Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-22
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 plan gives variety of area of farm 1950 and similar site today. while in 1950 it was totally looked different like that, shop,soft fruits, and farms, and in today it is a lot areas creates other places now such as, parking area, solar panels, and camping filed.
Overall, the huge categories of areas in today compared with 1950 and it was extremely simple in this period.
The Beecwood Farm in 1950 year, it was created for our routs and broughted some products like that fruit trees and vegtable, sheep. the other sides built for cropers, burn, farmhouse, and chickens and in below the river.
In toay, the plan have totally modified rather than 1950, the amount of facilities and create comaping filed for others, aand is extremely wonderful now due to some places parking for other travellers, Holidays cottage and farm shops in current time.
In conclusion, the plans was compared with two periods apparently time and in 1950. and today, there are a lot made new places in this time.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5
The response attempts to compare the farm site in 1950 and today, mentioning key features such as the shop, soft fruits, parking area, solar panels, and camping field. However, the information is communicated with significant imprecision and lacks a fully developed overview. Many parts of the text are difficult to follow due to poor phrasing, leading to an incomplete and vague summary of the main trends. The student attempts to identify changes, but the lack of clarity and frequent misrepresentation of details mean the response falls short of a higher band.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0
The text is organized into brief paragraphs, and some basic sequencing is attempted with phrases like 'Overall,' and 'In conclusion,'. However, logical progression is severely disrupted by confusing sentence structures and repetitive transitional phrases. Cohesive devices are often inaccurate or inadequate, for example, 'while in 1950 it was totally looked different like that' and 'in toay, the plan have totally modified rather than 1950'. Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion fails frequently, making the overall arrangement difficult to follow.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.5
Vocabulary use is very limited and basic, with frequent lexical and word-choice errors that strain the reader's understanding. Examples include 'comaping filed' (camping field), 'brounded' (brought/provided), 'cropers' (croppers/crops), and 'burn' (barn). The student attempts less common vocabulary like 'facilities' and 'solar panels', but inaccurate word forms and spelling errors ('Beecwood', 'toay') are prevalent throughout the response, severely restricting the lexical range.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple and heavily flawed complex sentence attempts. There are persistent errors in verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, prepositions, and sentence construction. For instance, sentences such as 'the amount of facilities and create comaping filed for others, aand is extremely wonderful now' demonstrate a complete breakdown of basic grammatical rules. Error-free sentences are very rare, and punctuation is inconsistent, causing frequent difficulty for the reader.
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