Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-27

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 maps illustrate the changes that has occurred on the Beechwood Farm from 1950 till today.

overall, the farm has become more equiped and innovated , new facilities has been added to attract campers such as camping field and parkings.

the changes that took place are evident in the solar pannel that has been added in the right side of the sheep place previously while the left side has become a camping field with trees and tents, additionally two parkings were added , the tracks are now roads in the end of the crossroad a barn was placed, the old barn was transformed into holiday cottages further more a new farm shop is added in the area of fruit trees next to the road.

Some places remained unchanged such as the places for fruit trees , soft fruits , vegetables, chicken's place and the farmhouse the river canals also stayed the same

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall change: the farm has gained visitor-oriented facilities, including a camping field, parking, a shop and holiday cottages, while several agricultural areas remain. You also make relevant comparisons between the two plans, such as the former barn becoming cottages and the tracks being replaced by roads. However, some details are unclear or imprecise: the solar panels are in the north-east corner, not simply “in the right side of the sheep place,” and the barn is still shown on the current plan, so saying a barn was placed at the end of the junction needs clarification. The overview is present but brief, and several changes are compressed into one sentence. More precise locations and a clearer distinction between retained and changed features would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable progression: it introduces the maps, gives an overall summary, describes several changes, and ends with features that remained. This helps the reader follow the main comparison. However, most of the detail is packed into one long sentence, joined by commas and connectors such as “additionally” and “further more,” so the relationships between individual changes are not always clear. The final sentence provides a useful contrast, but the report would be easier to navigate if changes were grouped by area or type—for example, visitor facilities in one paragraph and retained agricultural features in another. Use linking expressions selectively and punctuate separate points as complete sentences.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a farm plan, including “camping field,” “solar panel,” “holiday cottages,” “farm shop,” and “remained unchanged.” These terms allow you to report the main developments. However, several word choices or forms are inaccurate or unnatural, including “more equiped and innovated,” “parkings,” “solar pannel,” and “river canals.” “The sheep place” is also an imprecise way to refer to the area labelled “Sheep.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the general account, but they reduce precision and naturalness. Choose standard map-description terms and check spelling and countability; for example, use “parking areas” rather than “parkings” and “river” rather than “river canals.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast between changed and unchanged features and a clause introduced by “such as.” The main meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. In the opening, “the changes that has occurred” has a subject–verb agreement problem; “new facilities has been added” also needs plural agreement. The phrase “from 1950 till today” is less suitable for describing the maps than a consistent time expression such as “between 1950 and today.” Long comma-linked sentences make clause boundaries difficult to follow, and punctuation is inconsistent, including the lowercase opening after a full stop. Use shorter, complete sentences and check agreement, articles and sentence boundaries.

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