Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The plans illustrate the current layout of the southwest airport and what changes will have after remodeling next year.

Looking at the details, at present situation the airpost has a smiple layout, there is single entrance for deparatures and arrivals. Moreover, in deparatures area there is a check-in section and cafe on the right corner. There is the walkway after security passport control however, it has 8 gates. The arrivals side has not any facility. After redevelopment, there will be significant changes; there will be two entrance gates on both arrivals and departures sides. While in deparature side there will be additions of bag drop and after security passport control there will be additions of shops for the pessenagers. Meanwhile, cafe moves form left corner to right corner side. Furthermore, in the arrival side there will be addition of various facilities; a atm will introduce after remodeling, the car hire facility will be available after redevelopment. In addition, a cafe is also will be added after development. The most essentail change will be walkway changed into sky train. The number of gates will be incresased after a year from 8 to 18.

Overall, there will be significant changes after redeveloping; There will addition of many facilities on arrival side which has no facility at present time. while most important change will addition more gates and sky train.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main before-and-after changes and give an overview that identifies the expansion of facilities and gates. The increase from 8 to 18 gates and the new sky train are accurate, as are the additions of bag drop, shops, an ATM and car hire. However, some details are misreported or unclear: the current arrivals area does have passport control and customs, so saying it has “not any facility” is too broad. The café in departures moves from the right side to the bottom-left, not from the left to the right, and the new café is in arrivals. You also describe “two entrance gates” without clearly explaining that the entrances remain at the bottom of each area. More precise comparisons would strengthen the account.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable progression from the current plan to the redevelopment, followed by an overall summary. This makes the main comparison reasonably easy to follow, and linking phrases such as “Moreover,” “Meanwhile,” and “In addition” help connect details. However, the overview comes at the end and largely repeats earlier points, while the body combines several locations and changes in long, loosely connected sentences. Some transitions are mechanical or unclear, particularly “While in departure side” and “The most essential change will be walkway changed into sky train.” Organise the report into a concise overview followed by separate paragraphs for the current layout and planned changes, grouping details by departures, arrivals and the concourse.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant airport vocabulary, including “check-in,” “bag drop,” “passport control,” “car hire,” and “gates,” so the reader can identify many of the facilities being compared. There is also some attempt to vary wording with “redevelopment,” “additions,” and “significant changes.” However, spelling errors such as “airpost,” “deparatures,” “pessenagers,” and “incresased” are noticeable, and several word choices or collocations are imprecise: “entrance gates” for entrances, “facility” used repeatedly, and “cafe moves form” do not express the layout naturally. Build a more accurate set of map-description phrases, such as “is relocated to,” “is situated beside,” and “is added to the arrivals area,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, using clauses introduced by “while,” “however,” and “which.” The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors make individual statements awkward or unclear. Examples include “what changes will have” instead of “what changes will be made,” “there is single entrance,” and “a cafe is also will be added.” There are also problems with articles, verb forms and sentence boundaries, as in “a atm will introduce after remodeling,” while the final overview has an incomplete construction: “There will addition.” Practise accurate passive forms for planned changes (“will be added,” “will be relocated”) and check each sentence for a complete verb phrase and appropriate articles.

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