Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The plans below show a college cafe before it was redesigned and how it looks now.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The plans below show a college cafe before it was redesigned and how it looks now.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The diagrams show the college cafe layout before and after redsigning.

Overall, major changes were made inside the cafe and new outdoor seating are is introduced to the outside of cafe in the past there is one entrace to cafe two new enter gate are also bulit now.

Talking about the major change which made is inside the cafe. The old kitchen serving area is replaced with hot meals and the new salad bar is introduced near it. Staf dining rooms where replace by take a way food area and the coffe bar. New larger recycle bins replaced the old bins close to toilets.

There was no outdoor sitting in the past but now a new outdoor sitting is bulit with five table and chairs and new barbecue area was also bulit outside which was not present in the past. Some change were made to the cafe building architecture new door were bulid on the side of outdoor sitting space.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast between the original interior and the redesigned café, and your overview notes the addition of outdoor seating and new entrances. The key changes you report—hot meals, a salad bar, takeaway food, a coffee bar, recycling bins and a barbecue—are grounded in the plans. This covers the task well, with some features described more fully than others. However, there are factual inaccuracies: the outdoor area has four tables, not five, and the plans show two new doors in the southern wall rather than two new entrance gates generally. You could also make the comparison more precise by noting that the toilets and central tables-and-chairs area remain, and that the kitchen stays in the same corner. These details would make the account more complete and exact.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing interior and exterior changes. This gives the reader a coherent route through the information, and phrases such as “There was no outdoor sitting in the past but now” help signal comparison. However, some links are mechanical or unclear, particularly “Talking about the major change which made is inside the cafe,” and the overview combines several points in a long, loosely connected sentence. The final paragraph also moves from outdoor features to building changes without a clear transition. Use more direct topic sentences and organise each paragraph around a distinct area or type of change. Clearer referencing would also help readers understand which old features were replaced and which remained.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a plan, including “replaced,” “introduced,” “outdoor seating,” and “barbecue,” so the main changes are generally understandable. There is some range in the way you describe additions and replacements. However, spelling errors such as “redsigning,” “entrace,” “Staf,” “coffe,” and “bulit” are noticeable, and several phrases are imprecise or unnatural, including “new enter gate” and “larger recycle bins.” Repetition of “new” and “change” also limits variety. Aim for accurate plan-description terms such as “entrance doors,” “recycling bins,” and “was converted into,” and check spelling carefully. More precise vocabulary would make the comparisons clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “but now” and a passive construction in “is replaced with hot meals.” The overall meaning can usually be followed, but errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction occur across the response. For example, “new outdoor seating are is introduced” has faulty agreement and verb structure, while “Staf dining rooms where replace” uses an incorrect form of “were.” In “Some change were made,” the subject and verb do not agree, and “five table” needs a plural noun. Several sentences also lack clear punctuation or a complete grammatical structure. Practise accurate past and present passive forms, plural agreement, and sentence boundaries while retaining your attempts at varied structures.

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