Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-09

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)

Given diagrams shows two different views of porth. One map shows the infrastucture in 2000, and other one shows the present situation.

We can see few new development happend in the new map. Majority of the things are almost same.

In the north west, showers and car park are at the same place, but we can see marina ( private yachts) has been replaced with fishing boat area. Other that that, on the south west fishing boats converted in to marina. Moreover, we can see the addation of showers and toilets on the south westren side.

On the south eastren side, Castle has been transformed in to a hotel, and the beach which was accessible for public now its limited just for hotel guests. Means its a private beach now. there is only one public beach availaible on the north eastren side, just very near to the passengers ferries and dock.

In the south or in the middle of map just near to road cafes and lifeboat section is also a newely added departments.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify several important changes accurately: the marina and fishing-boat areas switch locations, a hotel replaces the disused castle, the southern beach becomes private, and cafés and shops are added near the lifeboat station. These relevant comparisons show a good grasp of the plans. However, the opening says that most things are almost the same, which understates the extent of redevelopment, and the response does not clearly summarise the overall transformation before listing details. Some descriptions are also imprecise: the north-eastern public beach is not described as being near the ferries and dock, and the added southern-western facilities are not fully explained. A more complete overview and more precise location comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable progression, moving from the north-west to the south-west and then to the southern and eastern areas. Paragraph breaks help separate the introduction from the details, and linking expressions such as “Moreover” and “On the south eastern side” guide the reader. However, the organisation is mainly a sequence of local observations rather than a clearly planned overview followed by grouped comparisons. “Other that that” is an unclear transition, while “In the south or in the middle of map” gives conflicting location cues. The final sentence also feels appended rather than integrated. Grouping changes by area or by type, and using clearer references, would make the progression more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “marina,” “fishing boats,” “private beach,” “transformed,” and “added,” so the main changes are generally understandable. There is some useful variation in describing change, but several spelling errors—“infrastucture,” “happend,” “addation,” and “availiable”—are noticeable. Some word choices and collocations are also awkward, such as “different views of porth,” “converted in to marina,” and “newely added departments.” These reduce precision and make parts of the report sound less natural. Aim for accurate, conventional phrases for map changes and check spelling carefully; this would make your vocabulary more effective without requiring more complicated words.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences with contrast and addition, for example, “In the north west, showers and car park are at the same place, but…” However, control is inconsistent, and several sentence patterns contain errors. “Given diagrams shows” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “the beach which was accessible for public now its limited” lacks a clear grammatical structure and shifts awkwardly between clauses. Articles and plurals are also unreliable in phrases such as “the addation of showers” and “cafes and lifeboat section is.” Punctuation and capitalisation, especially at the start of sentences, need attention. Practise building accurate sentences around one main clause, then add comparisons using a correctly formed subordinate clause.

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