Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-24
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 plan illustrates a college cafe before it was redesigned and how it looks now. It shows significant changes, particularly with the introduction of new food and dining facilities adds major importance to its layout. In addition, "Staff dining rooms" turns into "take away food and coffee bar". Meanwhile, "Serving area" evolve into "Hot meals" because it has popularity throughout the year. At Western side, construction of "Salad Bar" creates a more enhancement. There is also a new added area at the outdoor , "barbecue and outdoor seating" making it more convenient and reliable. In the east, "bin" is replaced by "recycling bins" that are required according to the situations. Although "toilets" are roughly placed at the same place. In South west corner, "kitchen" is also having its on place with just minor changes. Now, the college cafe layout enumerates every location visible to the visitors and it is sufficient to all members.
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 candidate attempts to describe the main changes shown in the plans of the college cafe. While several modifications are mentioned, such as the replacement of staff dining rooms with a take away food and coffee bar, the addition of a salad bar, and outdoor seating with a barbecue, the response falls short of a fully developed overview. Furthermore, some information includes unsupported speculation or external reasoning, such as stating that the serving area evolved into hot meals because it has popularity throughout the year, which is not present in the visual data. The overall progression lacks a clear, cohesive summary of the main trends. Therefore, the response corresponds to band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text lacks proper paragraphing, being presented as a single block of writing, which negatively impacts its overall structure. While the writer uses basic transitional phrases like In addition, Meanwhile, and In the east, the sequencing of features feels somewhat disjointed and jumps randomly around the plan without a clear spatial progression. Cohesive devices are at times mechanically applied or awkward, causing the organization to feel a bit muddled. The referencing between the before and after states is not always smooth. This level of organisation aligns with a band 5.0 descriptor.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using terms related to the visual data such as layout, serving area, takeaway food, and recycling bins. However, there are noticeable word-choice and collocation errors, such as adds major importance to its layout, creates a more enhancement, and roughly placed instead of located in the same place. Vocabulary repetition occurs, and less common lexical items are attempted with frequent inaccuracies that occasionally cause strain for the reader. This performance fits band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is inconsistent. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues (kitchen is also having its on place), incorrect prepositions (At Western side instead of On the western side, at the outdoor instead of outdoors), and awkward word forms (new added area). Punctuation and capitalization errors also appear. Because these frequent errors cause occasional difficulty for the reader, the grammar performance is awarded a band 5.0.
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