Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)
The plans present the difference between 1950's farm site from today's new transformed and renovated farm site.
Overall, 1950 and todays's farm has a big difference especially in the sheep side it has a large space. However, in today's farm site it changes lot, the sheep side is now a camping field and has a lot of solar panels.
In 1950, the farm site has no holiday cattage, farm shop, parking side, solar panels and no camping field. It is so plane and no people would not love to go because there is no activites that people would like to do compared to today's farm site. It has a huge transformation and there are a lot of changes between 1950 and today's farm site. However, in today's farm site there is no sheep compared to 1950 that it has a huge sheep side.
Furthermore, in today's farm site several number of people can visit now especially there is a campsite and people tend to love to do a camping. In addition, there is now a farm shop where people would buy a fruits and vegetables. Most importantly, people would not be worried about parking due to the farm has now a lot of parking site.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
You identify the main overall change: the former sheep area has become a camping field, and the farm now includes visitor facilities such as a shop and parking. You also correctly note that sheep are no longer shown. These are relevant comparisons, but the account is less complete than it could be: it omits important changes such as the holiday cottages, solar panels, and the road layout, and gives little detail about features retained from 1950, including the fruit, soft-fruit and vegetable areas, farmhouse, barn and chicken enclosure. The claim that the site was “so plane” and people would not want to visit is opinion rather than map information. A more precise overview and fuller reporting of the main physical changes would strengthen the response.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about the two periods, and paragraph breaks help separate the points. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Furthermore” and “In addition” show an effort to connect ideas. However, progression is weakened by repeated statements that the farm has changed greatly and that there are no sheep today. The third paragraph also mixes a list of absent facilities in 1950 with subjective comments, rather than organising the map changes clearly by location or by what was retained and added. Some references, such as “the sheep side,” are imprecise. Grouping related features and using clearer comparisons would make the account easier to follow.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “camping field,” “solar panels,” “farm shop” and “parking,” so the reader can understand the broad transformation. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “the difference between 1950's farm site,” “today's new transformed and renovated farm site,” “sheep side” and “parking site.” There are also spelling and word-form problems, including “cattage,” “plane” and “activites.” Repetition of “farm site,” “huge” and “changes” further limits precision. Use standard map language such as “the site,” “area,” “was replaced by” and “was converted into,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including comparisons with “compared to” and clauses introduced by “where” and “due to.” However, control is inconsistent, particularly in longer constructions. For example, “The plans present the difference between 1950's farm site from today's…” has an unclear comparison structure, while “it changes lot” is missing an adverbial form and “there is no sheep compared to 1950 that it has…” is difficult to parse. Tense and agreement also need attention: “1950 and todays's farm has” should use a plural subject and a consistent time reference. Practise accurate past-versus-present comparisons and build longer sentences from clear, complete clauses.
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