Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-10

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 maps illustrates the layout of Porth Harbour in 2000 and its present-day appearence.

Overall,Harbour has undergone considerable development while new facilities were introduced including shops ,cafes, showers and toilets also expanded the dock area.The Caslte has converted into hotel and nearby beach was accommodated for the hotel guests whereas life boat remain unchanged.

In 2000, castle was located on the south-east corner nearby public beach while on the nothern side,boats were placed for passengers with behind public beach.There were two car park areas,with one of them was connected to main road.On the north-west side corner, showers and toilets were located with nearby the area was allocated for marina with infront of them fishing boats was placed.

Now today, marina private yachts and fishing boat have exchanged their positons while dock area has expanded for boats.The castle has converted into hotel, with nearby private beach only dedicated for hotel guests.Cafes and shops have constructed ans also they added shoowers and toilets whereas life boat has remained same on thier position.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation clearly: the harbour has been developed, the castle has become a hotel, and the southern beach is now private. You also report the exchange of the marina and fishing-boat areas and the addition of facilities, so the response covers the key changes and includes an overview. This is a strong account of the main features, although some details are unclear or incomplete. For example, the opening description of the northern boats and beach is difficult to interpret, and the changes to the car parks and showers are not explained precisely. To make the summary more complete and precise, compare the northern and southern water areas explicitly and describe the added facilities in their locations.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by a description of the earlier harbour and then its present layout. This gives the reader a generally coherent progression, and phrases such as “In 2000” and “Now today” signal the time comparison. However, some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “with behind public beach” and “with nearby the area,” which make the spatial relationships hard to follow. The overview also combines several changes in one long sentence, while the final paragraph repeats the hotel and beach information. Use clearer location-based sequencing and more precise referencing—for example, group changes in the north, south and east—so the comparisons are easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of map-related vocabulary, including “layout,” “considerable development,” “dock area,” “private beach” and “exchanged their positions.” These choices help communicate the main changes, and the meaning is generally recoverable despite some inaccurate or unnatural expressions. For instance, “the beach was accommodated for the hotel guests” does not naturally express that it became private, and “boats were placed for passengers” is imprecise. There are also spelling errors such as “appearence,” “Caslte,” “positons” and “shoowers.” Aim for accurate collocations and careful spelling, using terms such as “designated for hotel guests,” “passenger ferries” and “the marina and fishing-boat areas switched locations.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “whereas” and a clause beginning “while,” but grammatical control is uneven. Errors include subject–verb agreement in “The maps illustrates,” missing or incorrect articles in “castle was located,” and faulty verb forms in “Cafes and shops have constructed.” Several clauses are difficult to parse, as in “with one of them was connected to main road” and “fishing boats was placed.” Punctuation and spacing are also inconsistent, especially around commas. These errors sometimes make relationships unclear, although the overall message can usually be understood. Practise building accurate sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check articles, agreement and tense in each clause.

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