Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-09-19
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The diagram below shows a town square and surrounding area in 2014 and the plans for development of the area to be completed by 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 5.5)
The diagram below illustrates a city square and outside are in 2014 and the plans for the construction of area to be completed by 2020
Overall, the town squar was surrounded by history museum,libraray and administrative buildings along with fish market and fish restaurant. there was a fountain in the middle of square. The plan has provided to complete some development arround the town which includes childern playground,seating area
and shops.
Initially, town hall was surrounded by number of buildings. On the left of town square there was a fish market and in the opposite direction of town hall there was a bar. Library and history museum were on the left constructed side by side. Administrative buildings were located on the right side of hall.
According to the plan provided to undergo some developments in the surrounding area of town. Fish market will be replaced with the local supermarket. Area outside the town will be decorated by adding plants. Children ground would be constructed in the open area. Moreover, area arround the children playground will be converted into seating area. Administrative buildings will be replaced by shops. In addition, local artist gallery will be replaced by museum.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The response covers the main features of the diagram comparing 2014 and 2020, attempting an overview ("Overall, the town squar was surrounded by...") and reporting key changes such as the replacement of the fish market with a supermarket and administrative buildings with shops. However, there are some inaccuracies regarding spatial locations compared to the reference transcription, such as stating the history museum was replaced by the local artist gallery (when the gallery occupies the upper western building where the history museum was, and the museum is not listed in 2020). The overview is also rather brief and partially reads like a list of details. This level corresponds to Band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The response is arranged into four paragraphs, following a logical structure of introduction, overview, past state (2014), and future plans (2020). However, cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or missing entirely, and punctuation and paragraphing conventions are inconsistent (e.g. missing full stops and capitalisation in places, such as "libraray", "childern", and missing punctuation between sentences). Referencing is occasionally unclear, making the progression somewhat choppy. Paragraphing is used, but transitions between ideas could be smoother. This warrants a Band 6.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common terms such as "administrative buildings", "supermarket", and "gallery". However, there are numerous spelling errors throughout the text (e.g., "squar", "libraray", "arround", "childern", "artist" instead of "artists'") and some awkward word choices ("outside are" instead of "area"). These errors do not completely impede communication, but they restrict the score to Band 5.5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as passive constructions ("Fish market will be replaced with the local supermarket"). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with articles ("the town square", "a history museum"), prepositions ("on the left of town square"), and verb tenses/modality mixing past and future references inconsistently. Punctuation errors, such as missing terminal punctuation and lower-case sentence beginnings, are also noticeable. These issues place the grammar at a Band 5.0 level.
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