Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-24

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 4.5)

The plans blew illustrates a harbour in 2000 and how it looks today.

Overall, it is clear that the porth harbour in 2000 infrastucture is very old but today porth harbour in a many changing such as located new cafes shops and hotel.

Starting from porth harbour in 2000 esat side located in publice beach passenger ferries and dock and the west side located in three relavent buildings showers and toilets marina private yachts and car parking and cross the main road.Furthermore, east right corner there are located two buildings castle discused and lifeboat located the road then west side located the car parking and fishing boats. But the plans are today porth harbour east side of the plans located the public beach and new dock and passenger ferries. And the west side of the plans new construction showers toliets car park and with fishing boats then south side of the plans new construction the hotel and both the buildings cafes shop and lifeboat situated the road and west side of the plans three buildings.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the two time periods and mention several relevant features, including the beach, dock, marina, fishing boats, hotel, cafés and lifeboat. However, the response only minimally summarises the main changes, and the overview is unclear: saying the harbour was “very old” does not describe the key redevelopment. Some locations are misreported or difficult to verify—for example, the passenger ferries are not clearly placed on the east side, and the castle is described as being in the “east right corner” rather than the south-east. The major swaps between the marina and fishing-boat areas, and the change from a public to a hotel beach, need to be stated accurately. A clearer overview and more precise comparisons would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a basic time-based structure: it first describes the 2000 plan and then turns to the present with “But the plans are today.” This gives the reader some sense of progression, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore” are attempted. However, the information is crowded into long, loosely connected sentences, so relationships between features are often unclear. Repeated use of “the west side” and “the plans” does not guide the reader reliably, while “then” and “and” are used to join several separate observations. Organise the report into a short overview and two clearly grouped descriptions, and use location-based links such as “to the north” or “south of the road” to make the sequence easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “public beach,” “passenger ferries,” “marina,” “fishing boats,” and “hotel,” so the reader can recognise several map features. However, the range is limited and some word choices or forms make the description difficult to understand, such as “three relavent buildings,” “new construction,” and “castle discused.” Spelling errors such as “blow,” “infrastucture,” “esat,” and “toli ets” (written as “toli ets” in the response) also reduce clarity. Aim for accurate, conventional map language: describe facilities as being “located” or “added,” and use precise terms such as “redeveloped,” “relocated,” and “replaced” to report changes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

There are attempts to form longer sentences and compare the two plans, but the range of sentence structures is limited and errors are frequent. For example, “The plans blew illustrates” has an incorrect subject–verb pattern, while “the west side located in three…” omits the verb structure needed to describe location. The sentence beginning “But the plans are today…” also lacks a clear grammatical frame, and punctuation is often missing where ideas change. These problems sometimes make it hard to identify which feature is where. Practise accurate simple patterns first, such as “The marina was located in the north in 2000” and “It has since moved south,” then combine them with correctly formed clauses.

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