Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-13

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 4.5)

The map illustrate the site of a firm in 1950 and the same site today.

Overall, The Beechwood Farm the main features is river and chicken shops.

In 1950, The sheep area replaced by solar panels, parking area, camping field and right sidea area is converted by parking. The track area be changed into road and barn .Barn rebuilted the Holiday cottages, Farmhouse and chickens stay the same area.

Other hand, in 1950 the fruit trees and today is beside the farm shop.and soft fruit area be presevred and vegetables shop remain in the same poition.

River is the remained unchanged.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response identifies the two maps and attempts to compare changes, mentioning the sheep area, new facilities, farm buildings, crops and river. However, the overview is unclear: “the main features is river and chicken shops” does not accurately summarise the main changes, and there are no chicken shops shown. Several details are misreported or too vague. The sheep area was not simply replaced by all the listed facilities, and the barn did not become the holiday cottages; the cottages are south of the eastern road, while the barn remains in a different position. The crop areas largely remain, and the river is unchanged. The response is also 49 words below the required minimum, limiting the detail and comparisons provided.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response into an overview and two body paragraphs, and the sequence moves from 1950 to today. However, progression is difficult to follow because several sentences combine unrelated changes or omit the relationships between locations. For example, “The track area be changed into road and barn” does not clearly explain what happened to the track or where the barn is. “Other hand” signals a contrast, but the contrast itself is not clearly established. The final statement about the river is isolated. Use one paragraph for the overall changes and separate paragraphs for the western and eastern parts of the site, linking each change with clear location references.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant map vocabulary, including “sheep area,” “solar panels,” “camping field,” “fruit trees” and “river,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear, such as “chicken shops,” “vegetables shop,” “right sidea area” and “the site of a firm.” Spelling errors such as “presevred” and “poition” also reduce clarity. Try to use precise terms for land use and change, such as “field,” “facility,” “remained” and “was converted into,” and avoid adding “shop” to labels that refer to fields. More varied, accurate vocabulary would help describe the map without repetition.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts simple statements and some passive constructions, but grammatical control is inconsistent and errors frequently make relationships difficult to understand. Examples include “The map illustrate,” “the main features is,” and “the fruit trees and today is beside the farm shop,” which show problems with agreement and sentence construction. Tense and passive forms are also faulty in “The track area be changed” and “Barn rebuilted.” Capitalisation after sentence openings is inconsistent, and several sentences lack clear punctuation or complete grammatical structure. Practise accurate past and present forms for map comparisons, for example, “The track was replaced by a road” and “The river remains unchanged,” before attempting longer sentences.

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