Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-12

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 two provided illustrations displays the current site of an airport and how it will look after one year.

Overall, it is immediately apparent that the layout of the airport is planned to be expanded and several distinct features will be added.

presently, there are a security passport control on the left side of the airport and a passport contraol customs on the left side of the map. Both of them will remain as they are without any chages. In the west of the airport, there is a check-in area which will be replaced by a bag drop area and the old chick-in unit will be transmitted to the right side of the same building. Within the same building, there is a cafe shop which will be moved just adjacent to the chick-in cabin.

Beside that, there is an area which contains nothing at this time. However, another cafe, ATM, and a car hire are proposed to be erected. Now, there are only 8 gates which are located in the north of the airport. Later, there will be 18 gates and a sky train instead of a walkway.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main change—the concourse expands from eight to eighteen gates—and mention several new or relocated facilities, so the response covers the task’s central features. The overview that the airport will be expanded is relevant, but it could be more specific about the Y-shaped concourse and the addition of a sky train. Some details are inaccurate or unclear: security and passport control are not on the left, and passport control/customs are not on the left of the map; they are in the upper parts of the terminal. The check-in counter moves to the inner wall beside Arrivals, rather than simply to the building’s right side. You also omit the shops and the new café and ATM in Arrivals. More precise comparisons would make the account more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable progression: it introduces the plans, gives an overall statement, then describes terminal facilities and the gates. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “However,” and “Later” help signal relationships between ideas. However, the body is presented as one long paragraph, and the sequence of locations is sometimes difficult to follow—for example, the account moves from security and check-in to the café, then to the Arrivals additions without clearly distinguishing the two terminal areas. “Beside that” also has an unclear reference. Organise the details into separate paragraphs, such as terminal changes and concourse changes, and use explicit location references to make the progression easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing airport plans, including “gates,” “bag drop,” “ATM,” “car hire,” and “sky train.” There are also useful attempts to describe change, such as “will be replaced” and “will be moved.” However, several word-choice and spelling problems reduce precision: “transmitted” is not appropriate for relocating a facility, “erected” suggests constructing buildings rather than adding services, and “chick-in” and “contraol” are misspellings. “Cafe shop” is also redundant, while “distinct features” is vague. Aim for accurate map-description collocations such as “relocated,” “added,” and “situated,” and check spelling carefully so the reader can identify each facility without hesitation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the future passive in “will be replaced” and the contrast introduced by “However.” Most of the intended meaning remains understandable, but some grammatical errors are noticeable. The opening has subject–verb disagreement: “illustrations displays” should be “illustrations display.” In “there are a security passport control,” the article and noun phrase are not formed correctly; use a structure such as “there is a security and passport-control area.” Capitalisation is inconsistent at the start of “presently,” and some long sentences combine several changes without clear punctuation. Practise accurate agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries while retaining a range of sentence patterns.

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