Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-13

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 Plan shows how a cafe changed after it has been redesigned. Some features in the building remained same while many of the things changed.

First of all we observe the things which doesnt change. It includes kitchen area and the toilets they are still on the same location. The main entrance and indoor seating area kept the same as it was.

Now lets talk about the changes being made. If we start from the kitchen cafe started to serve drinks with all kind of meals as there was only the facility of hot meals in the past. Both the staff dining rooms are converted into take away food and coffee bar. A salad bar is also added to the cafe. Bin is not removed but is upgraded to Recycling bin. The main feature is the outside seating area with a barbecue corner.

The old cafe was a simple cafe with limited facilities while its improved version is a modern day cafe with nearly all the facilities a cafe required as the cafe is in a college.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main overall change: the café gains new food and drink facilities and an outdoor seating area, while the kitchen, toilets and central seating remain. Several comparisons are relevant, including the conversion of the staff dining rooms into takeaway and coffee-bar areas and the replacement of the bin with recycling bins. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear. The original plan has a serving area for all food and drink, whereas the current plan labels the counter “Hot meals”; the sentence about serving drinks reverses this change. The entrance is not described as remaining unchanged, and the new salad bar and southern doors could be located more precisely. The concluding claim that the café has “nearly all” required facilities is broad rather than a clear summary of the plan.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a paragraph on unchanged features, a paragraph describing alterations, and a concluding comparison. This gives the reader a generally logical route through the information. Phrases such as “First of all” and “Now let’s talk about the changes” signal the shift between sections, although they sound conversational and make the linking somewhat mechanical. The sequence within the changes paragraph is understandable, but the opening “If we start from the kitchen” does not lead to a clear account of the kitchen change, and the inaccurate comparison interrupts the progression. For stronger cohesion, group changes by location or function and use precise references to the original and current plans.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough task-related vocabulary to communicate the main features, including “staff dining rooms,” “take away food,” “coffee bar,” “salad bar,” and “outdoor seating area.” However, the range is limited and several choices are imprecise or informal. “The things which doesn’t change” and “the things changed” are vague, while “upgraded to Recycling bin” does not accurately describe the change to recycling bins. “Modern day cafe” and “nearly all the facilities a cafe required” are broad evaluative phrases rather than precise plan-description language. Aim for more specific verbs and collocations such as “remained in the same position,” “was converted into,” and “was added along the western wall.” These would make comparisons clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, for example, “Both the staff dining rooms are converted into take away food and coffee bar.” However, errors in tense, agreement, articles and sentence construction are noticeable and sometimes make relationships unclear. In the opening, “changed after it has been redesigned” mixes past and present perfect; use “changed after it was redesigned.” “The things which doesnt change” needs plural agreement and a past-tense form: “the features that did not change.” The sentence beginning “If we start from the kitchen” is followed by a confusing clause, and “Bin is not removed but is upgraded to Recycling bin” lacks appropriate articles and plural agreement. More consistent past-tense reporting and careful checking of sentence boundaries would improve accuracy.

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