existing town centre and the proposed redevelopment, and your overview that the northern area changes more than the southern area is broadly supported by the maps. You also report the key northern additions—bus station, shopping centre, car park and new housing—and note that the school remains. This covers the central features, with some detail still underdeveloped: the southern park is reduced rather than simply unchanged, and the southern housing is partly replaced by new housing. The dual carriageway is described imprecisely as combining in the east; it forms a loop around the centre and connects to roads on both sides. Clarifying these changes and distinguishing retained features from altered ones would make the summary more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overall summary, and two detail paragraphs. This gives the reader a clear general route through the information, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Moreover” help signal progression. However, the final paragraph groups several features together without explaining their different outcomes, and “Other places which will remained same” is an unclear reference because the park and housing do not remain entirely unchanged. Some linking is also mechanical, particularly the repeated use of “Moreover” and “as well as.” Organise the details by location or by what is retained versus changed, and use clearer references to each feature to strengthen the progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “countryside,” “dual carriageway,” “pedestrians,” and “shopping centre,” so the reader can understand the main development. There is some repetition of general terms such as “places,” “changes,” and “main road,” and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate: “car parking” is less suitable here than “car park,” while “line area” does not clearly describe a pedestrian-only street. “Renovation” is also less precise than “redevelopment” for the planned changes. These choices sometimes make the description less exact, although the main message remains understandable. Build a wider set of accurate terms for map features and use them consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview clause beginning “while” and the sentence describing facilities that “will introduce.” However, errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction are frequent enough to make some sentences awkward. For example, “The given maps depicts” has a plural subject with a singular verb, and “how it will be look” uses an incorrect verb pattern. “School of south will remain same” also needs articles and a more accurate grammatical structure. The final sentence, “Main road will become a line area,” lacks an article and is difficult to parse. Practise accurate present and future forms, and check subject–verb agreement and articles when editing.

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