Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-02

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 map graphs illustrate the changes will made on the airport ongoin redevelopment.

Overall, Gate for travellers will be increased, along with departure and arrivals gate will also be increased. Some facilities added into departure area as well as arrival area.

Initially, there is walkway path which will be replaced with sky train. Alongwith that entry gate will almost doubled. There will no changes made on the security passport also on the passport control customs. Although there will shops placed before that checks. Tea stalls will doubled and there places will changed. There is no car hire available at arrivals which will be added at right beside arrival gate. Also atm will added just right next to the car hire and tea stall. possition of the check-in counter will moved and at place of them bag drop area will placed as per the plan.

there is lot of changes will made on the stucture airport where gates are present.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main direction of change: the airport will have more gates, a sky train, shops and additional facilities, and you compare the current and planned layouts. The overview also recognises changes in both the departure and arrival areas. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the departure and arrival areas themselves are not described as having more gates, and the cafés are relocated/added rather than simply “doubled.” The response also misses important specifics, including the Y-shaped concourse, the increase from 8 to 18 gates, and the new check-in position beside Arrivals. Develop the overview around these major structural changes, then report the key relocations precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has an opening, an overview and a body paragraph, so there is some basic organisation. It also uses a few linking expressions, such as “Initially,” “Although” and “Also.” However, the progression is difficult to follow because several changes are packed into one long paragraph, and the final sentence repeats the general point about structural changes rather than adding a clear detail. Connections are sometimes unclear: “Alongwith that” and “Although” do not establish the intended relationships, while “at place of them” makes the reference difficult to understand. Group the information into current layout versus planned changes, or into departures, arrivals and the concourse, and use clear links between those groups.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “walkway,” “sky train,” “passport control,” “check-in counter” and “car hire,” which helps communicate the airport context. There is also an attempt to describe change with phrases such as “will be replaced” and “will be added.” However, the range is limited and several choices or forms are inaccurate, making parts of the description hard to interpret: “entry gate” is not the same as the numbered boarding gates, “Tea stalls” is not the label shown, and “departure and arrivals gate” is imprecise. Spelling errors such as “possition” and “stucture” also reduce clarity. Use the plan’s exact facility names and practise collocations for describing locations and redevelopment.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including a contrast with “Although,” and the reader can generally recognise that you are describing planned changes. However, control is inconsistent, especially with future forms, agreement and sentence construction. For example, “the changes will made” needs a passive form (“will be made”), while “there will no changes made” is missing the required verb structure. Agreement is also faulty in “departure and arrivals gate will also be increased,” and “there is lot of changes will made” combines incompatible structures. Articles and punctuation are often missing, and the final body section runs together. Practise accurate future passive forms and divide complex ideas into complete, punctuated sentences.

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