Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-30

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 plan illustrate Porth harbour diffreneces between 2000 and today.

Overall, the current Porth harbour had major changes since 2000, including addtion of new Dock and Cafes & shops. replacing the old castle with hotel and relocating Marina private yachts and car parks.

in 2000, the Porth harbour had castle in the east south that is not connected to the road along with public beach. meanwhile the north had single dock with Passenger ferries, the west had fishing boats, Marina private yachts, showers

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response identifies the two time periods and mentions several relevant changes, including the hotel replacing the castle and the marina being relocated. However, it addresses the task only minimally: the overview claims a “new Dock,” although the dock already existed in 2000, and the description of the earlier layout is incomplete and partly inaccurate. For example, the fishing boats were south of the marina in 2000, not simply “the west,” and the castle area was reached by a road rather than being unconnected. The present-day changes are not described in enough detail, and important features such as the private beach, cafés and shops, and the exchanged locations of fishing boats and marina are omitted. The response is also 67 words below the required minimum. Develop a clear overview and compare the main changes systematically.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening statement is followed by an overview and then a paragraph beginning “in 2000.” This gives the reader some sense of the intended structure. However, the response ends before it develops a clear progression from the earlier plan to the present-day layout, and the final sentence is incomplete, stopping at “showers.” The overview also combines several changes in a compressed list, while “meanwhile” does not clearly connect the locations that follow. Use separate, complete paragraphs for the overview and the two plans, and group details by area or by change. Clear links such as “By contrast” and “In the present-day plan” would make comparisons easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant map vocabulary, including “relocating,” “dock,” “Passenger ferries,” and “Marina private yachts,” so the reader can recognise the topic and several features. However, the range is limited, and some wording is inaccurate or awkward: “addtion of new Dock” misrepresents the map, while “castle in the east south” and “the west had fishing boats” are imprecise descriptions of location. Spelling errors such as “diffreneces” and “addtion” are noticeable, and “Cafes” should be written as “cafés” if retaining the map’s label. Build a more precise set of location and comparison phrases, and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a few different sentence forms, including an overview sentence with “including” and a contrast introduced by “meanwhile.” However, the range remains limited, and errors in basic sentence construction and agreement are frequent enough to make parts difficult to read. “The plan illustrate” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “the current Porth harbour had major changes” uses an unsuitable tense and construction. The overview begins with a lowercase “in,” and the final sentence is unfinished, leaving its list without a complete grammatical structure. Practise accurate present and past forms when comparing plans, and write complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs. A careful proofread for agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries would improve clarity.

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