Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-10

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 illustrates a layout & compares the before and after development of college cafe.

Overall, it is evident that after redevelopment several original facilities such as serving area(all food & drink), staff dinning rooms has been replaced by new facilities hot meals, take away food, coffee bar, with addition to salad bar, barbecue while kitchen, tables and chairs, toilets remain unchanged.

Starting from the west side, serving area(all food & drink) area has been transformed into hot meals in the same space with single gate whereas the kitchen stood there as it was. Tables and chairs, toilets area with its entrance remain unchanged however bin has been replaced by recycle bins with addition to entrance & exit in the same area to the south side.

Furthermore, staff dinning rooms have been redeveloped to take away food and coffee bar with its individual gates. Additionally, salad bar is added in the internal area to the west side not only but also barbecue has been also added to the south with its own outdoor seating area outside which consist lot of chairs and tables as well.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the main changes and provide a clear overview: the former staff dining rooms become takeaway and coffee facilities, while the kitchen, central seating and toilets remain. You also identify the new salad bar, outdoor seating and barbecue. This gives the response a solid account of the redesign. Some details, however, are unclear or inaccurate: the entrance and exit were already on the eastern wall, rather than being added there, and the new doors are on the southern wall, leading to outdoor seating. The description of the barbecue and outdoor area is also less precise than the indoor changes. To strengthen the report further, compare the locations more carefully and distinguish what was retained from what was newly introduced.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to descriptions of the western and northern areas and then the outdoor changes. Linking phrases such as “Overall,” “Starting from the west side,” and “Furthermore” help signal this progression. However, the organisation is not always easy to follow because several changes are packed into long sentences, and some references are ambiguous—for example, “with addition to entrance & exit in the same area to the south side” makes the location and status of the doors difficult to understand. The final sentence also combines the barbecue, outdoor seating and furniture without a clear sequence. Use shorter, location-based sentences and group the indoor and outdoor changes distinctly.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary for describing a redesigned space, including “transformed,” “redeveloped,” “remain unchanged,” and “individual gates.” These choices help communicate both change and continuity. Some wording is imprecise or unnatural, however: “single gate” and “individual gates” are not the clearest terms for the doors shown, while “with addition to” and “consist lot of chairs and tables” are awkward expressions. There are also spelling and form errors, such as “dinning” and “recycle bins.” Aim for accurate plan-description collocations and consistent labels from the diagram, such as “entrance,” “doorways,” and “recycling bins.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex structures, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the contrast in “while kitchen, tables and chairs, toilets remain unchanged.” Meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. The opening has subject–verb disagreement in “The two maps illustrates,” and the overview has agreement problems in “staff dinning rooms has been replaced.” Articles and sentence construction also need attention: “with addition to salad bar” lacks appropriate articles, and “which consist lot of chairs and tables” is not correctly formed. Punctuation around the ampersands and long clauses also makes some sentences harder to read. Check agreement, articles and clause boundaries when editing.

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