Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-18

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 given digrams depicts the current situation of an airport and also shows the new look after some changes in the coming year.

Overall, increment in number of gates would be the biggest change in the next year. Moreover, the portion belongs to arrivals also enhance much changes by adding cafe, ATM, and car hire.

Nowadays, an airport has only eight gates and have simple two walkways near to the first 4 gates. Meanwhile, after the redevelopment of airport, number of gates will increased from 8 to 18 and walkways will converted to skytrain. Moreover, some shops will also be constructed near to the first gate up to the security passport control.

Regarding to the bottom of the airport, two gates will be used for departures and arrivals, seperately. Although, departures area has only check-in and cafe but in future bag drop facility will also be provided soon. Moreover, the arrival area is now empty whereas it will redeveloped by cafe, ATM and car hire in the next year.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main transformation accurately: the gates increase from eight to eighteen, the concourse changes shape, and new facilities are added. Your overview also highlights the arrivals area’s café, ATM and car hire, while the body compares current and future arrangements. This gives the response a clear account of the principal changes. However, some details are inaccurate or over-generalised: the current layout has a walkway, not “two walkways,” and the gates are not used for departures and arrivals. The shops are beside the concourse stem, rather than extending “up to” security and passport control. To strengthen the report further, describe the Y-shaped concourse and the relocated check-in counter more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing the changes. The progression from the gates and concourse to the terminal areas is generally easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Meanwhile” and “Moreover” help signal relationships. This is a solid overall arrangement. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “Regarding to the bottom of the airport” does not clearly introduce the terminal’s departures and arrivals areas, and “Although” is used without a contrasting main clause. The repeated use of “Moreover” also makes the linking feel formulaic. Use clearer location-based topic sentences and connect each comparison directly to the feature being described.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough task-related vocabulary to communicate the main changes, including “gates,” “redevelopment,” “bag drop,” “ATM” and “car hire.” There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “facility” and “walkways.” However, the range and control are limited by inaccurate word forms, spelling and collocations. Examples include “digrams,” “increment in number,” “enhance much changes,” and “walkways will converted to skytrain”; these make parts of the description awkward or unclear. “Empty” is also imprecise for the arrivals area, which already contains passport control and customs. Build a more accurate set of map-description phrases, such as “the number of gates will rise,” “the concourse will be extended,” and “a café will be added.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including a comparison with “Although” and future descriptions using “will.” However, errors occur frequently in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction, and some make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “the number of gates will increased” should use the base form after “will,” while “walkways will converted” is missing “be.” In “an airport has only eight gates and have,” the subject and verb do not agree. The sentence beginning “Although, departures area…” is also incomplete as a contrast structure. Practise accurate future passive forms (“will be added”) and check each sentence for a clear subject, correctly formed verb and complete clause.

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