Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The plans below show the site of a farm in 1950 and the same site today.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.



 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The two maps compare the Beechwood Farm in 1950 and the same farm today.

Overall, the farm is modernized over time. The farm is developed by adding new features such as camping field, solar panals and parking area.

There is a river, which cover the west and south of the beechwood farm, while bending from the bottom. A track is located in the middle of the farm land in 1950, which is developed to a road. In 1950, resources of the farm was limited. Fruit trees, soft trees and vegetables were grown in between the track and the river and there was a sheep in the opposite side. The track was divided in to two in the middle making a traingular shape by one of track went down and moved up again. Then track continued to strech to east. There were barn, farmhouse and chickens in the right corner of the map.

When comparing the farm of 1950 with today view, track is become a road. Newly constructed farm shop and parking can be seen in northwest corner at the starting point of the road. The sheep continue to grow into camping field and solar panels are placed in southeast. A new parking is built next to the road in east coner, while holiday cottage is constructed opposite to parking in east. The barn is replaced to the triangular point of the road. Other than that, the fruit trees, soft trees and vegetables areas remain same over time.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main change from a working farm to a more developed site, and your overview names additions such as the camping field, solar panels and parking. You also compare the road network and note that the crop areas remain. These points address the task and are generally grounded in the plans. Some details, however, are inaccurate or unclear: the sheep area becomes a camping field, not “sheep continue to grow,” and the solar panels are in the north-east, not the south-east. The farm shop and first parking area are near the road’s north-west entrance, but calling this the “northwest corner” is imprecise. To strengthen the response further, describe the relocation of the barn and the conversion of the farmhouse area into holiday cottages more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, a brief overview, and two paragraphs describing the original layout and subsequent changes. This gives the reader a coherent route through the comparison. Linking phrases such as “Overall,” “When comparing,” and “Other than that” help signal the stages of the description. However, some connections are awkward or unclear, particularly “The track was divided in to two in the middle making a traingular shape by one of track went down and moved up again.” The repeated use of “There is/There were” and “while” also makes parts of the account feel list-like. Grouping changes by area and using clearer references to the original and current layouts would make progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “river,” “track,” “road,” “farmhouse,” “parking,” and “holiday cottage,” and you attempt more descriptive language such as “constructed” and “opposite.” This is enough to communicate the broad changes, but word choice and collocation are often imprecise. “Soft trees” should be “soft fruits,” while “sheep continue to grow into camping field” does not express the change in land use. “Resources of the farm was limited” is also an unnatural way to describe the earlier site. Spelling errors such as “panals,” “traingular,” and “strech” reduce accuracy. Aim for precise map terms and standard collocations, especially when describing replacement, conversion, and location.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including a relative clause in “There is a river, which cover the west and south…” and a comparison introduced by “When comparing…”. The main meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “which cover” needs subject–verb agreement, and “resources … was” has a plural subject with a singular verb. Tense and verb patterns are also problematic in “track is become a road” and “The sheep continue to grow into camping field.” Articles and plurals are sometimes missing, as in “There were barn” and “camping field.” More accurate past-versus-present forms and careful checking of agreement and articles would improve control.

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