Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The plans below show the site of an airport now and how it will look after redevelopment next year.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

SOUTHWEST AIRPORT

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The plan shows different areas of airfort some significant changes will be take place after reconstruction in next year.

Overall, it is illustrats that the whole map will be same upto some extant having some significant changes and new innovation will be introduced that incliudes bag drop,ATM,sky train and car hire.

It is observed that the security pasport control, passport control customers, departures and arrivals gates are in the same places while the area of the cafe, chick in, walkway are now changed into bag drop,chick in and sky train respectively.

the new innovation includes the bag drops in place of chick in in the left side just the opposet site of chick in, there are two cafes now in the left lower corner and the right upper corner of the map, the ATM in the right side ande the gates are increased in number, tthe walkway is replaced by sky train for more f

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad purpose of the plans and note several important changes, including the new bag-drop area, sky train, ATM and car hire, as well as the increase in gates. However, the overview is unclear: saying the map will be “same” does not adequately summarise the major expansion and reorganisation. Some details are inaccurate or imprecise. For example, the café is not simply replaced; one remains in Departures and another is added in Arrivals. The check-in counter moves to the inner wall, while bag drop is added on the west wall. The response also does not clearly describe the Y-shaped concourse or the new car-hire extension. Select the main changes and explain their locations more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is an attempt to organise the response with an opening, an overview and a later description, and phrases such as “Overall” and “It is observed that” signal stages in the discussion. However, progression is difficult to follow because the overview and details repeat or conflict with one another. The long final sentence combines several changes without clear relationships, and it ends abruptly at “for more f,” leaving the final idea incomplete. References such as “the same places” and “the left side” are not always sufficiently specific for the reader to locate features. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and the main changes, then group details by the Departures/Arrivals areas and the concourse.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “reconstruction,” “ATM,” “gates,” and “sky train,” so the topic is recognisable. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make the description harder to understand, such as “airfort,” “extant,” “incliudes,” “chick in,” and “opposet site.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “new innovation” is not a natural way to describe facilities, and “the whole map will be same” does not convey the redevelopment clearly. Learn and use accurate labels from the plan, such as “check-in counter,” “concourse,” “extended,” and “relocated.” More precise location phrases would also help distinguish the two cafés and the new car-hire area.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts longer sentences and uses a few linking structures, but grammatical control is inconsistent. The opening, “some significant changes will be take place,” has an incorrect verb construction; write “significant changes will take place.” There are also problems with articles and sentence structure in “the whole map will be same” and “the area of the cafe, chick in, walkway are now changed.” The final sentence is a run-on and is incomplete, which makes its meaning difficult to recover. Most sentences contain errors, and the limited range of reliably controlled structures restricts clarity. Practise writing short, complete sentences first, then combine related information using accurate clauses and consistent future forms for the proposed plan.

See this exact question answered at other band scores. The same prompt compared across bands.

Browse more IELTS Writing model answers or get your own writing scored by the same AI examiner.