Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

The plans illustrates how the Beechwood farm changed over the years since 1950.

Overall, the Beechwood farm transformed from a regular farm into a tourist-oriented farm with facilities that visitors may utilize. Moreover, the farm now includes a sustainable form of energy-generation.

The biggest change the Beechwood farm has gone through is the replacement and subdivision of the sheep field into three categorical features : parkings, camping field, and solar panels field. The parkings had two different locations : one in front of the fruit trees, while the other is next to the solar panels field.The barn was also repurposed as holiday cottages for visitors use, which is now overlooking the camping and solar panels fields. A small new barn was built next to the farmhouse, replacing the old one.

Furthermore, the fruit trees field now includes a farm shop right next to the road, and the tracks were replaced by road for cars to access the parking lots.However, the soft fruits field, vegtables field, farmhouse, and the chickens coup stayed the same.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You give a clear overview of the farm’s shift towards tourism and mention the new energy feature, then select several important changes, including the camping field, parking, shop and cottages. Most locations are broadly reported, and the comparison between the former sheep area and its new uses is relevant. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the cottages replaced the former barn, while the new barn is near the farmhouse; the response reverses these changes by saying the barn was repurposed and a small barn was built. The parking areas are not described as being in front of the fruit trees or next to the solar panels. The unchanged fields and buildings are a useful comparison, but the overview could more precisely summarise the main changes to the site layout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear four-paragraph structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details of the changes and features that remained. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the information. Linking expressions such as “Overall” and “Furthermore” help signal the stages of the description. However, the final paragraph combines several distinct changes, and some references are difficult to follow: “the other” parking area and “the old one” require the reader to infer which locations or buildings are meant. The contrast introduced by “However” is understandable, but the unchanged features would be clearer in a separate, more deliberately organised comparison. More precise referencing and grouping features by location would strengthen progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary for describing land use and change, including “transformed,” “replacement,” “subdivision,” “repurposed” and “sustainable.” These choices help communicate the farm’s development, and the meaning is generally clear. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, however: “three categorical features” is not a natural way to describe the new uses, “parkings” is not the usual plural form, and “chickens coup” is misspelled and imprecise. “Vegtables” also contains a spelling error, while “visitors use” needs a more natural expression. Aim for accurate map-description terms and check spelling, especially for labels taken directly from the plan. This would make the vocabulary more precise and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the contrast in “However, the … fields … stayed the same.” Most sentences communicate their main point, but some grammatical errors remain. The opening should be “The plans illustrate,” because the plural subject requires a plural verb. In “The biggest change … is the replacement,” the tense is inconsistent with the past-to-present comparison; “has been” would fit better. The phrase “for visitors use” also needs a possessive form or a different construction. There are punctuation-spacing problems after full stops and around the colon, which make the text less controlled. Review agreement, tense consistency and sentence punctuation.

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