Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-13

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 4.5)

The plans below show the site of an airport now and how it will look after redevelopment next year

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Overall, In the Southwest airport the major changes happen after development will be walked away replaced at sky train, the shop opened or the ATM machine will be installed at arrival area or the gates are more opened after development

In the Southwest airport the gate will be opened extended 1 to 18 or walked away area replaced Sky train transport after development. The shop are opened at upward of security. The Security, Passport control, or customs are unchanged. In arrival area the Parking area are expanded, Cafe or ATM machine are present after development or in departures area the check in replaced bag drop, the check in moved at front of bag drop the check in replaced cafe the cafe move down to check in. The departure or arrival are same where inviduals moved continuesly

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the main direction of change: the gate capacity expands, a sky train is added, and new facilities appear in the terminal. However, several details are inaccurate or unclear. The shops are placed along the angled wall between departures and the concourse, not simply “upward of security”; the check-in counter moves to the inner wall beside arrivals, while bag drop is added on the west wall. The statement that a “Parking area” is expanded is unsupported: the plan shows car hire in a new protruding area. The overview also does not clearly summarise the major spatial transformation. Your response is 137 words, below the required 150, so it needs more accurate detail and development.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is an attempt to organise the response into an overview and a further paragraph, and you use some linking language such as “Overall” and “after development.” However, the ideas do not progress clearly from the overall transformation to the changes in each area. The second paragraph jumps between gates, shops, security, arrivals and departures, making comparisons difficult to follow. Repeated connectors such as “or” also obscure the relationships between features, as in “the Security, Passport control, or customs are unchanged.” Use separate paragraphs for the concourse and terminal, and connect each change explicitly—for example, “Meanwhile, in arrivals…”—so the reader can follow the plan systematically.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “gates,” “Sky train,” “Passport control,” “customs” and “ATM machine,” which helps identify features of the plans. However, the range is limited and several word choices or combinations make the meaning difficult to understand. “The major changes happen…will be walked away replaced at sky train” does not express the concourse changes clearly, while “the gates are more opened” is not a natural way to describe increased capacity. “Parking area” is also an inaccurate label for the new car-hire facility. Aim for precise map vocabulary such as “extended,” “relocated,” “added” and “accommodates,” and check collocations and word forms before using them.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts longer sentences and comparisons, but control is inconsistent, and errors often make relationships between features hard to interpret. For example, “the major changes happen after development will be walked away replaced at sky train” combines incompatible verb forms and lacks a clear sentence structure. There are also recurring problems with agreement and articles, as in “The shop are opened” and “the Parking area are expanded,” as well as unclear sentence boundaries and punctuation. Most clauses rely on simple patterns, while attempts to combine several ideas often become faulty. Build shorter, complete sentences first, then add controlled comparisons using forms such as “will be extended,” “will be relocated” and “will be added.”

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