Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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)

These two pictures illustrates the complete biography about the Porth Harbour that how it looked during 2000 and how its looking now.

Overall, the complete structure, the location and the paths are same today as they looked back in 2000 with some general changes.

Firstly, the main road is at the same location but there is an addition of showers and tailors in north side of the car park in the southerneast part of the main road while the car park and restrooms which was in notherneast remains the same. Marina which have private yachts have exchanged its position with fishing boats. There is addition of cafes and shops in north side of road leading towards lifeboat which is still at same location.

Furthermore, there is an addition of road towards the castle of that time which is changed into luxrry hotel and nearby public beach is now completely changed into the private beach for the customers of hotel. In contrast, the passenger ferries are still same with just an addition of one more dock

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main overall pattern—that the harbour retains its basic layout while facilities and uses change—and report several important developments, including the marina and fishing boats exchanging areas, cafés and shops being added, and the castle becoming a hotel. This gives the response a relevant overview and covers the main transformation. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the new showers and toilets are not in the south-east, and the beach beside the hotel was previously a public beach rather than a nearby beach whose status is simply “completely changed.” The dock gains an additional jetty and has two boats, not merely “one more dock.” Mentioning the northern public beach remaining public and the added facilities would make the account more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing changes. The sequence from general layout to specific developments is broadly logical, and linking expressions such as “Firstly,” “Furthermore,” and “In contrast” help signal progression. However, the overview that the “complete structure” and “paths” are the same is too broad and conflicts with the changes described. Some references are difficult to follow, particularly “in north side of the car park in the southerneast part” and “which is changed into luxury hotel.” The final comparison also joins several ideas without a clear distinction. Grouping changes by location and using clearer references would make the progression more consistent and cohesion less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “main road,” “marina,” “fishing boats,” “lifeboat,” and “private beach,” and you attempt more descriptive language such as “exchanged its position.” This is enough to communicate several key changes, but the range and precision are uneven. “Complete biography” is not appropriate for describing a map, while “luxrry hotel” and “tailors” appear to be misspellings or incorrect word choices that obscure the intended meaning. “Restrooms” is understandable, but “showers and toilets” matches the map label more precisely. Phrases such as “addition of road” and “one more dock” also do not accurately name the changes. Use standard map-change vocabulary and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a comparison with “while” and a relative clause in “which is still at same location.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and several errors make relationships between features difficult to understand. For example, “These two pictures illustrates” has subject–verb disagreement, and “that how it looked” is an incorrectly formed clause. Tense and article use also need attention in “how its looking now” and “at same location.” Some long sentences combine multiple changes without clear grammatical boundaries, as in the sentence beginning “Firstly, the main road is at the same location.” Practise accurate agreement, articles, and clause construction, and divide complex descriptions into shorter, controlled sentences.

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