Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-08

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 4.0)

The map illustrates the site of a form in 1950 and the same sight today.

From map we observe that the picture explains the location of Beechwood farm in 1950. There is a road that cross over a river. The road went to the Beechwood. There is a track at the right side of main road. If we go to the track there are fruit trees at the right side. There is a garden of soft fruits at the right attach to the fruit trees garden. At some distance there is a vegetable ground on the right side of the track. After that the path divides into two tracks right and left. At the right side the track end and bend to the left side, meet with the main track. There is a farm house at some distance from the track and below the farmhouse there is a place of chickens. The point where the track meet there is barn. At the end the track comes to end.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response makes a limited attempt to describe the 1950 plan, mentioning the river, track, crop areas, farmhouse, chickens and barn. However, it does not compare the site with today’s plan at all, so a major part of the task is missing. It also gives no clear overview of the main changes, such as the addition of a farm shop, parking, a camping field, solar panels and holiday cottages. Some locations are unclear or inaccurate: for example, the fruit trees are described as being to the right of the track, whereas they lie to its west, and the barn is not at the track junction. To improve, summarise the overall transformation first, then select and accurately compare key features from both maps.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic sequence of details, moving from the road and river to the crops and then the buildings, and phrases such as “below the farmhouse” help indicate location. However, the response reads largely as a chain of separate observations rather than a clearly organised map comparison. It focuses only on 1950, so there is no progression from the earlier plan to the present-day layout. Repeated constructions such as “There is…” and “At the right side…” also make the account mechanical, while “After that” does not clearly show the spatial relationship between features. Organise the report into an introduction, an overview of the main changes, and grouped details comparing the two plans; use precise location links such as “to the west of” and “south of”.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses a small set of relevant location and map terms, including “river,” “track,” “fruit trees,” “farmhouse” and “barn,” so the reader can identify several features. However, the range is limited and some choices are inaccurate or unnatural, which can make the layout difficult to follow. “Form” and “sight” appear to be mistaken for “farm” and “site”; “garden of soft fruits” and “vegetable ground” are not suitable labels for the mapped fields. The repeated use of “right side” also lacks the precision needed for describing a plan. Build a more accurate set of map vocabulary, including “field,” “plot,” “junction,” “to the west/east of” and “was replaced by,” and check spelling and word choice carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences use simple present-tense patterns, and the response attempts some longer structures, for example, “If we go to the track there are fruit trees…” and “At the right side the track end and bend…”. However, these longer sentences are not controlled reliably, and errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence construction are frequent. Examples include “the road that cross,” “the track end and bend,” and “the track meet”; these should use correctly inflected verbs. The opening also shifts between “illustrates” and “explains” without a consistent, clear reporting structure. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then combine related locations with controlled clauses. Check subject–verb agreement, past forms when describing 1950, and punctuation between clauses.

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