Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-19

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 6.0)

The diagram shows the development that should be done by 2020 from the year of 2014 in the town square and surrounding areas.

Overall, several new seatings, shops and a playground has been introduced into the plan of 2020 whereas some of areas are transformed into a new supermarket or an artists gallery.

The 2014 town square had a fish market and history museum which is transformed into a supermarket and local artist gallery whereas the administrative building was divided into shops. The library which was a part of 2014 had been succesfully removed in the digramatic representation of 2020 plan.

Consequently, many new features become part of 2020 plan as a playgorund for kids and covered seatings are introduced which were not a part of 2014 town square, also old diagram shows that only bars and a fish restaurant was present which now in 2020 takes a bigger space collectively for bars and restaurants.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main direction of change, including the replacement of the fish market by a supermarket, the history museum by a local artists’ gallery, and the addition of seating and a playground. The overview also recognises that the square gains new facilities, and most details you report are grounded in the plans. However, some important features are omitted or only briefly covered: the fountain remains central, the town hall is retained, and the eastern administrative buildings become shops. The library’s removal is noted, but the response does not explain the broader layout changes in enough detail. This is a relevant summary with a clear overall picture, though coverage and development are uneven; a fuller comparison of what stays, changes and is added would strengthen it.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable progression: an introduction and overview are followed by details about building changes and then new facilities. This gives the reader a coherent general account. However, the body information is compressed into two long sentences, so several changes are crowded together and their locations or relationships are not always clear. The linking words “whereas” and “Consequently” help connect ideas, but “Consequently” does not express a clear cause-and-effect relationship here. References such as “which” in the sentence about the fish market and museum also make it harder to tell which feature is being described. Separate the comparisons into shorter, logically grouped sentences and use precise location-based links to improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “transformed,” “introduced,” “supermarket,” “artists gallery,” and “covered seatings,” so the reader can understand the main changes. There is also some attempt to vary wording rather than repeat “changed.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for this task: “seatings” should be “seating areas,” “successfully removed” suggests an evaluation rather than a map change, and “takes a bigger space collectively” is unclear. Spelling errors such as “succesfully,” “digramatic,” and “playgorund” also reduce control. Aim for precise, neutral terms such as “was replaced by,” “was removed,” and “occupied a larger area,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and complex sentences, particularly through clauses with “whereas” and “which,” and the main message is generally understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, however. In the overview, “several new seatings, shops and a playground has been introduced” has a subject–verb agreement problem; use “have been introduced” or restructure the list. “The 2014 town square had … which is transformed” shifts tense and uses an unclear relative clause; “the fish market and history museum were replaced by…” would be more controlled. The final sentence is also overloaded, with several clauses joined by commas, making its structure difficult to follow. Use past forms for the 2014 map and planned future forms or present forms consistently for the 2020 plan, and divide long sentences.

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