Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-22

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)

INTRODUCTION:

In this chat shows the map of an airport now and ask how it will look after the redevelopment next year.

Overview

Overall, the airport became far more developed, the walkway change into opportunity of metro and several new facilities added.

Paragraph 1

Firstly, people were walk on the road and after development its replace by metro and also extend the road. Next before create 8 Gates but its rises to 18 to the next. Similarly, clear area near the walkway but build shops to the next year. While, in the place of secuirity passport control check-in and cafe were stayed after added Bag drop replace with check-in and check-in reached on the place of cafe and cafe build lower the ag drop.

Paragraph 2

Additionally, Area of passport control custom was empty on the other hand take place for car hire that stay right side near the arrivals and also launch ATM up to the car hire and also cafe on the top in passport control customs

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main transformation: the airport expands from 8 to 18 gates, the walkway is replaced by a sky train, and shops and other facilities are added. You also mention changes to the departures and arrivals areas, so the response addresses the main parts of the map. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate. For example, the original check-in is not in the café’s place: it moves from the west wall to the inner wall beside Arrivals, while the café moves to the bottom-left corner. The new café and ATM are in Arrivals, and car hire occupies a protruding area on the far right; describing these as near or “in” passport control/customs is imprecise. A clearer overview and more accurate location descriptions would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, an overview and two detail paragraphs. It also attempts to group changes by area and uses linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Firstly” and “Additionally.” However, progression within the paragraphs is difficult to follow because several changes are compressed into long, loosely connected sentences. The sequence beginning “While, in the place of…” is especially hard to interpret, and “on the other hand” does not clearly signal a contrast between the features described. Organise the details into clear comparisons—for example, departures changes first, then arrivals changes—and use simpler links such as “whereas,” “also” and “in addition” only where their relationships are clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “redevelopment,” “gates,” “shops,” “Bag drop,” “ATM” and “car hire,” which helps convey the subject. There is also an attempt to describe change with phrases such as “extend” and “added.” However, several word choices and collocations make the meaning difficult to understand: “change into opportunity of metro,” “clear area,” and “cafe build lower the ag drop” do not express the intended spatial changes naturally. Spelling errors such as “secuirity” also reduce precision. Build a reliable set of verbs for map descriptions—“be replaced by,” “be relocated to,” “be added,” and “be extended”—and use accurate location phrases such as “along the west wall” or “in the bottom-left corner.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons with “before” and “after development,” and you use past and future-oriented language. However, control of sentence structure and verb forms is inconsistent, and errors sometimes obscure the relationships between features. For instance, “people were walk on the road” has an incorrect verb form, while “its replace by metro” does not form a correct passive construction. In “before create 8 Gates but its rises to 18,” the clauses are not joined grammatically and the tense is unclear. Aim for complete, controlled sentences: “The walkway will be replaced by a sky train,” and “The number of gates will increase from eight to eighteen.” Check articles, verb agreement and punctuation when editing.

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