Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-01
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 plans illustrate what are the position of airport and next year how it will look.
overal, now the airport have eight gates but and in the coming year the airport wiil 18 entrance gates.
To start ,currently it have registration area and have only one cafe. it have a area where humans walk there. In airport only eight gates.
After this year, the airport will very change and added the new areas. Nest year, check-in will remain. In airport will make the bag drop where the pessanger collect the goods. And the step is built the cafe. Now ATM is not but in the next year will be ATM for people facilities and will work on sky train. And will proccess the car hire so pessengers easily travel. And the next year enhance the amount of gates now only 8 gates but the nest year there are 18 gates. And the airport will develop.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the main change in capacity, noting that the airport expands from eight gates to eighteen, and you mention several new facilities, including bag drop, an ATM, a sky train and car hire. These are relevant features and show an attempt to compare the two plans. However, the summary is only partial: it does not clearly describe the major Y-shaped concourse extension or explain how the terminal’s existing areas are rearranged. The statement that check-in “will remain” is misleading, since it moves from the west wall to the inner wall beside Arrivals. Some details are also unclear, such as “the step is built the cafe.” A clearer overview and more accurate descriptions of the key spatial changes would make the response more complete.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is a basic attempt to organise the response, beginning with an introduction and overview before moving to details about the current and future airport. This gives the reader some sense of the comparison. However, progression is not consistently clear: the response moves between present and future features, then returns to the gate numbers, and several ideas are joined in a long sequence with repeated “And” and “Now.” Phrases such as “After this year” and “To start” do not always make the relationship between points clear. Use separate paragraphs for the overview, current layout and planned changes, and connect each comparison directly—for example, explain what changes from the current terminal to the redeveloped one.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The response uses some relevant airport vocabulary, including “gates,” “check-in,” “bag drop,” “ATM” and “car hire,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “registration area” is not a natural description of check-in, while “collect the goods” does not accurately describe bag drop. “The airport will very change” and “will work on sky train” are also imprecise. Spelling errors such as “wiil,” “pessanger” and “Nest” further reduce clarity. Build a bank of accurate terms for describing airport facilities and spatial changes, and check spelling before submitting.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
You attempt to express both current arrangements and future plans, but control of sentence structure and verb forms is inconsistent. Errors occur in basic clauses, as in “the airport have eight gates” and “it have a area,” where subject–verb agreement and article use are faulty. Future descriptions are also often incomplete or incorrectly formed: “In airport will make the bag drop” lacks a clear subject, and “the airport will very change” does not use a grammatical verb pattern. Most sentences rely on simple structures, while longer sentences joined with “and” become difficult to follow. Practise accurate present and future forms, complete subject–verb clauses, and punctuation that separates distinct ideas.
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