Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-26

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 two maps illustrate the layout of a college cafe before and after it was redesigned.

Overall, the cafe has been significantly modernised. with several new facilties introduce to improve food services and customer convience. While the kitchen, toilets and the central seating area remained unchanged, the serving area and staff dininf rooms were substantially reorgnised.

Before the redesign, the cafe contained two staff dining rooms on the left-hand side. Following the redesign, these rooms were replaced by take away food counter and coffee bar. In addition, the new salad bar was installed beside the central area. The tables and chair in the middle of the cafe remained in the same location throughout the redevelopment.

Outside the cafe, the new a seating area was added, together with barbecue area to its left providing extra dining space customers. On the right-hand side of the cafe the kitchen was left unchanged. However, the serving area was modify to provide only hot meals, instead of wider range of food and drink option available previously. Finallt the toilets loacted in the bottom-right corner of the cafe, remained in their original position.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response successfully covers all parts of the task by comparing the layout of the college cafe before and after the redesign. The student provides a clear overview noting significant modernization and identifies key spatial changes, such as the replacement of staff dining rooms with a takeaway counter and coffee bar, the addition of a salad bar, outdoor seating, and a barbecue area. The kitchen and toilets are correctly noted as remaining in the same locations, while the serving area's function shifted. Minor directional slips occur, such as stating the kitchen is on the right-hand side in the final paragraph when it is actually in the upper-left, but overall, the main features are well-reported and supported by the visual data, satisfying the requirements for a Band 7.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is logically organized with a clear overall progression from introduction to overview, body paragraphs detailing specific interior changes, and a final paragraph covering exterior additions and remaining features. Paragraphing is used appropriately to group related information. Cohesive devices such as 'Before the redesign', 'Following the redesign', 'In addition', and 'However' are used effectively to guide the reader through the spatial comparison. Although referencing is occasionally slightly imprecise (e.g., placing the kitchen on the right in the text), the flow remains coherent throughout.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student demonstrates a sufficient range of vocabulary appropriate for an academic task describing a process or map change, using terms such as 'modernised', 'reorganised', 'redevelopment', and 'original position'. However, there are several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, including 'facilties' instead of 'facilities', 'convience' instead of 'convenience', 'dininf' instead of 'dining', 'reorgnised' instead of 'reorganised', 'chair' instead of 'chairs', 'modify' instead of 'modified', 'Finallt' instead of 'Finally', and 'loacted' instead of 'located'. Despite these errors, meaning is not impeded, placing the lexical performance solidly at Band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating introductory prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses (e.g., 'While the kitchen, toilets and the central seating area remained unchanged, the serving area and staff dining rooms were substantially reorganised.'). There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, such as missing articles ('the new a seating area'), incorrect verb forms ('the serving area was modify'), and typographical errors. While complex structures are attempted, the presence of frequent minor errors prevents a higher score, though communication remains clear.

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