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 plans illustrate how the cafe was before when it was not redesigned and how it looks today.

Overall, the cafe has undergone significant changes where some of places have completely changed and some are demolished and replaced by new things while some new setup is introduced like barbecue and outdoor seating.

The kitchen has found a slight change that before it was serving food and drink and now it has the hot meals. Both of the staff dining rooms in the centre is now replaced with take away food and coffee bar, while table and chairs are still there after redesigned like it was before in the center of the cafe.

A new salad bar has been introduced in the west of the cafe whereas bin has been converted into recycling bins and toilets are still at the same position in the corner below the recycling bins. A new outdoor seating is introduced with having chairs and tables in all the surroundings with a new barbecue setup is introduced.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main overall change: the café has been redesigned, with new facilities added and some existing areas retained. The comparison of the former staff dining rooms with the takeaway-food and coffee-bar sections, and the mention of the salad bar, recycling bins, toilets and outdoor seating, show good coverage of the plans. This reaches beyond a basic account, but some details are unclear or inaccurate: the kitchen did not itself change into a hot-meals area; rather, the serving counter was relabelled for hot meals. The outdoor seating is described vaguely, and the barbecue’s position is not specified. To strengthen the report further, distinguish the unchanged kitchen from the changed counter and describe the new southern outdoor area and barbecue more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing changes. Information is generally grouped by area, and linking expressions such as “while” and “whereas” help compare the old and new plans. However, some connections are awkward or unclear, particularly “The kitchen has found a slight change that before it was serving food and drink,” which makes the relationship between the kitchen and serving counter difficult to follow. The final sentence also joins several additions without clearly separating them. Use more precise referencing and organise the details in a consistent route through the plan—for example, north, west, centre and south—to make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a redesigned space, including “replaced,” “introduced,” “recycling bins” and “outdoor seating.” These choices communicate the main changes, but the range is limited and several phrases are imprecise or unnatural, such as “some of places,” “new setup,” and “in all the surroundings.” Repetition of “introduced” and “new” also reduces variety. Choose more exact terms for the facilities and their locations, and use natural collocations for changes to a plan. For example, say that an area “was converted into” another facility or that seating “was added outside,” rather than relying repeatedly on “introduced.” This would make the description more precise and fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons with “while” and “whereas,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, errors in sentence construction and agreement are frequent enough to make some descriptions difficult to read. Examples include “Both of the staff dining rooms … is now replaced,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “The kitchen has found a slight change that before it was serving…,” which has an unclear clause structure. The final sentence also lacks a clear grammatical connection between the outdoor seating and barbecue. Practise forming direct comparison sentences with accurate past and present forms, and check agreement, articles and sentence boundaries before submitting.

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