Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-22
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 4.5)
The picture illustrates the Southwest site of airport how it look now and it will be look after renovate upcoming years.
Overall, there are usge diffrent in gates of terminnal now it has one gate for arrival and departures but planning show two gates in upcoming years. Second major diffrent show in gate number for flight todays thre have eight gates and in future they will be 18 gates for flight. Furthermore, they increase the facillity in airport such as transpotstion, ATM, and shops which going to help people layover time. They can spent there time comfortably and use the eminity they require during travelling.
In precent, during arrivals there are not any shop and transports are available where as in future they planning to put ATM, cafe and also care hire will be essy to eminate. However, when we look at after Secutity passport control privice there have no any shops but they planning for the shops. The main problem is terminal change they will give sky trian for transfer the gates after depature or arrival.
In conclision, in southwest airport they will make mordern and provided a sufficiant amount of facillity to travellers. So, they can attrect more and more people in future.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5
The student attempts to address the task by comparing the current layout of Southwest Airport with the proposed future development. An overview is provided in the second paragraph, highlighting key changes such as the expansion of gates from 8 to 18 and the addition of facilities like the sky train, shops, and transport options. However, the response suffers from significant limitations in clarity and precision. The description of specific locations and features is often confused or inaccurate (e.g., stating 'now it has one gate for arrival and departures' and 'today there have eight gates and in future they will be 18 gates'). Consequently, while the main features are touched upon, the lack of accurate spatial reporting prevents the response from achieving a higher band score.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5
The text is divided into four paragraphs, which shows an attempt at a conventional essay structure. However, the progression of ideas is frequently disrupted by awkward phrasing, run-on sentences, and abrupt transitions. Cohesive devices are used minimally and often inaccurately (e.g., 'Furthermore', 'In precent', 'However, when we look at', 'In conclision'). Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion is weak, making it difficult for the reader to follow the spatial comparisons smoothly. Referencing between ideas and map features is sometimes ambiguous.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and heavily repetitive, with frequent word-choice and spelling errors that impede communication. Examples of non-standard usage and misspellings include 'usge diffrent' (huge difference), 'terminnal' (terminal), 'transpotstion' (transportation), 'eminity' (amenity), 'precent' (present), 'care hire' (car hire), 'Secutity' (Security), 'privice' (private/previous), 'sky trian' (sky train), 'conclision' (conclusion), 'mordern' (modern), and 'attrect' (attract). There is little evidence of a functional range of vocabulary appropriate for an academic report, with frequent reliance on informal or incorrect terms.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures. Most sentences contain serious structural errors, incorrect verb tenses, and missing auxiliary verbs (e.g., 'how it look now and it will be look after renovate', 'today there have eight gates', 'they increase the facillity', 'they planning to put'). Punctuation is also problematic, with comma splices and run-on sentences prevalent throughout the text. Simple sentences are often poorly formed, and attempts at complex structures lead to frequent grammatical breakdowns that make parts of the text quite difficult to understand.
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