Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The plans illustrate how the site of a farm looked in 1950 and how the same site looks today.

Overall, some major changes have taken place in the Beechwood farm since 1950. A camping field has been set up and two different parking slots are assigned. A solar plant has been installed and a barn has been built at the conjunction point of the three roads. A farm shop has also constructed as well as holiday cottages.

The Sheep field has been converted into a camping field and a solar plant has been installed at the back side of the field. Two parking slots have been assigned, one is at the beginning of the small road in front of farm shop, while the other is in the front of cottages.

The track has been converted into a road. The barn is also transformed into holiday cottages, meanwhile a new barn is built between the chickens and vegetables area at the centre point of the road. A farm shop has been been built at the front of the first parking along with the small road in the middle of the fruit trees.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You provide a clear overview of several important changes, including the new camping field, two parking areas, solar panels, farm shop and holiday cottages. Most of these features match the plans, and you also compare the former track with the present road network. However, some key details are inaccurate or unclear: the camping field is not simply the former sheep field, and the new barn is described as being between the chickens and vegetables, although it is south-west of the farmhouse at the road junction. The account also omits changes to the fruit and soft-fruit areas and the farmhouse’s continued presence. More precise location descriptions and a fuller account of what remained unchanged would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing changes. This gives the reader a basic route through the information, and the repeated focus on the site’s development helps maintain relevance. However, the progression within the detail paragraphs is not always clear. For example, the final paragraph moves from the track to the former barn, then to the new barn and farm shop without a consistent spatial or feature-based order. Some linking is also mechanical, as in “meanwhile,” and references such as “the field” and “the front” are not always precise. Grouping changes by area or by what was replaced, and using clearer location references, would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing a changing site, including “converted,” “installed,” “assigned” and “conjunction point.” These attempts to vary the language are useful, and the main changes remain understandable. Some choices, however, are inaccurate or unnatural for this context: “solar plant” is better expressed as “solar panels,” “parking slots” as “parking areas,” and “conjunction point” as “junction.” Phrases such as “back side of the field” and “in the front of cottages” are also imprecise. There is a repeated word in “has been been built.” Aim for standard map-description collocations and use exact labels from the plans where possible.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple sentences and more complex forms, including the opening comparison and the passive construction “has been set up.” Most sentences communicate the intended changes, but some grammatical errors remain. In “A farm shop has also constructed,” the passive needs “been”; the later phrase “has been been built” contains an extra “been.” The sentence “Two parking slots have been assigned, one is…” joins two independent clauses without suitable punctuation or a linking word. There are also article and preposition problems in phrases such as “in front of farm shop” and “at the centre point of the road.” Check passive verb forms and sentence boundaries, while continuing to use varied structures.

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