Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-08

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 diagram illustrates the present condition and the look after the renovation of Southwest airport.

It is clearly seen that, afer rebulding the airport will have more additional featurse like, atm, car haire, sky tarin, bag drop and the number of gates will increase from 8 to 18.

Looking in to the picture, the numbers of gates will be incrased for 8 to 18 and sky train will be added their by removing walkway. Atm is also kept in north on arrivals between the cafe which is in the north east corner of arrivals and car haire in the north west.

On the other hand, security passport control and passport control custome remains unchanged. The cafe is replaced by bag drop in soth of departures cafe in the south west corner, checkin north east and the entrace of both arrivals and departures has two two gates

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the main overall change: the airport gains facilities and its capacity increases from eight to eighteen gates. You also mention the sky train and some changes in the departures and arrivals areas. However, the account is incomplete and includes important positional inaccuracies. The ATM is below the café on the upper-right wall of Arrivals, not between the café and car hire; car hire is in a new area on the far right, not the north-west. The café in Departures is not replaced by bag drop: bag drop is added on the west wall while a café remains in the bottom-left corner. The overview and comparisons need clearer, accurate coverage of the Y-shaped concourse and relocated check-in. The response is also four words below the required minimum.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction, a brief overview, and details about the redevelopment. This gives the reader some sense of the topic, and phrases such as “On the other hand” attempt to connect points. However, progression is limited: the gate increase and sky train are repeated, while features from Departures and Arrivals are mixed together in a long, difficult-to-follow final sentence. The contrast marker “On the other hand” does not clearly signal the relationship between the information that follows. Organise the details by area or by comparing the two plans, and use separate sentences for each group of changes. Clearer referencing would also help readers understand which café or entrance is being discussed.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “gates,” “sky train,” “bag drop,” “arrivals,” and “departures,” so the basic subject is recognisable. However, the range is limited and several spelling errors make key details harder to understand, such as “rebulding,” “featurse,” “haire,” and “tarin.” Some expressions are also imprecise or unnatural: “more additional features” is redundant, and “kept in north” does not clearly describe the ATM’s position. Use accurate map vocabulary such as “located,” “added,” “extended,” and “on the upper-right wall,” and check spelling carefully. More precise terms for the airport’s structural changes would help you describe the plans without relying on repeated general wording.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few different sentence forms, including an overview clause beginning “It is clearly seen that” and a contrast introduced by “On the other hand.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and several sentences are difficult to follow. For example, “the numbers of gates will be incrased for 8 to 18” has problems with number agreement and the preposition used for a change; “the cafe which is in the north east corner” also lacks clear sentence structure in its surrounding clause. The final sentence joins several separate details without clear grammatical links. Practise forming complete sentences with accurate articles, prepositions, and verb forms, and use full stops to separate locations and changes. This will make your comparisons easier to understand.

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