Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-31
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 provide information of the town name Islip it is centre now and the future plan development.
Overall, future development incresing road and facilities in the centre of the city. New plan build new housing, shoping centre and bus statio. Which is all this facilities are not avilible on the town city now.
In present time, Islip town centre is having countryside on the north, while in the planned development the countryside is removed and bulild a road around the town centre. Shops and main road are replaced with a shopping centre bus station and car parking.
On the south of the Islip is builde new housing, howevere school and park are in the same place, the most fasilities builded in the n
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
You identify the maps as showing Islip now and after development, and you note several relevant changes, including a new shopping centre, bus station and road around the centre. However, the account is only partial: it does not clearly summarise the main overall transformation, and some details are inaccurate or unclear. For example, the school remains in place outside the new road loop, but the park is reduced and relocated within it; saying both are “in the same place” misrepresents the plan. The southern shops also remain, rather than being replaced. The response ends mid-sentence and contains 124 words, below the required 150. To improve, give a complete overview and accurately compare the key changes in both the northern and southern areas.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening, an overview, and paragraphs describing the present and planned layouts. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “while,” and “however” help signal relationships between ideas. However, progression is difficult to follow because several changes are compressed into long, unclear sentences, and the final sentence is unfinished. The sequence also shifts between the north and south without consistently guiding the reader through the map. For example, the sentence beginning “Shops and main road are replaced…” combines several features without clearly locating them. Use separate, logically ordered paragraphs for the overview and the main northern and southern changes, and make each comparison explicit.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “countryside,” “planned development,” “shopping centre,” “housing,” and “school,” so the reader can recognise the general topic. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts of the description difficult to understand, such as “incresing,” “shoping,” “avilible,” and “fasilities.” Some phrases are also imprecise: “road around the town centre” could identify the dual carriageway, while “car parking” is less exact than “car park.” Build a small set of accurate terms for map features and changes, and check spelling carefully. More precise vocabulary would help distinguish what is retained, removed, relocated, or newly added.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The response attempts a few different sentence patterns, including a contrast with “while” and a clause introduced by “however,” but control is inconsistent. Errors occur frequently in sentence construction and verb forms, and some sentences are incomplete or hard to interpret. For instance, “The maps provide information of the town name Islip it is centre now” lacks a clear grammatical structure, while “Overall, future development incresing road and facilities” is missing a finite verb. “Which is all this facilities…” is also an incomplete clause with faulty agreement. The final phrase, “the most fasilities builded in the n,” is unfinished. Practise complete subject–verb sentences and accurate past, present, and future forms before attempting longer clauses.
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