Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-12

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 5.5)

The digram layout illustrates how beechwood farm changed from 1950 to today and how it looks now.

Overall the beech farm has under gone significant redevelopments. traditonally the sheep area has been developed while, the space allocated to more site facilities.

In 1950, the space devoted to organic farms which include trees and fruits, farm house, also covered chickens and sheep area. the track was on either site but under developed and poorly maintained in previous years.

Since then the buildings and amenities has been witnessed and extensively developed. the noticibly changing shown in the sheep area which is been replaced by certain advancements ; the parking area placed at the corner of sheep area, in the middle of this area given to the camping feild while at the corner site there is another parking space and solar panels covered the plot area. the barn area replaced by holiday cottages meanwhile it moved to the side of V junction road. Furthermore, the roads are now well developed and properly maintained.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad change from a sheep area to a site with more facilities, and you mention several relevant features, including parking, camping, solar panels, holiday cottages and improved roads. However, the account is only partly accurate and leaves out important changes. For example, the barn remains on the site, rather than being replaced by holiday cottages; the cottages are south of the eastern road, while the barn is near the southern road junction. The farm shop is also omitted, and the fruit, soft-fruit and vegetable areas are not clearly compared across the two plans. Some claims, such as the roads being “properly maintained,” are not shown by the maps. A clearer overview and more precise descriptions of what stayed, moved or was added would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph about 1950 and a paragraph about today. This gives the reader a general sense of the time sequence. However, progression within the paragraphs is uneven, and several details are crowded into one long sentence, especially the description beginning “the parking area placed at the corner.” Linking words such as “Since then” and “Furthermore” help signal change, but “meanwhile” does not clearly show the relationship between the barn and cottages. References such as “this area” and “it” are also difficult to follow. Grouping the information by location or by features that changed and remained would make the comparisons easier to understand.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of vocabulary relevant to describing change, including “redevelopments,” “allocated,” “facilities” and “replaced.” These choices show an effort to use more than basic map vocabulary. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unclear, such as “organic farms,” “the buildings and amenities has been witnessed,” and “the corner site.” Spelling errors, including “digram,” “traditonally,” “noticibly” and “feild,” also reduce accuracy. Some phrases are unnecessarily elaborate where a precise map term would be clearer. Use straightforward expressions such as “the sheep field was converted” and “a parking area was added,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There is an attempt to use both simple statements and more complex structures, including clauses introduced by “which” and “while.” However, control is inconsistent, and errors frequently make relationships between features difficult to interpret. For example, “the buildings and amenities has been witnessed” has faulty agreement and an unsuitable passive construction, while “the space devoted to organic farms which include trees and fruits, farm house, also covered chickens and sheep area” lacks a clear grammatical structure. Articles and plurals are also often missing, as in “the parking area” and “holiday cottages” within otherwise incomplete clauses. Several sentences run together or use punctuation awkwardly. Build accurate short sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses and check subject–verb agreement.

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