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 maps illustrates the structure of Beechwood farm that how it look like in 1950 and what had changed over the period till today.

Overall, is the evident that, direction of river has not been changed during the whole time and the same road has also been there till today. However, whole farm area has been replaced with some modern technology facilities including installation of solar panels.

The layout of Beechwood fram in 1950, was according to traditional method. In the north-east side there was large area allocated only for sheep as a livestock.The barn,framhouse and chickens area were established near to each other. The fruit trees, soft fruits and vegetables were classified separately.There was a track in the middle of fram and that track join directly with the main road.

Today, the look of farm have been changed.Track has been coverted into concrete road.The large sheep area has been divided into three parts for solar panels,camping field and for two parking areas.The barn has been replaced with holiday cottages while new barn has been established at the corner of adjoining roads.Small farm shop has also been built along with the main road.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast between the 1950 farm and its present-day use, and your overview correctly notes that the river remains in place while the site gains modern facilities. You also report several relevant changes, including the track becoming a road, the addition of a farm shop and the conversion of the former sheep area. Some details, however, are inaccurate or unclear: the barn was not replaced by holiday cottages; the cottages are south of the eastbound road, while the original barn remains and another barn is shown near the road junction. The two parking areas are not both subdivisions of the sheep field, and the fruit, soft-fruit and vegetable plots remain. More precise comparisons of these retained features and the new facilities would make the account more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the earlier and current layouts. This makes the main time comparison easy to follow, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Today” help signal the organisation. The progression is generally logical, but some links between details are abrupt, particularly in the final paragraph, where several changes are listed without showing their exact locations or relationships. The overview also combines the river and road in a way that is not fully clear: the river remains, but the original track is converted into a road. Use more precise referencing and location links—for example, explaining what lies north or south of the road—to make the comparisons flow more smoothly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a farm plan, including “allocated,” “livestock,” “classified separately,” and “installation of solar panels.” These choices show an attempt to use a range beyond basic labels. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, which sometimes makes the description less precise: “structure of Beechwood farm,” “traditional method,” and “replaced with holiday cottages” do not express the map information naturally. There are also spelling errors such as “fram,” “framhouse,” and “coverted,” and repeated use of “area” and “changed.” Build a more accurate set of map-description phrases, such as “was converted into,” “was situated to the north of,” and “remained unchanged,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “However” and a relative clause in “that track join directly with the main road.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and errors occur in many sentences. Examples include subject–verb agreement in “The maps illustrates” and “the look of farm have been changed,” incorrect question-like structure in “that how it look like,” and tense or passive-form problems in “has been replaced” when describing the barn. Articles and sentence boundaries are also often missing or faulty, as in “in the north-east side” and “Today, the look of farm have been changed.Track.” Practise accurate past and present passive forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation. More reliable sentence patterns would help your ideas come across clearly.

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