Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-09

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 maps illustrates the infrastructure of a farm area before 1950 and the structure of same farm after the renovation.

Overall, significant changes have been applied by renovating the farm area. It involves conversion of tracks in to roads and segmenting the whole sheep area into camping fields, parking sites and solar panels installations.Fruit shop has been made alongside fruit trees and besides farmhouse, holiday cottages have been introduced .

In 1950, most of the farm area was kept held for sheeps . Now after renovation, significant alterations have been made by introducing parking areas alongside camping fileds. Also, solar panels have been installed for efficient energy production. The tracks are now converted in to roads for vehicles passage.

In addition to the alterations made, the farm shop has also been allocated near fruit trees. The barn is now renovated in to holiday cottages and a new small barn has been introduced at the end of triangular roundabout road. The only things that are remain kept on their place since 1950 and after the renovation are soft fruits, vegetables and chickens.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main transformation from tracks to roads and note the new camping, parking, solar-panel and farm-shop facilities, while also comparing features that remain, such as the fruit plots, vegetables and chickens. This gives a clear account of the overall change and addresses the main purpose of the maps. Some details, however, are over-generalised or inaccurate: the sheep area is not described as being divided into the new uses, and the original barn was not converted into holiday cottages; the cottages are south of the eastern road, while a barn remains and another is shown near the junction. For a stronger response, describe the locations and changes more precisely and distinguish retained buildings from new ones.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing changes. The progression from general changes to specific facilities is generally easy to follow, and phrases such as “In addition” help signal a new point. However, some links between ideas are mechanical, and the overview combines several features in a long, loosely connected sentence. The final paragraph also moves quickly from the farm shop to buildings and retained features without a clear spatial or chronological organising principle. Grouping information by area—for example, the western fields and new facilities, then the eastern buildings and access—would make the comparisons more cohesive. Check spacing after full stops and avoid abrupt transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a site plan, including “infrastructure,” “renovation,” “solar panels,” “holiday cottages” and “triangular” road layout. This shows an attempt to use a range of topic-specific terms. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “fruit shop” for “farm shop,” “camping fileds,” and “vehicles passage.” Some phrases are also unnecessarily elaborate or imprecise, including “efficient energy production” and “significant alterations.” Spelling errors and inconsistent forms reduce the naturalness of the description. Aim for precise map vocabulary and familiar collocations, such as “the tracks were replaced by roads” and “a camping field was added,” rather than forcing formal-sounding expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including the overview sentence beginning “It involves conversion…” and the comparison about features remaining unchanged. Meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur and occasionally make the relationships between features unclear. Examples include “The maps illustrates,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “the only things that are remain kept,” which combines incompatible verb forms. Articles and prepositions are also missing or awkward in phrases such as “structure of same farm” and “converted in to roads.” Review subject–verb agreement, past and present forms, and sentence boundaries. More accurate control of these patterns would make your comparisons clearer while preserving your attempts at complex structures.

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