Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-22
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 plan depict a college cafe before renovation and how it it looks now.
Overall, today the staff dinning rooms are replaced by take away food system and coffee bar, and in the kitchen now there is hot meals portion that was used as serving area for food and drinks. Nowadays, there is outdoor seating in the cafe with barbecue.
After redesign there is take away food system and coffee bar interpreted that was used as staff dinning room before. Likewise, the serving area of cafe used for all food and drink is now replaced by hot meals respectively. Furthermore, before redesign there was no outdoor seating in the cafe but today there is full arrangement of outdoor seating with barbecue setup. The bin portion is updated ethically to recycling bins. However, after redesign the salad bar is also now the part of cafe. Now toilets have one more door with them opening to the outdoor seating for the customer ease.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The student successfully covers the main changes shown in the two maps, identifying the replacement of the staff dining rooms with a takeaway food and coffee bar area, the introduction of a salad bar, outdoor seating, and a barbecue. An overview is present, outlining the major transformations between the past and present layouts. However, some descriptions are slightly awkward or confusing, such as 'hot meals portion that was used as serving area' or 'The bin portion is updated ethically to recycling bins', which detracts slightly from the clarity of the report. Nonetheless, all key spatial changes are addressed adequately, fitting the requirements for a Band 6.0 performance.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The response is structured into three paragraphs, including a brief introduction and an overview. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'After redesign', and 'Furthermore' are used to connect ideas, though some transitions feel a bit mechanical or repetitive. Paragraphing is attempted, but the body of the text is somewhat lumped together into a single block that mixes multiple spatial transformations without clear thematic grouping. Referencing is generally clear, but the logical progression could be smoother to achieve a higher band score.
Lexical Resource — Band 6.0
The student attempts a range of vocabulary relevant to describing maps and changes, such as 'redesigned', 'replaced', 'outdoor seating', and 'recycling bins'. However, there are notable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'The plan depict' (instead of depicts), 'staff dinning rooms' (spelling error), 'hot meals portion', and 'updated ethically' (an inappropriate adverb choice for waste disposal containers). Because these errors occasionally make the text awkward without completely obscuring the meaning, the performance aligns with Band 5.5 to 6.0; a Band 6 is awarded for an adequate range that allows the message to come across.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
The text contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical errors are frequent. Examples include subject-verb agreement issues ('The plan depict', 'staff dinning rooms are replaced... and in the kitchen now there is hot meals portion that was used'), awkward phrasing ('interpreted that was used as staff dinning room before'), and tense inconsistencies. Punctuation is generally acceptable, but the grammatical mistakes cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent the score from reaching Band 6.0.
See this exact question answered at other band scores — the same prompt compared across bands.
Browse more IELTS Writing model answers or get your own writing scored by the same AI examiner.