Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-14

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 maps display some major changes from 1950 to the present day.

Overall, there are a lot of changes have made in all these years at Beechwood farm.

In the northern side of the farm there was barn which was later change to holiday cottages,whereas, The farmhouse and chickens remain the same. On the southern west side of the map only farm shop and parking are been added.

At the south side of the farm the camping field had been instaild. Whereas the southern east side of the farm has been converted to the solar panels sites and parking is also added there.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify that the farm has changed and mention several new uses, including holiday cottages, a farm shop, parking, camping and solar panels. However, the response covers the plans only partially: it misstates the location of some features, saying the camping field is at the south and the solar panels are on the south-east side, although both are in the northern part of the site. It also says the barn was changed into cottages, when the barn remains and the cottages are added nearby. Important changes such as the roads and the continued fruit, soft-fruit and vegetable areas are omitted. The overview is very general, and the response is 47 words below the required minimum. Describe the main changes accurately and include more key comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: an opening statement, a general overview, and two paragraphs describing changes. This gives the reader some sense of progression, and contrast markers such as “whereas” show an attempt to compare the two plans. However, the organisation is difficult to follow because locations are grouped inconsistently and some descriptions are unclear, such as “the southern west side” and “the south side.” “Whereas” is also used as a sentence fragment before the final point, while the repeated contrast pattern does not create a clear sequence through the site. Group features by area or by what changed and what remained, and use linking words within complete, logically connected sentences.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “farmhouse,” “chickens,” “holiday cottages,” “camping field” and “solar panels,” so the reader can identify several features. There is also an attempt to describe change with phrases such as “remain the same” and “converted to.” However, the range is limited and some wording is inaccurate or awkward: “solar panels sites” and “parking are also added there” do not express the features naturally. Spelling errors in “instaild” and inconsistent capitalisation also reduce accuracy. Use precise location and change vocabulary, for example “situated in the north-east” and “a new parking area was added,” and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and a complex comparison, as in “the farmhouse and chickens remain the same” and “there was barn which was later change to holiday cottages.” However, control is uneven: the latter has errors in the article and verb form, and “there are a lot of changes have made” combines incompatible structures. Tense use also shifts between past and present without a clear reason, while “Whereas the southern east side…” is not a complete sentence. Punctuation and spacing are inconsistent, including the capital letter after “whereas” and missing spaces after commas. Practise accurate past passive forms for map changes and build complete sentences around contrast clauses.

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