Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-20

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)

In the mentioned plans farm has been numeruous differences since 1950 to today. As previously there were minimal facilities at farm. In the new updated plan site has been renovated with having multiple numerous facilites within same area. As one of the substantial upgration is the addition of 'parkings and Farm shop' near the fruit tress. Morever there are parking facility on both hand sides of the farm that will facilitate the visitor at large. The second one farm has extended by having Camping field by replacing sheeps in that area ,or the purpose of resting and having food by visitors. Additionaly, as compared to 1950 the one major problem regarding electricity access has also been resolved today by installing 'solar panels' at the site. As most visitors intended to stay at nights at farms so for this unlike 1950 plan, today there is proper holiday cottages for the vistor's families. However one more subsequent change is all the tracks have been updated by having roads for smooth traffic there. To sum up if overall compare the both plan today plan has more facilited than 1950 .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify several important changes, including the addition of parking, a farm shop, camping, solar panels and holiday cottages, and you compare the modern site with its earlier use. This gives the response a relevant overall message: the farm has become more visitor-oriented. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear. The camping field did not replace the sheep area exactly; it is in the north-east, while the sheep area is no longer shown. The farm shop is between the fruit trees and internal road, rather than simply “near” the trees, and the response omits the continued presence of the fruit, soft-fruit and vegetable areas, as well as the farmhouse, barn and chickens. Develop the overview and describe the main spatial changes more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable sequence: it introduces the general transformation, then lists new facilities and ends with a summary. Linking expressions such as “Moreover,” “Additionally” and “However” help signal relationships between points. However, the ideas are presented as one continuous paragraph, and the repeated “the second one” and “one more” make the progression feel list-like rather than clearly organised. Some connections are also unclear, particularly “The second one farm has extended” and the shift from visitor facilities to electricity access. Group related changes—for example, land use and visitor facilities—and use clear topic sentences and references to guide the reader through the site.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of task-related vocabulary, including “substantial,” “addition,” “installing” and “holiday cottages,” and the reader can generally understand that the farm has gained visitor facilities. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive: “numeruous differences,” “multiple numerous facilites,” “substantial upgration” and “more facilited” do not express the ideas naturally. There are also spelling errors, including “tress,” “Morever” and “vistor's.” Use precise map vocabulary such as “facilities,” “converted,” “introduced” and “replaced,” and avoid unsupported claims about visitors’ intentions. A more controlled range of accurate terms would make the comparison clearer and more formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a comparison beginning “As compared to 1950” and a concluding sentence introduced by “To sum up.” However, many sentences contain grammatical errors that make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. For example, “In the mentioned plans farm has been…” lacks a clear subject and uses an unsuitable tense, while “As one of the substantial upgration is…” is not a complete grammatical construction. Articles, agreement and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “there were minimal facilities at farm” and the long sentence beginning “The second one farm has extended.” Practise forming complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check tense and punctuation when joining clauses.

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