Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-16

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 maps illustrate the difference between the central area of a specific town named as Islip on how it looks now and what it would be in the future after the planned developments.

Overall, after these developments Islip will become more organised town that is surrounded by the main road from all sides. The School and the housing will remain same while two new housings, car park, shopping centre and bus station will be installed. The park area will be shortened to almost one quarter.

The main road will move towards the north side, while bus station, shopping centre, car park and new housing along with the path for pedestrains will replace the the shops between main road and countryside at the North side. The shops at the south side of the main road will be shifted in the central region.

On the south-west side housing will be shifted by moving from central area. A dual carriageway will also be introduced at the south-west side. The park area will be shortened by giving space for new housing opposite to it. The school and housing of the south side will remain at their places near the newly construced road.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main direction of change and provide an overview: the northern shops are replaced by transport and retail facilities, the park becomes smaller, and the school remains. These are relevant features and broadly match the plans. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear. The town is not surrounded by a “main road”; a dual carriageway forms a loop, while the central east–west street becomes pedestrian-only. The southern shops are not shifted: they remain in place. The plan also shows one new housing area northeast of the car park and another south of the shops, rather than clearly “two new housings.” To strengthen the summary, distinguish the two roads and describe the locations and retained features more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing changes in different areas. This makes the information reasonably easy to follow, and phrases such as “Overall” and “On the south-west side” help signal progression. However, some connections between features are imprecise, particularly “The main road will move towards the north side,” which makes the relationship between the pedestrian street and the new dual carriageway difficult to understand. The final paragraph also combines several changes without a clear order. Organise details consistently by area—north, central street, then south—and use clear references to distinguish the existing main road from the planned loop.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of map vocabulary, including “dual carriageway,” “central region,” “remain,” and “replace,” and the reader can generally understand the planned changes. There are, however, some inaccurate or unnatural choices that reduce precision. “Surrounded by the main road from all sides” does not describe the plan accurately; “the town centre will be encircled by a dual carriageway” is more precise. “Two new housings” is not a natural way to refer to residential areas, and “installed” is better suited to equipment than buildings or facilities. There are also spelling errors, including “pedestrains” and “construced.” Aim for accurate collocations and use specific terms for roads, buildings, and land uses.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the clause “by giving space for new housing.” Most of the meaning remains understandable, but some grammatical errors are noticeable. For example, “more organised town” needs an article (“a more organised town”), and “will remain same” needs “the same.” The phrase “on how it looks now and what it would be” is awkwardly constructed, while “the shops between main road and countryside” is missing articles. There is also a duplicated “the” in “the the shops.” Review articles, sentence construction, and consistent use of future forms; these corrections would make the comparisons clearer while retaining your range of sentence types.

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