Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 two pictures compare a college cafe before it was reshaped and how it looks now.

Overall, there are some additions in the cafe like a Salad bar and Barbecue station and Recycling bins. The best addition is the Outdoor seating.

Before it was redesigned the cafe had a Kitchen on the top left with a area of serving for food and drinks. there was also 2 Staff dining rooms in the middile of the cafe.

and a Table and chairs were in the middile of the cafe.The toilets was in the right corner and the bin was beside it.

After the redesign the Serving area in the kitchen was replaced by only hot meals and the two Staff dining rooms in the middile was replace by Take away food and a Coffe bar.

The Table and chairs remained the same. Theres also an addition of a Salad bar beside the kitchen and the bin was replaced by a recycling bin beside the Toilets.

Theres also an addition of a Barbecue in the bottom left with a large Outdoor seating area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation and provide a clear overview, noting the new salad bar, barbecue, recycling bins and outdoor seating. You also accurately describe the kitchen’s hot-meal counter and the replacement of the staff dining rooms with takeaway food and a coffee bar. This covers the key changes and shows the clear, relevant reporting expected at this level. Some details are less fully developed: for example, you do not mention the new southern doors or describe the outdoor seating’s tables, and “the Table and chairs remained the same” is too broad because the central seating remains, while the overall layout has changed. More precise comparisons of locations and additions would make the account more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a sensible overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate descriptions of the café before and after the redesign. This makes the main comparison easy to follow, and phrases such as “Before it was redesigned” and “After the redesign” guide the reader through the stages. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical, with repeated “also” and “Theres also an addition,” and the description within paragraphs does not always follow a clear spatial route. The sentence beginning “there was also 2 Staff dining rooms” is separated awkwardly from the next point, while “The Table and chairs remained the same” could connect more clearly to the surrounding changes. Grouping features by area and using varied linking phrases would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “redesigned,” “serving area,” “recycling bin,” and “outdoor seating,” so the changes are generally understandable. Some less common terms are attempted, but word choice and spelling are not always controlled: “reshaped” is less precise for a café layout, “Barbecue station” is not the label shown, and “middile” and “Coffe” are misspelled. Repetition of “addition” and “beside” also limits flexibility. Aim for precise plan-description language and check spelling, especially for key labels. Using terms such as “converted into,” “located along,” and “was replaced by” would help describe the changes more naturally and accurately.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer comparisons, including “After the redesign the Serving area in the kitchen was replaced…” This shows some range, but control is uneven and several errors occur in basic sentence patterns. Examples include “a area,” “there was also 2 Staff dining rooms,” “The toilets was,” and “the two Staff dining rooms … was replace,” where articles, agreement, and verb forms need correction. Sentence boundaries and capitalization are also inconsistent, as in the lowercase “there” after a full stop and the fragment-like line break after “cafe.” Practise accurate past-tense descriptions and plural agreement, then combine related changes using controlled clauses.

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