Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The two plan compare the site of a farm in 1950 and the similar site today.

Overall, the main changes are noticable in sheep area which is mainly replaced by camping field and solar panels, also some changes were made to the track. However, there is no changes in fruit trees, vegetables and farmhouse.

The whole sheep area is removed and replaced by three sections named solar panels, parking and camping fields. The parking is devided into two parts, one is located in north-west part connected to main road and other on north-east part. The track, situated in middle of site were coverted in road and the new barn connected to it, is constructed in the south part.

Other noticable changes are in barn, which is replaced by holiday cottages. Chikens and farmhouse has remained same till now which is situated in south-west. On the other side their is addition of farm shop between road and fruit tress.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad contrast between the 1950 layout and today, and your overview notes the new camping and solar-panel areas and changes to the track. You also mention several relevant features, including the two parking areas and the farm shop. However, some key details are inaccurate: the barn has not been replaced by holiday cottages; the cottages are south of the eastern road, while the barn remains in the southern part of the site. The farmhouse and chickens remain, but the fruit trees, soft fruits and vegetables are not all unchanged in their exact arrangement. The response is one word below the 150-word minimum, and some comparisons need clearer, more accurate development.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing changes. This gives the reader a generally coherent route through the comparison, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “However” and “On the other side” help signal relationships. Some connections are less clear or mechanically expressed, though. For example, “Other noticeable changes are in barn, which is replaced by holiday cottages” combines two separate locations and makes the comparison difficult to follow. The repeated use of “which” also leaves some references unclear. Grouping the changes by area—western fields and access, then eastern facilities and buildings—and using precise location references would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “replaced,” “connected,” “located” and “addition,” and you attempt to describe spatial relationships such as “between road and fruit trees.” This is enough to communicate the general subject, but the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “noticable,” “devided,” “coverted,” “Chikens” and “tress.” Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “the similar site” and “changes are in barn.” Use accurate map terms and collocations, and check spelling carefully. More precise expressions for position and change would help distinguish features that remain from those that have moved or been added.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “However” and a relative clause beginning “which.” However, errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences awkward or unclear. For example, “The two plan compare” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “there is no changes” has incorrect agreement and number. In “Chikens and farmhouse has remained same,” the plural subject requires a plural verb, and the sentence also needs articles. The sentence about the barn and cottages is difficult to parse because its clauses are not clearly connected. Practise accurate agreement, articles and sentence boundaries, then build longer comparisons from shorter, controlled clauses.

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