Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-01

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 llustrates the layout of a farm in 1950 and present time.

Overall, Parking, Camping field, Solar panels were installed in the sheep area, including a tree which was planted beside the caming field.Moreover barn was reloacted in front of chicken and farmhouse.

In 1950, Sheep covered a major area and located in north east side. Barn, Farmhouse and Chiken were nect to the sheep area seperated by track. Following that Fruites trees ,soft fruits and vegetables are adjoining and placed between track and river.

Today, Sheep is replaced by Camping field, Solar panels and. two parkings which are located in south east and north west and track is changed in to road.Furthermore Barn is replaced by Holiday cottages and relocated near the road junction with reducing in size.Farm shop is constructed inside the fruit trees,facing the road while soft fruits and vegetable and chicken are remain the same.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main change from sheep grazing to new uses, and compare the farm’s 1950 layout with today. The overview also notes the road replacing the track and changes to the barn area. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the barn was not relocated in front of the chicken enclosure; today it remains near the road junction, while holiday cottages occupy the area north of the farmhouse. The claim that the farmhouse and chickens “remain the same” overlooks the cottages inserted between the road and farmhouse. The locations of the two parking areas are also reversed: one is near the north-west entrance and the other beside the eastern road. More precise comparisons of what stayed unchanged and what was added would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an overview followed by a description of the earlier plan and then the present-day changes. This gives the reader a basic chronological progression, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In 1950,” and “Today” help signal the stages. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “Following that” does not clearly show the relationship between the farm buildings and the crop plots, while the long final paragraph combines several separate changes without a clear order. Grouping information by location or by what changed versus what remained would improve progression. Clearer sentence boundaries and more precise references would also help readers follow which features are being compared.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “layout,” “replaced,” “located,” “adjoining,” and “road junction,” so the main features can generally be understood. There are also attempts to describe change rather than simply list labels. However, spelling errors such as “llustrates,” “caming,” “reloacted,” and “seperated” are noticeable, and some word choices or combinations are imprecise: “installed in the sheep area” is less suitable for describing land-use changes, and “with reducing in size” is not a natural way to express the barn’s smaller size. “Chicken” is also used where the map label refers to the enclosure or area. More accurate spelling and natural collocations would make the description clearer and more controlled.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including “Moreover barn was…” and the sentence beginning “Today, Sheep is replaced…”. The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but errors in agreement, articles, tense, and sentence construction occur across the response. For example, “The maps llustrates” has a plural subject with a singular verb, while “Sheep is replaced” and “vegetable and chicken are remain” show problems with agreement and verb forms. The final sentence also joins several ideas in a way that makes the structure difficult to control. Use consistent past and present forms when comparing the plans, and build shorter, complete sentences before attempting longer clauses. Check articles and plural forms as part of proofreading.

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