Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-11

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 picture gives the information about the town square and it's nearby place in the year of 2014 and the other one describe the plan in which improvement will takes place in 2020.

Overall, in 2014, there were less places and markets in the town such as fish shop, museum, redstaurant and a bar. There were also a fountain in the centre, a bandstand ,library ,and a town hall. In 2020,new shops will open such as plant beds, children's playground, seating area, supermarket and various shops alon with bars and cuisine shops.

At the centre of the city, there was a fountain and a town hall at the right corner which will not displaced.The administrative building will be converted into the different kind of marts. The bars and restraunts will be divided into seperate small shops, but there will be a covered seating and a playground for children, near these cuisine areas. The fish market will transform as supermart and bandstand will remove from the town. The history museum will change into local artist gallery. At last, there will be a plant beds displayed in the town.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several important changes, including the fish market becoming a supermarket, the museum becoming a gallery, the removal of the bandstand, and the conversion of administrative buildings into shops. You also note that the fountain and town hall remain. However, the overview is not fully clear: describing plant beds as “shops” is inaccurate, and the claim that the bars and restaurants will be divided into “small shops” does not match the plan, which labels these units as bars and restaurants. Some key features, especially the two plant beds and the covered seating on both sides of the fountain, are only vaguely reported. A clearer summary of the main pattern of redevelopment, followed by more precise location details, would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about the changes. This gives the reader some sense of organisation, and phrases such as “Overall” and “At the centre” help signal the focus. However, progression is uneven: the overview lists features without grouping them clearly, and the final paragraph moves between locations and changes without a consistent spatial order. Some connections are also unclear, as in “near these cuisine areas,” which makes it difficult to understand exactly where the seating and playground are. Organise the details by area—for example, northern, central, and southern/eastern sections—and use precise references to link each feature to its location.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing a map, including “converted,” “fountain,” “covered seating,” and “local artist gallery.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or spellings reduce precision. “Plant beds” are not “shops,” “supermart” is not the appropriate term here, and “cuisine areas” is an unnatural way to refer to bars and restaurants. There are also noticeable spelling errors such as “redstaurant,” “restraunts,” “seperate,” and “alon.” These do not make the whole response impossible to understand, but they can distract the reader and sometimes obscure the intended feature. Use standard map vocabulary and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses with “which” and “but,” but control is inconsistent and errors occur frequently. For example, “improvement will takes place” has an incorrect verb form, while “there were also a fountain” has a subject–verb agreement error. The sentence “the town hall … which will not displaced” is missing the correct passive construction, and “there will be a plant beds” has a number-agreement problem. Tense choices also shift between past and future without always being controlled. These errors sometimes make relationships between ideas harder to follow. Practise accurate past-tense descriptions of 2014 and future passive forms for planned changes, while checking articles and singular/plural agreement.

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