Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-18

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)

this map show the information about the small town called islip.

if we entered from the west side of the cente we face the main road that goes to the school. we ove straight forward there is main road between shops. opposite to the shops there are countryside and the housing scheme where people live.if we move forward there is street on the left side , and ther is a park facing the housing scheme.

in future there will many developments occur. in the planned development map there are round about of the islip toen centre in future. in the centre of the round about there will be pedestrians where people willl walk and go tho their favourate place.

at the starting of the pedestrains there willl be the bus stop where people take the bus for their destinantions. beside the bus station there will the shoppping mall where people eat and will do shopping. there will be the car parks near shopping mall and also opposite shops for locals. at the south side of the local shops there will be the housing society and the park for the people who lived there. north east side of the pedestrians there will be the new housing plan for future.

if we compare the new planned development is more accurate and well planned for the people who lived there.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the two maps and mention several relevant changes, including a pedestrian area, a bus facility, a shopping centre, parking and new housing. However, the account only partially reports the main features and contains important inaccuracies. The planned road is a dual-carriageway loop, not a “round about,” and the new housing is northeast of the car park rather than “north east side of the pedestrians.” The existing school and some housing remain outside the loop, while the park becomes smaller; these key comparisons are missing or unclear. The overview that the plan is “more accurate and well planned” is an unsupported opinion rather than a summary of the main changes. Focus on describing locations and what is retained, replaced or added.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic sequence: it first describes the current town and then moves to the proposed plan. This gives the reader some sense of the two stages, and phrases such as “in future” signal a change of time. However, the progression within each section is difficult to follow because the description relies on imagined movement (“if we entered,” “if we move forward”) rather than a consistent north–south or west–east structure. Several details are joined in long, loosely connected sentences, and references such as “there” and “opposite” are not always clear. Organise the response into a concise overview and separate paragraphs for the current and planned layouts, using clear location-based links.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “main road,” “housing,” “park,” “bus station” and “planned development,” so the basic subject is usually recognisable. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or informal for an IELTS map report. “Round about” does not describe the planned dual-carriageway loop, and “bus stop” is less accurate than the map’s bus station. Phrases such as “people eat and will do shopping” and “favourate place” are imprecise, while spelling errors including “cente,” “toen” and “destinantions” are noticeable. Use precise labels from the map and practise spelling and collocations for describing urban facilities and changes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including clauses beginning with “if” and “where,” but control is inconsistent. Errors occur frequently in basic sentence forms: “this map show” lacks subject–verb agreement, “there will many developments occur” has an incorrect future construction, and “there will the car parks” is missing a required verb or article. Tense and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “the park for the people who lived there,” where the time reference is inconsistent with a future plan. Punctuation and capitalisation are often absent, making some sentences harder to parse. Build accuracy first with clear present-tense descriptions of the existing map and “will be” or “will have” constructions for planned changes.

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