Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The maps illustrates the changes that took place in an airport after next year reconstruction.

overall, it is clear that the size of an airport is increased.Several new gate are added.Moreover, many new oppunities are introduced in it like ATM, sky train, car hire and cafe.

Before, development the pesengers use walkway to reach the gates but in development plan sky train is added to fecilitate the pesengers for reaching the gates.Before developmet their are ony one departure and only on arrivals gates but after development thay can dobel it

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad change from a walkway to a sky train and mention several new facilities, including an ATM and car hire. However, the response only partially summarises the plans: it does not describe the major Y-shaped concourse extension or the increase from 8 to 18 gates accurately. The claim that there is “only one departure and only on arrivals gates” misreads the diagram, which shows areas for Departures and Arrivals, not single gates. The overview that the airport’s size increases is relevant but too general, and most changes to the terminal are omitted. The response is also 90 words, below the required 150, leaving too little space to select and explain the main features. Add a fuller overview and compare key locations before and after redevelopment.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening statement is followed by an overview and then a comparison of the walkway and sky train. This gives the reader a general sense of the topic. However, the final paragraph combines several ideas in one long, difficult-to-follow sequence, and the comparison is not developed into a clear progression through the airport’s changes. Linking phrases such as “Moreover” and “Before development” are used, but the latter is repeated and the relationship between some claims is unclear. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and for the terminal/concourse changes, and group related details together. Clearer sentence boundaries and more precise references to the two plans would make the organisation easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant task vocabulary, including “walkway,” “gates,” “ATM,” “sky train” and “car hire,” so the topic is recognisable. However, the range is limited and several spelling errors make the text harder to read, for example “oppunities,” “pesengers,” “fecilitate” and “dobel.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “new opportunities” does not accurately describe airport facilities, and “do it” is not a clear way to report the increase in gates. Aim for precise map language such as “facilities,” “concourse,” “extended” and “increased from eight to eighteen.” Check spelling carefully and choose nouns and verbs that describe physical changes rather than general ideas.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and a longer sentence explaining how passengers reach the gates, but the range is limited and errors are frequent. For example, “The maps illustrates” has subject–verb disagreement, while “the size of an airport is increased” uses an awkward passive construction for a planned change. The final sentence, “Before developmet their are ony one departure and only on arrivals gates,” contains problems with sentence structure, agreement and articles, making its meaning difficult to interpret. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, including the lowercase “overall” and missing spaces after full stops. Practise accurate present and future forms for describing plans, and divide long sentences into shorter statements with a clear subject and verb.

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