Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-14

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 4.5)

The plans provide the information about the beechwood farm in 1950 and the similarly site in current.

Overall, Before the beechwood farm have just the basic needs while, in addition adds more things like this camping field near the tree and also put the solar pannels people take advantages the new innovation.

Today, Beechwood farm create lots of facility like 2 parking near the one tree and betwwen the farm shop road and hoiliday cottage road. 4 solar pannels people take advantage from before there are not facilty and congusted parking.While, in 1950 congested parking facility also not solar system.

In contrast, before the barn between the barn and chickens while, in today barn position replace the holiday cottages. In addition put the farm shop in the head fruit trees. Barn connect the two roads.

In conclusion, Today more facilities rather than before currently add two more things. Also huge changing from this.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5

The response attempts to summarise the changes shown in the two maps of Beechwood farm between 1950 and the present day. However, the interpretation of the visual data is superficial and heavily confused in places. For instance, the writer states that in 1950 there was a 'congested parking facility' and 'no solar system', whereas the maps actually show agricultural fields and an orchard in 1950, with holiday cottages, solar panels, and parking added by today. While the overview attempts to highlight some main developments, the overall response lacks clarity, accurate feature reporting, and effective comparison, leading to a Band 4.5 performance for Task Achievement.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5

The text is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs comparing the two time periods, and a conclusion. However, the internal progression of ideas is frequently disrupted by broken syntax and unclear referencing. Cohesive devices such as 'In contrast' and 'In conclusion' are used mechanically and often inappropriately given the preceding context. Pronoun referencing is weak, with phrases like 'people take advantage from before' obscuring the logical links between sentences. Paragraphing is attempted, but the overall structural flow is difficult to follow, earning a Band 4.5.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and often inaccurate. The student relies heavily on simple terms like 'things', 'facility', and 'change' while attempting less common items such as 'solar pannels' and 'congusted parking' with spelling and word-choice errors. The misuse of words like 'similarly' instead of 'similar' or 'site' impedes comprehension. Because the range is limited and noticeable errors in spelling and word selection frequently cause difficulty for the reader, the response aligns with Band 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical control is extremely weak throughout the response. The text contains persistent errors in basic sentence structure, tense usage, and prepositions, such as 'Before the beechwood farm have just the basic needs' and 'Beechwood farm create lots of facility'. Simple sentences are poorly constructed, and attempts at more complex structures result in severe fragmentation and ungrammatical strings like 'Barn connect the two roads.' Punctuation and subject-verb agreement are frequently faulty, leading to frequent errors that constantly strain the reader's understanding, fitting the Band 4.0 descriptor.

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