Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-28
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 given two maps illustrates the development of an agriculture farm from 1950 to present.Today the farm has been developed with parkings, road, farm house, holiday cottages, camping field and equiped with solar panels.The formentioned facilities were missing in 1950.
The track is rebuilt in to the road, with the farm shop in the block of fruit trees and the parking at the entrance. Beside the parking there is a camping field adjucent to the solar panels block which also contains a second parking. Holiday cottages are constructed in place of barn.Barn is rebuilt next to
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 150 words, stopping abruptly at 96 words. Consequently, the description of the maps is severely incomplete. While the student attempts an overview by stating that various facilities such as parkings, holiday cottages, and solar panels were added, key spatial relationships and comprehensive comparisons between 1950 and today are missing. For example, the student notes that the track is rebuilt into a road and mentions the farm shop and camping field, but the writing trails off unfinished before covering the entire layout. This significantly limits the overall development of the task, resulting in a low band score.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text is divided into two very brief paragraphs, but the second paragraph trails off mid-sentence (‘Barn is rebuilt next to’), leaving the response unfinished. Cohesive devices are minimal, with some mechanical listing of features (‘Today the farm has been developed with...’). While there is a basic attempt to sequence the information from the introductory overview to specific changes, the lack of a proper conclusion and the abrupt ending disrupt the logical flow and overall progression of the text.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student uses a limited range of vocabulary appropriate to the task, including topic-specific terms such as ‘facilities’, ‘camping field’, ‘solar panels’, and ‘holiday cottages’. However, there are notable lexical errors and misspellings, such as ‘agriculture farm’ instead of ‘agricultural farm’, ‘parkings’ (uncountable plural form), ‘equiped’ (spelling error), ‘formentioned’ (spelling error), and ‘adjucent’ (spelling error). These inaccuracies restrict the vocabulary to a minimally adequate level for conveying the intended meaning.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as the passive voice construction in ‘The given two maps illustrates...’ (which also contains a subject-verb agreement error). Grammatical errors are frequent relative to the short length of the text, including missing articles, incorrect pluralisation (‘parkings’), and spelling mistakes. The text also cuts off completely in the final sentence, demonstrating poor control over sentence completion and punctuation at the paragraph level. Communication is somewhat hindered by these recurring inaccuracies.
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