Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-09
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.
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Student answer (Band 5.5)
The giving figuers illustrates a map of an airport and discribe how airport look like now and how they look like after development in next year.
Overall, In both figuers the maps show the facilities of airport. Whose facilities are available now and what's facilities are available after development. The figuers show many facilities are add in airport after development.
In first figure we see only four services are accessible there names are following. First we saw check-in and cafe is situited in the departures portion and the arrivals portion is empty and walkway is service is available on the top of airport and only 8 gates are available.
On the other hand we saw many facilities are add in new map like bag drop,ATM,sky train, and car hire etc. we saw the pleace of cafe are changed and and on the place of walkway the sky train service are built its shape is changed and 18 gats are open on this portion of airport.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the main change in capacity, noting that the airport expands from eight to eighteen gates, and you mention several new facilities, including a bag-drop area, ATM, sky train and car hire. These are relevant features and give the reader a basic comparison. However, the account is only partial: the overview mainly says that facilities are added, without clearly summarising the major structural change to the Y-shaped concourse or the relocation of check-in. Some details are inaccurate or unclear; for example, arrivals is not empty in the current plan, as passport control and customs are shown there. To strengthen the response, describe the key changes in both terminal areas and explain where the new facilities are located, rather than listing them generally.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response has a recognisable overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, a description of the current airport and a comparison with the redevelopment. Phrases such as “In first figure” and “On the other hand” help signal the shift between stages. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and several ideas are joined in long, loosely connected sentences. The overview repeats the general point that facilities are available or added, rather than grouping the most important changes. References such as “its shape” and “this portion” are also not fully clear. Organise the details by area or by major change, and use clearer links between each feature and its location to make the comparison easier to follow.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some task-relevant terms, including “check-in,” “departures,” “arrivals,” “walkway,” “gates” and “sky train,” so the reader can identify the subject and several facilities. However, the range is limited and some wording is imprecise or repetitive: “facilities” and “available” recur, while “services” is not always the most suitable term for airport areas. Spelling errors such as “figuers,” “situited,” “pleace” and “gats” are noticeable and can slow the reader. Aim for more precise map vocabulary, such as “located,” “relocated,” “concourse” and “terminal,” and check spelling carefully. This would make the description clearer without requiring unnecessarily complex vocabulary.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
Most sentences use basic structures, and attempts to combine ideas sometimes produce faulty grammar. For example, “The giving figuers illustrates” has problems with the subject and verb, while “many facilities are add” uses an incorrect verb form. There are also errors in articles, agreement and sentence construction, as in “the arrivals portion is empty and walkway is service is available.” Repeated conjunctions and punctuation problems, such as “and and,” further affect readability. The meaning is often recoverable, but these errors make some sentences difficult to follow. Practise accurate present and future forms for describing plans, and build longer sentences from a clear subject and verb, using full stops to separate distinct changes.
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