Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The illustration gives information about the past and present image of the college cafe. Overall, after the construction of college cafe, seating area are increased and few new things are added and also increased the area of recycling bins.

It is quite evident from the cafe that was shown before redesign, there were two staff dining rooms and a kitchen on upper left side of the cafe in which serving area was aksi inside the kitchen. In middle of the cafe, there was large tables and chair area and bottom right of it there were toilet and there is bin between the toilets and entrance of the cafe.

Meanwhile, nowadays, the cafe is renovated, serving area are replaced with hot meals and staff dining rooms are replaced with take away food and coffee bar. In addition, there were numerous new things added such as barbecue and outdooe seating are placed at the outside of the cafe and one salad bar room is added inside the cafe. Toilets, kitchen and tables and chairs are areas are remain same.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main change from indoor staff dining rooms to takeaway and coffee facilities, and you note the new outdoor seating, barbecue and salad bar. Your overview also recognises that the seating provision has expanded. These are relevant features and the before-and-after comparison is clear. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the serving area was beside the kitchen, not inside it, and the recycling bins occupy the former bin’s position rather than having an increased area. You also say the kitchen, toilets and tables-and-chairs areas remain the same, but omit the new southern doors and the change from a single entrance arrangement to access to outdoor seating. More precise reporting of these changes would make the coverage more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction and overview are followed by a description of the former layout and then the current one. The contrast marker “Meanwhile” helps signal the shift between plans, and the main features are generally grouped in a sensible order. This gives the reader a coherent account. Some links and references are less controlled, however. For example, “after the construction of college cafe” is unclear about what changed, while “in which” makes the relationship between the kitchen and serving area difficult to follow. The final sentence also combines several unchanged features without a clear grammatical link. Use more precise location-based sequencing and clearer references to the two plans to make progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a plan, including “redesign,” “replaced,” “salad bar,” “barbecue” and “outdoor seating.” These terms help communicate the main transformations. However, the range is somewhat limited, and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or imprecise. “Past and present image” is not a natural way to introduce the plans, and “construction” does not accurately describe a redesign. “Increased the area of recycling bins” misstates the change, while “numerous new things” is vague. There are also spelling errors such as “aksi” and “outdooe.” Aim for precise terms such as “layout,” “facilities,” “added” and “relocated,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast between the two layouts and clauses introduced by “in which” and “such as.” The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but errors in agreement, tense and sentence construction are noticeable. For example, “seating area are increased” should use a singular subject with an appropriate passive form, and “serving area are replaced” has the same agreement problem. In “Toilets, kitchen and tables and chairs are areas are remain same,” the sentence structure and verb forms break down. Articles and plurals also need attention, as in “there was large tables.” Practise accurate passive constructions for changes and use shorter, well-controlled sentences when listing features.

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