Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-11

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 digrams shown reveles various new features that are changed significently compaired to the cafe before redesigning .

On one hand,cafe chenged a lot and added vasious new features. Briefly, there is an itroduction of new outdoor seating with dedicated area for barbecue. The dining rooms for staff now turned into places for food takeaway and coffee bar. The serving area is now a dedicated place for hot meal zoon with introduction of two new gates that opens up to the outdoor sitting area.One salad table is also addded in the central hall setup towards the left corrner.

On other hand, varios things still are same or changed a littelbit only. While the over all structure of the cafe remains same "L" shaped, the recyclling bin area is increased due to more waste production and costumer growth . Kitchen, Toilets and the maim entry gate are still as it is and untouched.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast between the original café and its redesigned version, including the new outdoor seating and barbecue, the conversion of staff dining rooms into takeaway and coffee areas, and the change from a general serving counter to hot meals. You also note that the kitchen and toilets remain. These relevant comparisons address the task, and the overview is clear enough to show the broad changes. However, some details are inaccurate or unsupported: the salad bar is on the western wall, not in the central hall, and the plan does not show that recycling capacity increased because of waste production or customer growth. The claim that the overall structure remains L-shaped is also not clearly supported. More precise location reporting and a fuller account of the unchanged central seating area would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable overall structure: it first describes changes and then contrasts them with features that remain similar. Phrases such as “On one hand” and “On other hand” help signal this comparison, and the ideas are generally grouped by whether they are new or unchanged. This gives the reader a coherent route through the description. However, the two-part organisation is somewhat mechanical, and several details are crowded into long sentences, particularly the sentence about hot meals, new gates and outdoor seating. The opening is also not a clear overview of the most important changes. Use a concise overview followed by paragraphs organised by location or by interior and exterior changes, and make links between details more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of task-relevant vocabulary, including “dedicated area,” “outdoor seating,” “serving area,” and “recycling bin,” so the reader can identify many of the features being compared. However, spelling errors are frequent and noticeable, for example “digrams,” “reveles,” “significently,” “compaired,” and “recyclling.” Some word choices are also inaccurate or unnatural: “gates” is not the best term for the doors shown, “salad table” misnames the salad bar, and “hot meal zoon” is unclear. “Costumer growth” does not accurately describe information in the plan. These issues make parts of the description harder to follow. Focus on accurate plan vocabulary and careful spelling, and avoid adding explanations that the visual does not provide.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You make some attempts to combine ideas, for example with “While the overall structure … remains” and “that opens up to the outdoor sitting area.” However, the range of sentence patterns is limited, and errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and punctuation occur throughout. Examples include “the dining rooms … now turned” (missing an auxiliary), “two new gates that opens” (agreement), and “One salad table is also addded” (incorrect verb form). The opening sentence also lacks a clear grammatical structure, while commas are often missing after introductory phrases. These errors sometimes make relationships between features unclear. Practise accurate past-to-present comparisons and use shorter, complete sentences alongside more controlled complex structures.

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