Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-13

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)

The diagram show the plan of harbour in the year of 2000 and the porth harbour change the look after few years but how it look at the time there are many changes at the time of porth harbour then the past. Most of new developments develop in porth harbour today.

The porth harbour in 2000 in the west side of porth harbour was the main road siturated and east side of the main road was passed the other road that reched to the lifeboat. Afterit, west side of the lifeboat fishing boats was situated north side of fishing boats was marina (private yachts) and was the small dock and passenger femes.South side of the road was the public beach and castle (disused) after it, the main road passed few distence east side of main road was car parknorth side of car park showers and tiolets was available. Today of porth harbour many new places develop noth side of road near to the life boat cafes and shops develop today and changing the place of fishing boats and marina (private yachts) and south side of road design the private beach for the hotel at the last hotel are built on the place on castle.

In the conclusion, in 2000 the porth harbour is very simple no many features are available but after few years at the time many facilities are available then the past and built many new stationary.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad change from a simpler harbour in 2000 to one with more facilities today, and you mention several relevant developments, including the cafés and shops, the hotel replacing the castle, and the change to a private beach. However, the account is only partly accurate and leaves important comparisons unclear. For example, you say the fishing boats were west of the lifeboat, but the maps show them in the water, first in the southern basin and later in the northern dock basin. The marina’s relocation is mentioned but not explained clearly, and changes to the dock and car parks are omitted. A clearer overview and more precise reporting of the main spatial changes would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic overall structure: it begins with a general statement, describes the earlier harbour, moves to today, and ends with a conclusion. This gives the reader some sense of sequence. However, progression within the description is difficult to follow because locations and changes are often combined in long, loosely connected sentences. For instance, the sentence beginning “Afterit, west side of the lifeboat…” moves through several features without clear relationships, while “Today of porth harbour…” introduces multiple changes at once. Linking expressions such as “after it” are repeated or used imprecisely, and some references are unclear. Organise the response into distinct paragraphs for the overview, 2000, and today, and use clear location-based links such as “to the north” and “by contrast.”

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “main road,” “lifeboat,” “public beach,” “private beach,” and “hotel,” so the reader can recognise the subject and several features. However, the range is limited and many words or phrases are repeated, while inaccurate spelling and word choice sometimes make the description hard to understand. Examples include “passenger femes,” “car parknorth,” and “new stationary”; the last phrase does not convey the intended idea of new facilities. Some expressions, such as “change the look” and “many new places develop,” are also imprecise for describing map changes. Build a more reliable set of verbs and nouns for plans, such as “was relocated,” “was replaced by,” and “facilities,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

There are attempts to describe locations and changes using longer sentences, but control of sentence structure is limited, and errors frequently make relationships between features unclear. The opening, “The diagram show the plan,” has subject–verb disagreement and a missing article; “the porth harbour change the look” also has an incorrect verb form and tense. Tense shifts occur between past and present, including “was situated” and “develop today,” and several clauses are joined without clear punctuation, as in the long description beginning “Afterit.” Most sentences do not show a consistently controlled range of structures. Practise accurate simple past forms for 2000 and present forms for today, then build longer sentences with clear subjects, verbs, and punctuation.

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