Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The plans below show a harbour in 2000 and how it looks today.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

 

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The plans illustrate the comparison of a porth harbour in 2000 and present day.

Overall, a lot of places added after the reconstruction. Some places were replaced to new things because of their less importance.

On the east site of plan, the places of marina private yachts and fishing boats were interchanged after redesigning, while showers and toilets, and car park remained same with an addition of another showers and toilets section. In 2000, there was a single dock near public beach. On today's harbour plan another dock was added made a total of two docks. the place of passenger ferries remained same.

On the south east of plan a section for cafes and shops were added near lifeboat. A disused castle was redesigned and changed into the private hotel. Near the castle there was a public beach. After the redesigning of hotel, public beach converted to private which was only accessible for the people living in hotel.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify several major changes accurately, including the exchange of the marina and fishing-boat areas, the addition of cafés and shops, and the conversion of the disused castle and public beach into a hotel and private beach. Your overview also recognises that the harbour was redeveloped. This covers the main transformation and shows some comparison, but a few details are unclear or inaccurate: the northern entrance has an additional jetty and two boats, rather than a second dock, and the passenger-ferry label is not shown as remaining in the present-day plan. The west-side road and the north-eastern public beach are also omitted. To make the summary more complete and precise, distinguish changes to facilities from changes in their locations and avoid adding unsupported details about hotel access.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, a brief overview, and two paragraphs describing changes in different areas. This makes the main points reasonably easy to follow, and phrases such as “while” and “After” help signal comparison and sequence. However, the organisation is not consistently spatial: the paragraph beginning “On the east site” includes features from several parts of the harbour, and “On the south east” groups the hotel, beach and cafés without clearly locating them relative to one another. Some linking is also mechanical, with repeated references to “after the redesigning.” Grouping the changes by north, south and west, and using clearer references such as “the northern basin,” would create a more logical progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “interchanged,” “redesigned,” “disused castle,” and “private beach,” so the reader can understand the broad changes. There is also some variety in how you describe additions and replacements. However, several word choices and collocations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “a lot of places added,” “east site,” and “changed into the private hotel.” “Dock” is also used for what the plan shows as an additional jetty, which affects precision. Repeated use of “place” and “redesigning” limits the range. Aim for concise, conventional map language—for example, “facilities were added,” “on the eastern side,” and “was replaced by a hotel”—and check spelling and word forms such as “harbour.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a comparison with “while” and a time relationship introduced by “After.” Most of the meaning remains understandable, but some errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles and punctuation reduce accuracy. For example, “a lot of places added” is missing a passive verb, while “a section for cafes and shops were added” has a subject–verb agreement problem. “The place of passenger ferries remained same” also needs an article and a more complete construction. Capitalisation after the full stop in “the place” and “the place of passenger ferries” should be checked. Practise accurate passive forms for map changes (“was added,” “were replaced”) and vary sentence patterns while keeping each sentence controlled.

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