Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-17

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 two map shown two different site of Beechwood Farm in 1950 and at prestent. Overall, there are more facilities were added and the track re-new as a road. The significant change is sheep area, the side near soft fruits were design into camping field, beside the new guest place became into solar panels. Also, there are two parkings were built for farm guest traffic. The old barn in now were design in three holiday cottages. Behind the cottages farmhouse and chickens area remain as usual. And the new barn located in a converge road near chickens, but it is smaller than past. Up the road, from vegetables to fruits trees, there only one change in today, a fram shop. It is nearby the two-side highway, built inside the fruit trees area. On the one hand, can support guest to buy fresh and natural product. On the other side, people living colse can buy local food more convince.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to summarise the main features of the maps by comparing Beechwood Farm in 1950 and today, noting developments such as the camping field, holiday cottages, and farm shop. However, the response contains several inaccuracies and misinterpretations of the visual data. For example, the old barn is incorrectly described as being turned into three holiday cottages, whereas the map shows the new holiday cottages located separately, and the old barn remains a barn. Additionally, the description of the new barn's location is confusing ('converge road near chickens'). The overview is weak, consisting of a single basic sentence, and some details are under-developed or imprecise, limiting the score to Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response lacks a clear paragraph structure, being presented almost as a single block of text, which hinders overall progression. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repetitively (e.g., 'On the one hand... On the other side'). Referencing between sentences is sometimes faulty, making it difficult to follow the spatial relationships between the various features on the map. While there is an attempt to sequence information logically from feature to feature, the inadequate paragraphing and mechanical cohesion place this response firmly in Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses a limited range of vocabulary with frequent word choice and collocation errors (e.g., 'at prestent' instead of 'at present', 'track re-new as a road', 'guest place', 'parkings', 'converge road', 'more convince'). Words are often misused grammatically or lexically, such as 'colse' (close) and 'fram shop' (farm shop). Although the vocabulary is adequate to convey a basic understanding of the visual data, the high frequency of errors and lack of sophisticated control restrict the lexical score to Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The text displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences and basic subject-verb constructions ('there are more facilities were added', 'the old barn in now were design'). There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the response, including tense confusion ('shown' instead of 'show'), passive voice errors ('were design'), and spelling/word-form issues. Complex structures are attempted but are generally faulty. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and align with Band 5.0 descriptors.

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