Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-10

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 6.0)

The given illustartion displays the variation of an airport in the current time and how it will look after redevelopment following year

Overall, the southwest airport will go through many significant changes .The airport will have more facilities as well as better service flow for the travellers.

At current time, there are 8 gates to board the planes and a walkway for the passengers . Below the security passport control, there is a cafe and check in to the northwest side of the room

For the future, a sky train system has been planned to replace the walkway. Instead of 8 there will be 18 gates to abroad the planes. In the security passport control room, there will be a facility for bag drop. The cafe will be on the southwest side of the room and the check will be on the northwest side.

For the passport control customs room, there will be a new cafe and an atm towards the east side of the room. A new facility for care hire for the travellers will be available

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main transformation clearly: the gate capacity rises from 8 to 18, and the airport gains a sky train and additional facilities. Your overview also recognises that the redevelopment improves passenger services. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear. The sky train is added along the concourse stem; it does not replace the walkway, and the bag-drop area is on the west wall of Departures, not in a security or passport-control room. The current café and check-in positions are also described imprecisely, while the future check-in is moved to the inner wall beside Arrivals. Include the Y-shaped concourse and the new shops to make the key changes more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overall summary, and separate descriptions of the current and future layouts. This makes the comparison easy to follow at a broad level, and phrases such as “For the future” signal the change in stage. However, the progression within the descriptions is sometimes unclear. For example, “In the security passport control room” does not clearly identify the Departures area, and the final sentence about car hire is not connected to the other future Arrivals features. Use clearer location-based sequencing, such as describing Departures first and Arrivals second in each stage, and use precise references to rooms and walls. This would make the organisation more coherent and reduce ambiguity.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “gates,” “walkway,” “sky train,” “passport control,” and “redevelopment,” so the reader can understand the general subject. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “significant changes” and “travellers.” However, several word-choice, spelling, and collocation problems reduce precision: “abroad the planes” is not the intended expression, “care hire” is a misspelling, and “service flow” is an awkward description of passenger facilities. “Variation” is also less suitable than a word describing a planned transformation. Aim for accurate, conventional terms such as “board,” “car hire,” and “passenger services,” and use consistent labels for areas of the airport.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mixture of simple statements and some more developed structures, including “how it will look after redevelopment” and “Instead of 8 there will be 18 gates.” Most of the intended meaning remains understandable. Some grammatical errors and punctuation problems are present, however. The opening sentence lacks a full stop, and the overview has awkward sentence spacing and punctuation. In “At current time” and “For the future,” articles or more natural time expressions are needed. The sentence beginning “Below the security passport control” also has an unclear relationship between its opening phrase and the facilities that follow. Practise accurate articles, prepositions, and sentence boundaries, while retaining the useful mix of sentence forms.

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