Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-21

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)

while i am looking at the comparison of the airport before and after i am seeing one major difference that is the developed airport contains more space than the old one and sections like atm, sky train and car hire is added. In the new structure the walkway is replaced by sky train, by developing the feature of sky train the exclusive time of people that had been wasted due to walk away and the traffic in walk away will be saved. After the sky train there comes the shops people usually buy something the find attractive at airports and building a shop near airport leads to easy way of earning money, while the old structure of airport lacks shops. There is no such facility like bagdrop in in the recent structure of airport the developed structure seems to have one that will make an easy route to passengers however they will pick their luggages up and then check in. The new structure have car hire facility due to which the stress of hiring a car or booking taxi would be much more less if the car hire option is available near the arrival in airport. While the old structure only have cafe in the departure portion the new structure have cafe in both the arrival and departure portion thet would be pretty good for the people to relax for sometime at cafe after the arrival in particular place.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several genuine changes, including the addition of shops, a sky train, car hire, bag drop and a café in Arrivals. However, the response only partially summarises the plans: it gives little account of the overall expansion from a straight concourse with 8 gates to a Y-shaped concourse with 18 gates, and it does not describe important changes such as the relocated check-in area or the new ATM. Some details are inaccurate or unclear: the walkway is not simply replaced throughout by a sky train, and bag drop is added rather than absent from the old layout in the way your wording suggests. Much of the response speculates about benefits and passenger behaviour instead of reporting visible features. A concise overview and more precise coverage of the main spatial changes would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a recognisable sequence, moving through the sky train, shops, bag drop, car hire and cafés, and linking ideas with words such as “while” and “however.” Nevertheless, it is presented as one long paragraph, with no clear overview or grouping of the main changes. Several sentences join multiple ideas, making the progression difficult to follow; for example, the discussion of the sky train moves from its location to assumed time savings and then to shops. Some linking is repetitive, particularly the repeated “while” constructions, and references such as “the recent structure” and “the developed structure” are not always clear. Organise the response into an overview and focused paragraphs, and use links to show comparisons rather than adding loosely connected commentary.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “sky train,” “car hire,” “bag drop,” “arrival” and “departure,” so the reader can identify several airport features. However, the range is limited and some expressions are imprecise or unnatural, such as “the exclusive time of people,” “traffic in walk away,” and “easy route to passengers.” Repetition of “structure,” “facility” and “airport” also reduces flexibility. There are spelling and word-form problems, including “luggages” and “thet,” and “bagdrop” is not consistently presented as a clear label. Aim for concise map-description vocabulary—such as “concourse,” “terminal,” “relocated” and “extended”—and avoid inventing explanations about how passengers will use the facilities.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt longer sentences and use subordinate clauses, for example, “while the old structure of airport lacks shops,” but complex constructions are often difficult to control. Subject–verb agreement errors occur in “the new structure have” and “car hire facility … would be,” while articles and plurals are also inconsistent, as in “near airport” and “luggages.” Several sentences run on, with commas joining independent ideas, and capitalisation is missing at the start of the response and for “I.” These errors sometimes make relationships between ideas harder to understand. Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add controlled clauses; check agreement, articles, sentence boundaries and punctuation during revision.

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