Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-15

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 plan depicts the pre-development stage of the farm in 1950 and how it looks now after the development process.

Overall, the farm underwent major development changes and have more facilities than before. The major changes that happened to the farm is the addition of parking, solar panels, camping field and holiday cottages. Similarly, tracks of the farm are now converted into roads.

Before the development process the farm was pretty simple containing major area for sheep in north-east along with barn and farmhouse on the opposite side. Also, there was space available for containing chicken and there were various track in-between.

After the development the area that was allocated for sheep was utilised the most by adding parking, camping field and solar panels. The farm is then seprated via road that was a track before the development. Furthermore, holiday cottages were added on south-eastern side along with barn that can be accessed via two parallel roads.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the overall shift from a simple farm to one with new visitor facilities, and correctly mention parking, solar panels, camping and holiday cottages. You also note that the former track became a road. However, some important features are only partly covered: the fruit trees, soft-fruit and vegetable plots remain, and the farmhouse, barn and chicken enclosure are still present. The claim that the sheep area was used for all the new facilities is too broad: the camping field and solar panels occupy that general area, but parking is also shown near road junctions. The location of the original sheep field is described imprecisely, and the barn’s access arrangement is unclear. More precise comparisons of what stayed, changed and where would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear four-paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs comparing the earlier and current layouts. The progression from general change to details of each period is easy to follow, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “Before the development process” and “After the development” help orient the reader. This organisation is effective, though some connections are broad or repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “development” and “farm.” The final paragraph groups several changes together without clearly distinguishing the northern facilities from the eastern and southern features. Use more precise location-based sequencing and clearer references to the features that remain, so the reader can follow the map comparison without having to infer relationships.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “parking,” “solar panels,” “camping field,” “holiday cottages” and “converted into roads,” which communicates the main types of change. There is also some attempt at more formal phrasing, such as “allocated” and “utilised.” However, several choices are vague or unnatural: “major development changes,” “pretty simple,” and “space available for containing chicken” do not describe the plan precisely. “Tracks” is used where the map shows a track becoming an internal road, and “seprated” is misspelled. Build a more precise range for describing location and land use, and check spelling and collocations. This would improve clarity and flexibility without requiring unnecessarily complex vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the relative clause in “the road that was a track before the development” and the participial phrase “along with barn that can be accessed…”. Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors are noticeable. For example, “the farm underwent major development changes and have more facilities” has a subject–verb agreement problem and an unclear tense shift; “the major changes … is” also fails to agree with its plural subject. Articles and plurals need attention in “containing major area,” “various track,” and “barn and farmhouse.” The phrase “the area that was allocated for sheep was utilised the most” is grammatically possible but awkwardly structured. Practise accurate agreement, articles and plural forms while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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