Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-15
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)
The two plans elaborate the structure of college cafe before redesigned and after redesigned.
Overall, there are many changes took place in the college cafe at present. First of all, changing the serving areas, staff dining rooms and bin. In addition, many features are adding in the plans now. That is the Salad Bar and outdoor seatings.
Similarly, outdoor seating areas are very large. There are five table show in the new plan. Each of the three table consists of six chair and two table consist of four chairs. At the left side, Barbecue is constructed in the second plan. Hot meals is also addition at the present cafe. Take aways food and coffee bar is built at the place of staff dining rooms.
In short, the second plan of the cafe is very impressive. Many changes take place as recycling bins, salad bar, take away food, coffee bar and outdoor seating.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the task by describing the main changes shown in the two floor plans of the college cafe. An overview is attempted at the beginning and end, highlighting that many modifications took place. However, the response suffers from significant limitations. The description of specific features is disjointed and lacks proper organisation or comparison. For example, the student mentions the outdoor seating, barbecue, hot meals, take away food, and coffee bar, but misses several details and fails to structure the report logically as an academic Task 1 response. Furthermore, there are inaccuracies in reporting the data, such as stating that there are five tables in the new plan with specific chair distributions when the prompt indicates four rectangular tables. Consequently, the task is only partially addressed, leading to a band score of 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is divided into four very short paragraphs, attempting an introductory overview, body details, and a concluding summary. However, the logical progression is weak. Paragraph transitions feel abrupt, and cohesive devices are either absent or awkwardly used, such as 'First of all, changing the serving areas...' which lacks a complete predicate. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the paragraphing does not effectively structure the comparison between the 'before' and 'after' states. While there is a basic attempt to group information, the overall arrangement is disjointed and lacks cohesive flow, fitting the descriptors for a band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, relying heavily on terms directly copied from the prompt, such as 'college cafe', 'serving areas', 'staff dining rooms', and 'outdoor seating'. There are notable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'before redesigned' instead of 'before being redesigned', 'features are adding' instead of 'features have been added', and 'five table show' instead of 'five tables are shown'. Less common lexical items are attempted but handled inaccurately. Spelling and word forms need significant improvement. This falls within the band 5.0 range due to the limited and repetitive range with noticeable errors.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures. Most sentences are simple or poorly constructed complex forms containing frequent errors. Examples of grammatical inaccuracies include 'The two plans elaborate the structure of college cafe before redesigned and after redesigned', 'there are many changes took place', and 'Each of the three table consists of six chair'. Subject-verb agreement errors, missing prepositions, and incorrect verb tenses (such as active/passive confusion) occur throughout the text. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a band 5.0 level of grammatical control.
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