Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-28
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 diagram illustrates the interior strucuture a college cafe before and after it was redisgned in the present time.
Overall,the cafe includes numerous facilities that are newly opened now. In addition, the outer space behind the cafe is also utilized as compared to the initial cafe design.
Firstly,the serving area located on the opposite end of the kitchen, meant for all food and drink items is now a hot meals area.The two staff dining rooms in the north end of the huge hall containing tables and chairs is tranformed to take away food centre and a coffee bar . A fresh salad bar is opened in the west side of this large hall and the bin situated to its opposite end is replaced with a recycling bin now.
Moreover,the space behind the cafe is converted into a barbecue area on its west with a number of outdoor seating infront of it.The outdoor seating consists of three horizontal tables for six people and two smaller-sized vertical tables for 4 people respectively.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5
The student successfully addresses the prompt by summarising the main changes to the college cafe from the provided plans. Key transformations, such as the replacement of staff dining rooms with a take-away food centre and a coffee bar, the addition of a salad bar, and the introduction of an outdoor seating and barbecue area, are accurately reported. An overview is provided in the second paragraph, highlighting the expansion of facilities and outdoor space utilisation. However, minor details like table counts in the final sentence are slightly inaccurate compared to the visual data (which shows four rectangular tables rather than three horizontal and two vertical ones). Despite this minor misread, the response covers all parts of the task well, earning a Band 7.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The text demonstrates a clear logical organisation and progression throughout. The response opens with an introductory sentence, followed by an overview paragraph, and then detailed body paragraphs describing specific spatial changes. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'In addition', 'Firstly', and 'Moreover' are used appropriately to guide the reader through the comparison. Paragraphing is handled reasonably well, though combining the body sentences into more distinct paragraphs could enhance structural flow. Referencing is generally clear, connecting previous layouts to current ones effectively. This aligns well with the Band 7.0 descriptors for logical organisation and cohesion.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The student demonstrates a sufficient range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using terms like 'interior structure', 'utilized', 'tranformed', and 'conversion'. There are some noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'strucuture' instead of 'structure', 'redisgned' instead of 'redesigned', and 'infront' instead of 'in front'. Less common lexical items are attempted ('recycling bin', 'take away food centre'), but inaccuracies in spelling and slight awkwardness in phrasing prevent a higher score. Overall, the vocabulary is adequate to convey the intended meaning, fitting the Band 6.0 descriptor.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and participial phrases (e.g., 'meant for all food and drink items', 'situated to its opposite end'). However, there are frequent punctuation and spacing errors throughout the text, such as missing spaces after commas (e.g., 'Overall,the', 'Firstly,the', 'Moreover,the') and missing articles ('on west', 'with a number of outdoor seating'). While these errors do not severely impede communication, they persist across sentences, preventing the response from reaching Band 7.0. Control of grammar is sufficient for a Band 6.0.
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