Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-19
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 4.0)
It illiturate the site of an airpart now and planing after development next year.
overall, the airport is less develop and in year they have plan to develop the airport add a various facilties and shop as well.
The recent condition of airport is less developed and getting less facilities. In the airport only few facilities are avilable like Gates, walkway, cafe and checkin these are the facilities. The area of walkway is small and peaple walk by themself this so these will be change and the departures and nd arrivals has only one entry. we have to make more entry departure and arrivals.
Additional, For future planning various facilities are developed and walkway change into skytrain which help people arrived at time. There will be 16 Gates in Future. Most important to add is Bag drop and Car hire people should park car. the futhermore, for all people it will be necessary at anythme in future so ATM will also add in Future.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The student attempts to summarise the changes shown in the airport maps, noting the extension of the concourse, the addition of a sky train, and new facilities such as bag drop, car hire, and an ATM. However, the response falls short of fully satisfying the task requirements due to significant limitations in reporting key features accurately and objectively. The tone is overly informal and subjective, using phrases like 'less developed' and 'people walk by themself this so these will be change' rather than maintaining an objective, academic report style. Furthermore, the overview is extremely basic, and some details are imprecise (such as stating there will be 16 gates instead of 18). While the main spatial changes are identified, the overall development and selection of features lack the precision and clarity expected for a higher band score.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5
The text is organised into short paragraphs, attempting an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs detailing current and future features. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by awkward transitions, run-on sentences, and repetitive phrasing. Cohesive devices are used in a very limited or mechanical manner, with phrases such as 'Additional,' 'For future planning,' and 'the futhermore,' which are misused or incorrectly punctuated. Referencing is often unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the spatial comparisons between the current layout and the proposed redevelopment. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within paragraphs is weak due to disjointed sentence structures.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and heavily restricted. The student relies on simple words like 'facilities,' 'developed,' 'airport,' and 'change' throughout the response. There are numerous severe lexical and spelling errors that impede communication, such as 'illiturate' (instead of 'illustrates'), 'airpart' (instead of 'airport'), 'facilties' (misspelled), 'avilable' (misspelled), and 'peaple' (misspelled). Attempts to use less common vocabulary are unsuccessful due to inappropriate word choices and incorrect collocations. The range of vocabulary is inadequate for a coherent academic task description.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting mostly of simple and heavily flawed compound or complex sentences. There are persistent, major grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('the airport is less develop', 'people arrived'), missing articles, incorrect prepositions, and non-standard verb forms ('planing', 'will be change'). Punctuation is also problematic, with sentences starting with lowercase letters or running on without proper separation. These frequent errors cause considerable difficulty for the reader and distort meaning in several places.
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