Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-12

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 illustration gives information about the structure of college before redesigning and how it looks today. Overall, the cafe is changed so much now and it has separate sections for all the food and drink also it has outdoor sitting and barbecue section.

It is quite evident from the diagram that the cafe had kitchen on one side and serving area of all food and drink beside the kitchen, then there were staff dining

rooms and all the table and chairs were inside for sitting, toilets and bin were on the right side. This was all the structure of cafe before redesign.

Meanwhile, the cafe today looks a little different as many changes has occured.

Kitchen is on the same position, but the serving area is separated as the hot meals are in kitchen, salad bar is in the sitting area where the tables and chairs are present.

At the place of staff dining rooms there is take away and coffee bar today, and toilets are on their position and recycling bins are a new addition. Also their is one thing added that is outdoor sitting and barbecue.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response identifies the main transformation and gives a clear overall summary: the café now has more specialised food facilities and outdoor seating with a barbecue. It also accurately notes that the kitchen and toilets remain in place, that the former staff dining rooms become takeaway and coffee-bar areas, and that the bin is replaced by recycling bins. This covers the task well, with some features reported more fully than others. However, the description of the new layout is underdeveloped: it does not mention the two new doors in the southern wall or describe the four outdoor tables, and the salad bar’s position is only broadly described. The claim that hot meals are “in kitchen” is also less precise than identifying the counter as the hot-meals area. Adding these details would make the account more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by a description of the former café and then the current layout. The contrast marker “Meanwhile” helps signal the move to the present plan, and the main changes can generally be followed. However, some linking is mechanical or unclear. The long sentence beginning “It is quite evident…” strings several features together, while “This was all the structure…” repeats the preceding information rather than advancing the comparison. The final sentence also combines outdoor seating and the barbecue without explaining their locations. Use clearer grouping—for example, describe the north-side changes together, then the new western and southern features—and use references such as “the former staff rooms” to make relationships more explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main layout changes, and terms such as “serving area,” “staff dining rooms,” “recycling bins” and “barbecue” are relevant to the plan. However, the range is limited and several expressions are imprecise or unnatural, which keeps the description from being more flexible and precise. “The cafe is changed so much” is an awkward way to describe the redesign; “has undergone substantial changes” would be more suitable. “Outdoor sitting” is repeated and is less natural than “outdoor seating,” while “at the place of” could be replaced with “in place of.” There are also spelling and word-form slips, including “occured” and “their” for “there.” Aim for accurate, varied terms for locations and changes rather than repeating general words such as “added” and “different.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast between the former and current layouts. However, errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction are frequent enough to affect accuracy. For example, “many changes has occured” should be “many changes have occurred,” and “the cafe had kitchen” needs an article: “the café had a kitchen.” The phrase “the serving area is separated as the hot meals are in kitchen” does not form a clear grammatical relationship; a clearer version is “the former serving area has been divided, with a counter for hot meals.” There are also run-on structures, particularly in the sentence listing the former facilities. Practise accurate past and present descriptions, subject–verb agreement, and shorter sentences with clear clause boundaries.

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