Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-13

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 5.0)

In 2000, the Porth Harbour look like a main road were connecting the car parking. There were one showering and toilet near the car parking.There were also a public beech where the boats standing there. There were also a fishing boats there and lifeboats which was connected to the main road and other car parking also. There were two passanger ferries. There were also a public beech on south side. On that location, there were also a marina(private yachts) near car parking.

On the other hand, now-a-day the Porth Harbour is look different. There is two car paking near main road. There is also a fishing road and marina(private yachts) there.There are three passanger ferries also.There are life boats and coffee shops.There are a hotel amd private beech also. There are public beech there near the passanger ferries. There are two showering and toilets near the car parking. There are the some difference in 2000 Porth Harbour and today Porth Haebour

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several relevant features, including the road, marina, fishing boats, lifeboat, hotel and beaches, and you attempt to compare 2000 with today. However, the account is only partially accurate and does not clearly summarise the main changes. For example, you say there were “three passenger ferries” today, whereas the plan shows two boats at the dock; you also describe a “fishing road,” which is not shown. The overview is reduced to the vague statement that there are “some difference,” rather than highlighting major changes such as the marina and fishing boats switching locations, the castle becoming a hotel, and the southern beach becoming private. Select the most important changes and report them accurately to make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic chronological structure: one paragraph describes 2000 and the next describes today. This gives the reader a simple way to distinguish the two plans, and phrases such as “On the other hand” signal a comparison. However, the information within each paragraph is mostly presented as a list of separate observations, often linked repeatedly with “There were also” or “There is also.” The final sentence repeats the idea of difference without summarising it. Some references, such as “there” and “that location,” are unclear, and the comparison between corresponding features is not consistently organised. Grouping changes by location or by feature, then using clearer links such as “whereas” and “by contrast,” would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small set of relevant place-related words, including “car parking,” “marina,” “lifeboats,” “hotel” and “public beach,” so the general subject is recognisable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several choices or spellings make the description less precise: “beech” is used for “beach,” “passanger” for “passenger,” and “fishing road” does not describe a feature on the plan. Phrases such as “showering and toilet” and “coffee shops” are also less accurate than the map labels “showers and toilets” and “cafés and shops.” Build a more precise range for describing map features and changes, including terms such as “relocated,” “replaced by” and “converted into,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response mainly uses short, simple statements, with repeated “There were” and “There is” constructions. Some basic meaning can be followed, but frequent errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction make the description difficult to read smoothly. For example, “the Porth Harbour look like” needs a correctly formed past-tense verb, while “There is two car paking” has a subject–verb agreement problem. The sentence “There were also a public beech” also has an article and number mismatch. Tense shifts between the past description and the present-day plan are not consistently controlled. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then combine related details using clauses such as “while” or “whereas,” checking agreement and tense in each sentence.

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