Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The plans below illustrates the site of an airport and how it seems after redevelopments net years.

Overall, in this chart shows now situation of airport like gates and arrivals and these place how to look after redevelopments.

Firstly, now airport have only 8 it is much noticeable development.After developments gates much increase and amounts of 18. Then, now arrival and deperature gate is only single after changes converty in two gates . Security passport control is remained in the same place .Morever. check-in laguage point now under security passport control. After recreating, check-in also in under of the security passport control but also its changes the side.

Following the map, this time cafe also below the securtiy passport control so, will be change the side in redevelopment plan only have 2 walk away . Furthermore, the most ancient devlopments is the sky train in plan and also car hire in redevelopments including atm in re development bag drop facilities is there .Finally,the check-in place changed to cafe in developments plan.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main change in capacity, noting that the airport expands from eight gates to eighteen, and you mention several new facilities, including the sky train, car hire, ATM and bag drop. These are relevant features and show an attempt to compare the two plans. However, the account is only partly accurate and some important changes are unclear or misreported. For example, the security and passport-control areas are not described as remaining in the same place, and the check-in counter is moved to the inner wall beside Arrivals, not placed under security. The overview is also vague rather than summarising the major transformation: the concourse becomes Y-shaped and gains a sky train. Select the key changes and describe their locations precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic sequence, moving from the current airport to the redevelopment, and uses signposts such as “Firstly,” “Following the map,” and “Finally.” This gives the reader some sense of progression. However, the organisation is not consistently clear: the opening repeats the task rather than giving a concise overview, and several details are crowded into long, loosely connected sentences. For instance, the sentence beginning “Furthermore, the most ancient developments…” combines the sky train, car hire, ATM and bag drop without clear relationships. Some linking phrases are inaccurate or awkward, and references such as “this time” and “these place” are unclear. Group the information into a clear overview and separate paragraphs for the terminal changes and concourse changes.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt relevant map vocabulary, including “gates,” “security passport control,” “redevelopment,” “sky train,” and “car hire.” This gives you some language for describing facilities and changes. However, the range is limited and errors in word choice, collocation and spelling often make the meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “deperature gate,” “walk away” for walkway, “ancient developments” for new features, and “check-in laguage point.” “The most ancient developments” is especially unsuitable for describing newly added facilities. Use precise location and change vocabulary, such as “is relocated,” “is added,” “along the western wall,” and “the concourse is extended.” Check spelling of key labels before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

There are attempts to connect ideas and use comparison, but sentence structures are mostly simple or become difficult to control when extended. Errors occur frequently in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction. For example, “The plans below illustrates” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “airport have only 8” lacks an appropriate article and verb form. The sentence “Then, now arrival and deperature gate is only single after changes converty in two gates” is hard to interpret because its structure and tense are unclear. Punctuation also creates fragments, as in “Morever.” Aim first for accurate, complete sentences: “The airport currently has eight gates, but this number will rise to eighteen.” Then practise adding one clear comparison or location clause at a time.

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