Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-27
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)
The mapes illustrates with the present and future plan with valuable amount of reconstruntional changes for the upcoming year at the site of an southwest airport.
Overall effective changes will the entire layout will be taken next year. which will broden the map of whole airpot with positive and essential addition. While the corrent airport is small and less facilities are present curretly.
However the major changes in the future mape seen like, two sky trains will be install with extra addition of gates close to one another which is huge productivity firstly it was only 8 gates for padestrians. followed by ATM, car hire, bag drop those are missing in the exacting map.Shops at the entrance
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 150 words, stopping at only 117 words, which significantly impacts task completion. While the student attempts to highlight some changes between the present and future plans of Southwest Airport, such as the increase in the number of gates and the addition of facilities like an ATM, car hire, and bag drop, the information is presented in a fragmented and underdeveloped manner. The overview is weak, and the selection of main features lacks precision. Furthermore, the writing trails off at the end with disconnected phrases ('Shops at the entrance'). Consequently, the response only partially addresses the prompt and falls short of the expectations for higher band levels.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0
The text suffers from severe organizational and structural issues. It consists of a single incomplete paragraph structure that lacks clear progression or logical sequencing. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or inaccurately, such as starting sentences with 'However the major changes...' and 'While the corrent airport is small...', which fails to create proper subordination or connection between ideas. Referencing is frequently unclear, and the sudden cessation of sentences at the end of the text ('Shops at the entrance') demonstrates a complete breakdown in cohesion and paragraphing. Overall, the arrangement of ideas is difficult to follow.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The lexical range is very limited and impeded by frequent spelling and word-choice errors. Examples include 'mapes' instead of 'maps', 'reconstruntional' instead of 'reconstructional', 'broden' instead of 'broaden', 'airpot' instead of 'airport', 'corrent' instead of 'current', 'curretly', 'install' instead of 'installed', 'padestrians' instead of 'passengers', and 'exacting' instead of 'existing'. These errors occur throughout the text and frequently strain the reader's understanding. While the student attempts some topic-related vocabulary such as 'layout', 'facilities', and 'gates', the lack of control over basic spelling and word formation prevents the response from achieving a higher score.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
Grammatical range is extremely limited, and accuracy is poor. The response contains numerous serious structural errors and sentence fragments. For example, 'The mapes illustrates with the present and future plan' contains incorrect preposition use and subject-verb agreement issues. The sentence 'Overall effective changes will the entire layout will be taken next year.' is structurally garbled and incomprehensible. Furthermore, phrases like 'those are missing in the exacting map.Shops at the entrance' lack main verbs and proper sentence boundaries. Complex structures are either absent or attempted with frequent, severe errors that constantly impede communication.
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