Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-24
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 maps illustrate the changes that will be occuring on SOUTHWEST AIRPORT next year, and compare it by how the airport looks now.
Overall, it is remarkable that the airport will expanded and have many new facilities. The most notable one facility is the sky train among the gates.
Many facilities will be established next year, beging with car hire just after the arrivals gate. An ATM is also a new facility next to a new cafe. All these facilities will be at the arrivals side. Compared with the present plan, the departures side will have a new facility wich is a bag drop. With changing the place of the check-in and the cafe. at the same side, it will established new shops too after the passport control.
The big change on the airport is creat ten new gates to be 18 gates on the airport compared with 8 onces in the current time. One other major facilitiy is the sky train among these gates.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The student attempts to cover the main changes shown on the maps of Southwest Airport, noting the expansion in gate capacity from 8 to 18, the addition of the sky train, and various terminal modifications such as new shops, a bag drop, and car hire. However, the overview is rather simplistic, and certain details are imprecise or awkwardly expressed, such as claiming the sky train runs 'among the gates' rather than along the concourse stem. While all parts of the task are addressed, the development of ideas is limited, leading to a band score of 5.5.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response is organized into four paragraphs, including an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs detailing specific facility changes. However, logical progression is hindered by repetitive phrasing and weak cohesive devices, such as 'beging with' and 'Compared with the present plan'. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion is sometimes mechanical or faulty, making it difficult to follow the spatial relationships between the 'NOW' and 'AFTER DEVELOPMENT' sections. Overall arrangement meets the criteria for Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for the task but exhibits noticeable limitations and spelling errors, such as 'occuring', 'beging', 'wich', and 'facilitiy'. The student attempts some less common vocabulary items like 'established' and 'remarkable', but word choices and collocations are occasionally unnatural, for instance, 'the big change on the airport is creat ten new gates'. These errors occasionally cause confusion for the reader, fitting the Band 5.0 descriptor.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty. There are multiple grammatical and punctuation errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('the airport will expanded'), fragment sentences ('With changing the place of the check-in and the cafe'), and incorrect prepositions ('on Southwest Airport' instead of 'at'). These frequent errors impede smooth reading and place the response firmly in Band 5.0.
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