Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-13

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 5.0)

This plans illustrate the changes between college caffe before redesigned and how it look now days .

it clear that modified become residential and modernished .overall several new facilities were introduce,while some exiciting structure were removed .

looing first at the northen part of the area there have kitchen and serving area where the foods and drinks are served .In the center of the map there have sitting area or tabels and chairs situtated as well as staff dining rooms are located in northen part of the map .In the western area there include bins for garbage storage as well as toilets for staff and students use .

Turning to modernished cafe there include serveral new facilities like serving area remove and than placed hot meal counter .Eastern side of the cafe they situtated new features such as barbeque, outdoor seating area In western side they installed salad bar and staff area converted into take away food counter or coffee counter other features are on the same position.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad contrast between the original café and its redesigned version, and mention several relevant changes, including the hot-meal counter, salad bar, takeaway and coffee areas, and outdoor seating. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the original bin was on the eastern wall, not the western side, and the barbecue is outside to the south-west rather than simply on the eastern side. The overview that the café “become residential” is not supported by the plans; it remains a café with added facilities. Important changes such as recycling bins replacing the bin and the toilets remaining in place are only vaguely covered by “other features are on the same position.” A clearer overview and more accurate comparisons would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: it introduces the comparison, describes the original layout, and then turns to the current café. Phrases such as “Looking first” and “Turning to” help signal this movement. However, progression within the paragraphs is difficult to follow because locations and features are sometimes combined without clear relationships. For example, the original-layout paragraph moves from the north to the centre and then says bins are in the western area, which misdirects the reader. The final paragraph also runs several changes together in one long sequence, with limited punctuation. Organise the details by area or by what changed, and use clear sentence boundaries and references to guide the reader.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “kitchen,” “serving area,” “tables and chairs,” “outdoor seating,” and “take away food counter.” This gives you a basic range for describing a plan. However, spelling and word-choice errors are frequent and sometimes make the meaning harder to understand, as in “caffe,” “modernished,” “exiciting structure,” and “looing.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “residential” does not describe the redesigned café, and “garbage storage” is less suitable than a direct description of the bin. Aim to use accurate plan vocabulary and check spelling carefully. Useful terms include “located,” “replaced,” “converted into,” and “remained unchanged.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

There are attempts to form longer sentences and compare the two layouts, but grammatical control is weak and errors occur throughout. Examples include “This plans illustrate,” “it clear that,” and “there have kitchen,” where agreement and sentence structure are faulty. Verb forms are also problematic in “several new facilities were introduce” and “they situtated new features.” Articles and prepositions are often missing or incorrectly used, making some relationships unclear. Punctuation is inconsistent, particularly where several ideas are joined in the final paragraph. Practise building accurate simple sentences first—for example, “The kitchen remains in the north-west corner”—then combine them with controlled clauses using “while” or “whereas.”

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