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 plans illustrate the location of a farm in 1950 and the same place nowadays.

In 1950, The Beecdwood Farm were missing certain things in its location, Nowadays they introduced solar panels, parking, farn shop, road, camping field and Holiday cottages.

In the Beechwood Farm introduced solar panels at place of sheep, furthermore introduced parking palces, first one is blow the place of solar panels near the road and second one is near the main highway. It developed camping field at left side of solar panels.

In this Farm we can see a more addition of hoilday cottages which placed at next to the Farmhouse and below the road and it changed the track with road. The last thing which is farm shop, it's located at near track and near fruit trees. They changed the location of Barn which was at up to farmhouse but now it moved at left to chickens.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify several important changes, including the addition of solar panels, parking, a camping field, holiday cottages and a farm shop, and you compare the barn’s position with the farmhouse. However, the response only partially summarises the plans: it gives no clear overview of the main transformation and omits notable details such as the retention of the fruit, soft-fruit and vegetable areas, and the farmhouse and chicken enclosure. Some locations are also inaccurate or unclear: the camping field is north-east, not left, of the internal road, and the first parking area is near the main-road junction rather than below the solar panels. The response is 144 words, six short of the 150-word minimum. Add a concise overview and report the key retained and changed features accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure, moving from an introduction to changes around the site and then to the cottages, farm shop and barn. This gives the reader some organisation, and linking expressions such as “furthermore” and “In this Farm” show attempts to connect ideas. However, there is no clear overall progression: features are listed in a somewhat random order, and the second paragraph repeats the idea of additions without grouping changes by area or type. References such as “first one” and “it” are not always clear, while “The last thing” is an informal, weak transition. Organise the comparison into logical groups—for example, the western fields and new facilities, then the eastern buildings—and use precise references to guide the reader.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “solar panels,” “parking,” “camping field,” “Farmhouse” and “located,” so the reader can identify many of the features being discussed. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling errors make parts difficult to understand: “introduced solar panels at place of sheep” and “parking palces” are examples. “Nowadays they introduced” is also an awkward way to describe changes shown on a plan, and “main highway” is less precise than “main road.” Aim for accurate location phrases and verbs such as “was replaced by,” “was added” and “lies to the east of.” Check spelling carefully, especially for labels copied from the map.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to combine ideas using clauses and connectors, as in “which was at up to farmhouse but now it moved at left to chickens,” but the sentence structure is often faulty and makes relationships hard to follow. There are frequent problems with tense, agreement, articles and prepositions: “The Beecdwood Farm were missing” should use a singular subject and a clearer past description, while “which placed at next to the Farmhouse” needs a verb and a corrected prepositional pattern. Capitalisation is also inconsistent, as in “In 1950, The.” Most sentences rely on simple statements or loosely joined clauses, with limited accurate control of complex forms. Practise clear past-versus-present comparisons and build sentences around accurate patterns such as “X was replaced by Y” and “X is located beside Y.”

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