Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-05

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 provided plans compare the layout of Beechwood farm between 1950 and present day layout.

Overall, it can be seen that the farm was very simple before, but now it has major addations such as solar panels, camping field, farm shop and parkings. Existing things like track upgrade into road and bharn replaced from its previous position to new.

In 1950, there was empty area with the name of sheep in the top right of farm, in which currently there are two parking places, solar panels and camping field. Now the track upgraded into functional road. Moreover, the holiday cottages are build at the place of bharn and a fram shop is build to in fruit trees field.

The bharn before was in the right side of track but now connected with triangle of road. However, the farmhouse and area for chickens are at the same place where they were before, on the left side of farm there are three fields for fruit trees, soft fruits and vegetables and they were also there in 1950.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation from a simple farm to a site with new facilities, and your overview names solar panels, camping, the shop and parking. You also compare features that remain, including the three crop areas, farmhouse and chicken enclosure. These are relevant choices and show a sound grasp of the plans. Some details, however, are inaccurate or unclear: the holiday cottages are not built on the barn’s former site, and the barn is not simply described as having moved from its previous position. The sheep area is also described as being in the “top right,” although the plan places it north of the track. To strengthen the response, report the barn and cottages’ locations precisely and explain more clearly how the internal track network changed into roads.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing changes and retained features. This gives the reader a coherent route through the comparison, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Moreover” and “However” help signal relationships. Some connections are less clear or slightly mechanical, particularly the shift from the sheep area to the new facilities and the final long sentence beginning “However, the farmhouse…”. The reference in “they were also there” is understandable but could be more precise. Grouping the new northern facilities together, then describing the eastern buildings and unchanged southern features, would make the progression more systematic and the comparisons easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “solar panels,” “camping field,” “holiday cottages,” “track” and “fields,” so the main features are generally identifiable. There is also an attempt to describe change with phrases such as “upgraded into” and “replaced from its previous position.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward: “addations,” “parkings,” “functional road,” and “build to in fruit trees field” reduce precision. “Bharn” and “fram” are misspellings of key labels, and “empty area” does not accurately describe land used for sheep. Aim for standard map language such as “converted into,” “a parking area,” and “constructed on the former sheep field,” while checking spelling and singular/plural forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including a relative clause in “the place where they were before” and contrast introduced by “but” and “However.” The main meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “compare the layout … between 1950 and present day layout” has an incomplete comparison structure, while “the holiday cottages are build” uses the wrong verb form. Articles and sentence construction also need attention in “there was empty area” and “a fram shop is build to in fruit trees field.” The final sentence joins several ideas with a comma, making its structure difficult to control. Practise accurate past and present passive forms and divide long comparisons into complete sentences.

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