Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The plan illustrate the site of a farm in 1950 and the same site today extand and change its features .

The first farm is Beechwood Farm in 1950 it have one main road and a rive other hand its have some portions of organics things like fruit trees which are connect directly with main road then start soft fruits next is vagitable .A river go through with this on the other side of this portion one track outside of the track sheep area which is in wide range .In under track and river builted a farmhouse and barn .

Today farm is extend on the place of track built a new road outside of the road which was the sheep area now converted into parking, camping, solar panels .between the road and river fruit trees, soft fruits,and vegetables, on the place of barns built a holiday cottages.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the two time periods and mention several relevant features, including the river, fields, sheep area, and new uses such as camping and solar panels. However, the comparison is incomplete and some changes are misreported: the farmhouse and barn remain on the site, rather than the cottages replacing the barns, and the response does not clearly explain the farm shop or the two parking areas. There is also no clear overview of the main transformation from agricultural land to a site with visitor facilities. The response is 136 words, below the 150-word minimum; the 12 words copied from the prompt are excluded. To develop the report, give a concise overview and accurately compare the locations and changes in both plans.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response follows a basic time sequence, beginning with 1950 and then moving to today, and it groups some related features together. This gives the reader a general sense of the comparison. However, the information is packed into two long paragraphs with little clear progression, and links such as “other hand” and “between the road and river” do not make the relationships between features easy to follow. Some references are also unclear, for example “on the place of barns built a holiday cottages.” Use separate, purposeful paragraphs for the two plans, then connect them with explicit comparisons such as “whereas” and “in contrast.” Shorter sentences and clearer location references would make the organisation easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “main road,” “fruit trees,” “soft fruits,” “sheep area,” “parking,” and “solar panels,” so the reader can identify several map features. However, the range is limited and some word choices or spellings make the description difficult to understand, such as “organics things,” “rive,” “vagitable,” and “extand.” Phrases such as “outside of the road” and “on the place of barns” are also imprecise for describing map locations and changes. Build a more accurate set of terms for plans, including “located,” “adjacent to,” “was converted into,” and “remained unchanged.” Check spelling and use precise labels from the map.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

There is an attempt to describe both plans and to link ideas, but sentence structures are mostly simple or run together, and frequent errors sometimes obscure the relationships between features. For example, “The plan illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “it have one main road” and “a river go through” use incorrect verb forms. Articles and sentence boundaries are also problematic in “The first farm is Beechwood Farm in 1950 it have…” and “In under track and river builted a farmhouse and barn.” Practise forming complete sentences with accurate past and present tenses, articles, and agreement. Use full stops to separate locations and changes, and try a few controlled complex sentences to compare the two maps.

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