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 two floor plans illustrate the changes made to a cafe after its renovation.Overall the cafe has undergone significant changes,with several new facilities being introduced, including caffee bar,a take away food area, salad bar and outdoor seating. The kitchen and toilets have remained in their original locations.Before renovation the cafe had a serving area below the kitchen while two staff dining rooms were situated in the upper right section.Most of the remaining space was occupied by tables and chairsfor customers.The toilets were located in the bottom right corner.After the redesign the staff dining rooms were replaced by takeaway food area and coffee bar.The serving area was converted into a hot meal section.Aditionally a salad bar was installed along the left wall.The central dining area is still contains tables and chairs but outdoor seating has also been provided at the bottom of the cafe alongside a barbecue.Bins are located at the right side of the wall.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The student successfully addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features and making relevant comparisons between the two floor plans of the college cafe. An overall trend is provided at the beginning, noting the significant transformation of the space. Key details such as the relocation of staff dining rooms into a takeaway area and coffee bar, the addition of the salad bar, outdoor seating, and barbecue, as well as the retention of the kitchen and toilets, are accurately described. The information is fully grounded in the visual data with no significant omissions or misinterpretations.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response demonstrates a clear logical organisation and progression throughout. The student introduces the plans generally before moving systematically through the changes and retentions from the previous layout to the current one. However, the paragraphing is underdeveloped; the entire response is presented as a single dense block of text rather than being broken down into logical paragraphs (such as an introduction/overview and separate body paragraphs for changes and retentions). Cohesive devices are used adequately, though punctuation errors occasionally disrupt the flow, such as missing spaces after commas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for the task, successfully employing terms such as 'renovation', 'facilities', 'retained', and 'converted'. There are, however, several lexical and spelling errors, such as 'caffee' instead of 'coffee' and minor phrasing issues like 'the central dining area is still contains'. Less common vocabulary is attempted with reasonable success, but occasional inaccuracies prevent the score from reaching a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response includes a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as introductory prepositional phrases ('Before renovation...') and relative clauses. There are notable mechanical and grammatical issues, particularly missing punctuation and spacing around commas and periods (e.g., 'renovation.Overall', 'changes,with', 'bar,a'), and a grammatical error in 'is still contains'. Despite these errors, meaning is generally clear and communication is not seriously impeded.

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