Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-17

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 6.5)

The plans shows the changes that have taken place at Beechwood Farm between 1950 and the present day.

Overall, the farm have significant changed over the period. It has became a place for tourism and renewable energy. With the addition of a camping field, Holiday Cottage, a farm shop and solar panels. However, the Fruits tree, Soft fruits, Vegetables and Farmhouse have remained.

In 1950, a large area of the farm was used for keeping sheep, which occupied most of the northern and eastern parts of the side. Fruits trees, Soft fruits, and vegetables were grown southern and western areas. A barn and Farmhouse located eastern and southern part of the farm, While chickens kept nearby. There are also a track connecting the different areas. In addition, a river also connected eastern side and northern sides of boundaries.

Today, several major changes can be seen. The sheep area has been replaced by a camping field and an area connecting solar panels. A farm shop, and parking area also been added near the entrance. Another parking area is located beside the solar panels. Furthermore, the old track system has been changed into rods to provide better access to different part of the farm. Holiday cottages have been built from the farmhouse, while the bern has been moved a position further south. The chickens remain into southern area, and the fruit trees, soft fruits, vegetables are still grown their original area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You give a clear overview of the main transformation, identifying the farm’s move towards tourism and renewable energy while noting that the crops and farmhouse remain. The body also compares the sheep area with the new camping and solar-panel facilities, and mentions the shop, parking, cottages and altered access. These are relevant, well-selected features and address the task clearly. Some details, however, are imprecise or over-generalised: the sheep occupied the northern area rather than most of both the northern and eastern parts, and the river is described as connecting the eastern and northern boundaries, which does not match the plan. The farmhouse remains in place; cottages are built nearby, not from it. More precise location comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response has a clear overall progression: an introduction, a summary of the main changes, a description of the 1950 layout and then the present-day site. This makes the comparison easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In addition” and “Furthermore” help signal relationships between points. The contrast between retained agricultural features and new facilities is also a useful organising idea. At times, however, the links are mechanical or the sentence boundaries interrupt the flow—for example, “With the addition of…” is left as a fragment after the overview. Some details are grouped in long lists, and references such as “their original area” could be clearer. Use complete sentences and organise each body paragraph around a smaller set of related locations or changes.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of topic vocabulary, including “camping field,” “renewable energy,” “parking area,” “track system” and “holiday cottages,” which allows you to describe the main developments. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “occupied” and “replaced.” However, several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems reduce precision: “an area connecting solar panels” is unclear, “rods” is not the intended term for access routes, and “bern” is a misspelling. Capitalisation is also inconsistent for ordinary features such as “Holiday Cottage” and “Farmhouse.” Choose standard map-description terms and check spelling and collocations so that the reader can identify each feature without having to infer your meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the overall meaning is generally recoverable. However, errors in verb forms, agreement and sentence construction are frequent enough to limit accuracy. For example, “The plans shows” should be “The plans show,” “the farm have significant changed” needs “has changed significantly,” and “It has became” should be “It has become.” Several clauses are incomplete or lack a verb, including “With the addition of…” and “A barn and Farmhouse located…”. There are also problems with articles and prepositions, as in “moved a position further south” and “remain into southern area.” Practise building complete sentences and checking subject–verb agreement, tense, and article use; this will make your comparisons much clearer.

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