Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-15

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 illustration gives information about the site of an airport now and compares it with future after development.

Overall, the southwest airport will undergo significant changes, with an increase in number of gates and the addition of several new faclities for passengers.

It is quite evident from first map that the southwest airport looks now with suitable developments. At the top of the airport there are eight gates and inside the gates there are two walkways from where the people go through. There are also two main routes below the gates from where the people enters. First one is called the arrivals in which only the passport control customs is located at the centre of the map and the second one is departures which consist of cafe at the corner and chech-in on the left side and it also includes the security passport control which is oppsite to the passport controls custom.

Furthermore, there are severals changes in southwest airport after development. The gates will be increased from eight to eighteen and its shape will also be changed and at the arrivals route car hire, ATM and cafe will be added. The second route called departures will also be added some new features like; bag drop, cafe and check-in at the corner. The shop will also be added between passport controls and the gates.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main change clearly: the gates increase from eight to eighteen, and you note several new passenger facilities. You also compare the current and planned layouts and include relevant details such as the café, check-in, bag drop, ATM and car hire. This covers the task well overall. Some details, however, are inaccurate or unclear: the current plan shows one walkway, not “two walkways,” and the future check-in is on the inner wall beside Arrivals, rather than “at the corner.” The shops are between Departures and the concourse, not between passport control points and the gates. A more precise overview of the Y-shaped concourse and the relocation of facilities would make the report more complete and better supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear four-paragraph structure, moving from an introduction and overview to the current and future layouts. Sequencing phrases such as “Overall,” “Furthermore,” and “after development” help the reader follow the comparison, and the main information is grouped sensibly. However, some links are mechanical, and references such as “the first one” and “the second route” make the layout harder to track because the airport areas are not routes. Several long sentences combine multiple locations and features, particularly the description of the current terminal, which weakens clarity. Use more precise references such as “the Departures area” and “the Arrivals area,” and separate details into shorter, logically connected sentences to make progression more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “gates,” “passport control,” “arrivals,” “departures,” and “bag drop,” and you attempt to describe change with phrases such as “will be increased” and “will be added.” This gives you enough vocabulary to communicate the main features, but the range and precision are limited by noticeable spelling and word-choice problems. Examples include “faclities,” “severals,” “chech-in,” and “oppsite.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “the airport looks now with suitable developments” and “the people go through.” Choose standard terms and collocations, and use exact spatial language for the map. This would make the description more natural and reduce the effort required to understand some details.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “which” and “in which,” and you use future forms to describe the planned airport. However, grammatical control is uneven, and errors occur in sentence structure, agreement, tense and articles. For example, “the airport looks now with suitable developments” is not a well-formed description, while “the people enters” has a subject–verb agreement error. “The second route called departures will also be added some new features” has a faulty passive construction; write, for example, “Some new features will also be added to Departures.” There are also awkward constructions such as “from where the people go through.” Practise accurate sentence patterns for describing locations and planned changes, while keeping complex sentences manageable.

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