Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · 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 7.0)

The maps illustrate the Beechwood farm site in 1950 and today.

Overall, the farm has witnessed big changes over the years; from being a simple farm, it has developed into a tourist attraction site. The most noticeable change is the replacement of the sheepfold with a camping field, a solar panels site and parkings and the barn with a holiday cottage.

In 1950, the river run from the south-eastern side to the north-western side. To the north-eastern side of the map a large sheepfold was located. It was separated from the rest of the farm by a track extending from the east side of the map to the north-western side where it met the road. On the east side adjacent to the track a barn was located, next to which was a farmhouse. Between the farm house and the river there was a chicken coop. Between the track and the river were farms of vegetable, soft fruit and fruit trees.

Now, sheepfold has been supplanted with a camping field and solar panels site. Two car parkings are built, one next to the solar panels and the other with the camping field adjacent to the main road. The track has been converted into a road which leads to a new barn on the southern side; while, the original barn has been replaced with a holiday cottage. A farm shop has been built within the fruit trees farm.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You provide a clear overview of the farm’s shift towards tourism and identify several important changes, including the camping field, solar panels, parking, farm shop and holiday cottages. The comparison is generally grounded in the plans, and the main agricultural plots and river are also mentioned. However, some details are inaccurate or imprecise: the river is described as running from south-east to north-west, whereas it follows the south-western and southern boundaries and crosses the road in the north-west. The parking locations are also misreported: one is near the main-road junction, while the other is beside the eastbound road, not next to the solar panels. The overview’s claim that the barn was replaced by cottages is also misleading, as the original barn remains and the cottages occupy a different area.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised in a clear sequence: an introduction, an overview, a description of the 1950 layout and then the present-day changes. This gives the reader a logical route through the comparison, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Between,” and “while” help connect locations and changes. The paragraphs are appropriately focused, and the final paragraph moves from the former sheep area to new facilities. To make the progression more precise, group related changes by area or by what has remained versus what has been added. Some references are difficult to follow, particularly “the other with the camping field adjacent to the main road,” and the repeated use of “side” makes spatial relationships less clear. More exact location phrases would strengthen cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a useful range of map-related vocabulary, including “replacement,” “supplanted,” “adjacent,” “extending,” and “converted,” which helps describe change and location. The vocabulary is generally sufficient to communicate the main comparisons, and some less common choices show an effort to vary expression. However, several collocations or forms are unnatural: “tourist attraction site,” “parkings,” “farms of vegetable,” and “solar panels site.” “Sheepfold” and “chicken coop” are understandable, but the map labels are more accurately and naturally reported as an area for sheep and an enclosure for chickens. Aim for precise, conventional phrases such as “tourist destination,” “parking areas,” and “fields of vegetables.” This would make the description sound more fluent and exact without requiring more elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex structures, including the overview clause “from being a simple farm, it has developed…” and location clauses beginning “Between the farm house and the river…”. Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors persist. For example, “the river run” needs past-tense agreement (“ran”), and “sheepfold has been supplanted” needs an article (“the sheepfold”). In “the other with the camping field adjacent to the main road,” the sentence structure leaves the relationship between the parking area and the field unclear. There are also tense and article inconsistencies when moving between the historical and current layouts. Check subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries, while retaining the range of structures already attempted.

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