Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-09-30

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 4.0)

the diagram give the informnation about a town square and surrounding area in 2014 and the plans for development of the area to be completed by 2020.

ovaral. in 2014 fasty is bigest fees market and secand is towen hall and in lift side of daigram biig museuim on the flip side in 2020 fise market palce in 2020 is supermarket and musium side is loca larties gallarey

it is cerly seen, seen that in 2014 nort side is big fish market fish market lift side towen hall and medal in the diagrm in sout side is big fish resturnt in the side of restorent is bar.

on the flip side, is in 2020 development is very fast grow fish market palce to convort into supurmarket in side of supermarket is towen hall in the botam of the daigram is palnt beds

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 150 words (containing only 142 words). Furthermore, the task is only partially addressed. While the student attempts to contrast the 2014 town square layout with the 2020 development plans—noting transformations such as the fish market becoming a supermarket and the museum turning into a local artists' gallery—the description lacks a clear, cohesive overview and misses several significant changes, such as the addition of the children's playground, covered seating, and plant beds. The information provided is disjointed and contains inaccurate mapping details, which limits the overall task response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The organization of the response is extremely weak. The text lacks standard paragraphing, consisting instead of a few fragmented and run-on sentences that make the progression of ideas difficult to follow. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, relying heavily on awkward transitional phrases like "on the flip side" and repetitive phrasing. There is no clear logical structure grouping the changes geographically or temporally, which significantly disrupts the flow and makes the overall arrangement hard to navigate.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and limited, with frequent spelling errors that impede understanding (e.g., 'informnation' for information, 'ovaral' for overall, 'fasty' for firstly, 'musium' for museum, 'gallarey' for gallery, 'cerly' for clearly, 'medals' for middle, 'resturnt' for restaurant, 'convort' for convert, 'supurmarket' for supermarket, 'botam' for bottom, 'palnt' for plant). The student attempts some topic-related vocabulary like 'supermarket', 'market', and 'town hall', but the high density of lexical errors and lack of less common items restricts the score to the lower bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting primarily of fragmented or simple clauses linked incorrectly. There is a complete lack of accurate complex sentences, and punctuation is largely ignored, with commas and periods misused or omitted entirely. Grammatical errors are pervasive throughout the text, including tense inconsistencies and missing articles, verbs, and prepositions (e.g., 'the diagram give', 'fise market palce in 2020 is supermarket'). These frequent errors frequently distort meaning and cause difficulty for the reader.

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