Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-14

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 area shows the redevelopment plan of the southwest airport and futher ho the new features .

Overall the airport plan is same but they make some major contributions as we can see they make acar hire area at the arrivals plus they build new shops and cafes and introduce sky train

as we look in the refurbise design of the south west airport the major change is that they build the sky train path instead of walkway plus they build car hire space at arrivals gate and atm and cafe is also build at arrivals gate .the passport control and customs area remains the same.

as we look at the departures gates they do not have m,uch changes but they change the area of check in plus they make a new area dedicated for baggage drop and they relocated the cafe and plus the security and passport control areas remains same and in the new design they introduce 1 to 18 gates which were 1 to 8 before the redevelopmen

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several important changes, including the expansion from 1–8 to 1–18 gates, the addition of a sky train and car hire, and new facilities in arrivals. You also note that passport control and customs remain. However, the overview that “the airport plan is same” is too broad: the concourse changes substantially from a straight layout to a Y-shape, and the sky train replaces the walkway. Some details are unclear or inaccurate, such as saying the sky train is built “instead of walkway” without explaining its route, and suggesting security and passport control areas remain unchanged without distinguishing the two terminal sections. A clearer overview and more precise comparisons of the main layout changes would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic progression: it introduces the redevelopment, gives an overall comment, and then discusses the concourse and terminal areas. This gives the reader some structure. However, the ideas are not consistently grouped or linked, and the repeated openings “as we look” make the progression feel mechanical. The long sentences joined by “plus” combine several separate changes, making relationships between details difficult to follow. For example, the sentence about departures moves from check-in to baggage drop, café, security and gates without clear separation. Use distinct paragraphs for the overview and the main areas, and organise each paragraph around a clear comparison between the current and future plans.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “redevelopment,” “arrivals,” “departures,” “passport control,” “customs” and “gates,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the description unclear: “major contributions” does not express physical changes, while “refurbise design” and “acar hire” are difficult to interpret. Spelling errors such as “futher,” “redevelopmen” and “m,uch” also reduce precision. Aim for accurate map-description language and collocations, such as “major changes,” “the redesigned layout,” “a car-hire area” and “the concourse was extended.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences, and the reader can usually identify the main point. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to process. For example, “Overall the airport plan is same but they make…” lacks an article and shifts awkwardly between present and past; “the major change is that they build…” has the same tense problem. Several clauses are joined without clear punctuation, particularly in the final sentence, which makes the relationships between details unclear. Use the past tense for changes shown in the redevelopment plan, check articles and subject–verb forms, and divide long strings of clauses into shorter, correctly punctuated sentences.

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