Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-13

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)

Two layout represents the plan of the beechwood farm of 1950 and in the present time. These two diagram shows how much the farm has developed almost over 7 decade of time period.

Overall, it can be clearly seen that the fram underwent through a significant changes for instance new camping field, parking area as well as solar panels were built in that meantime. Meanwhile, highway road and river remain unchanged.

In 1950, enormous sheep field was located in northern area but it faced a serious development and was later changed into a energy saving area(solar panel) and a field to relax( camping field) along with parking lot. Old tracks were transformed into roads. New farm shop was opened in front of highway road- inside fruit trees.

Old barn is updated into holiday cottage with three spacious room and new barn is opened near road which was slightly streched. Near that there was some places which was not involved in the development such as farmhouse, chickens, vegetables and soft fruits.

To conclude, This farm went through a well developed plan with large changes but some things like highway, rivers alongside some area seems unchanged.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main transformation from a sheep field to newer facilities, and your overview notes that the river and main road remain. You also report several relevant changes, including the camping field, solar panels, parking, roads and farm shop. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the old barn was not converted into holiday cottages; the barn remains, while the cottages are newly located south of the eastern road. The cottages have four compartments, not three rooms. The farmhouse, chickens, fruit trees, soft fruits and vegetables are broadly retained, but their locations and the changes to the site could be described more precisely. To strengthen the response, compare the two plans systematically and distinguish retained features from relocated or newly added ones.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, two detail paragraphs and a concluding sentence. This gives the reader a coherent general route through the comparison, and phrases such as “Meanwhile” and “To conclude” signal relationships between ideas. However, the progression within the details is sometimes difficult to follow. For example, the paragraph moves from the sheep field to the shop and then to the barn and cottages without consistently locating each feature in relation to the roads or other landmarks. The conclusion largely repeats the overview rather than adding a clear comparison. Grouping changes by area, and using references such as “in the north-east” or “south of the farmhouse,” would make the organisation more precise and cohesion less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing development, including “transformed,” “remain unchanged,” “parking area” and “solar panels.” These choices help communicate the broad changes, and attempts such as “underwent” show willingness to use less common language. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or informal, however: “serious development” does not naturally describe a land-use change, “field to relax” is imprecise, and “opened in front of highway road” is awkward. There are also spelling or form errors, including “fram” and “streched.” Prefer precise map language such as “was converted into,” “was added,” and “is situated beside,” and use the exact feature names consistently. This would improve precision without requiring more elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “Meanwhile, highway road and river remain unchanged” and the relative clause in “which was slightly streched.” The main message is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “Two layout represents” has a number-agreement problem, while “These two diagram shows” combines incorrect plural forms and agreement. Articles and prepositions are also inconsistent, as in “in northern area” and “inside fruit trees.” In “there was some places which was not involved,” the verb does not agree with the plural noun. Work on subject–verb agreement, articles, and plural forms, then proofread sentence boundaries and punctuation. More accurate control of these basics would make your varied sentence attempts clearer.

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