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)

A glance at two pictures show a university cafe before it was renovated and how it looks after update.

Overall, the cafe underwent considerable changes, with several modifications being made to its original layout. Salad bar is newly introduced inside the cafe and barbecue section and outdoor seating arrangement has been done at outside.

Cafe before redesign has numerous space for students to sit on tables or chairs. There is a kitchen, serving area, where ordered foods and available drinks are being served, and a space for staff to eat. There is also a capacity for toilet at the corner and for bin.

After the reconstruction, Staff dining rooms are replaced with take away food section and coffee bar whereas serving area converted to hot meals section. Area for bins is increased and Salad bar is newly introduced division. Outside the cafe, Outdoor sesting is also a newly launched area where students can sit and cat eat the barbecue.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation and provide a clear overview: the new salad bar, barbecue and outdoor seating are highlighted, and you compare the former staff dining rooms with the takeaway and coffee facilities. Most details are grounded in the plans, including the kitchen and toilets remaining and the serving counter becoming a hot-meals section. This covers the task well, though some features are less fully reported: for example, the two new doors to the outdoor area and the four tables there are omitted, and the change from a single bin to recycling bins is described inaccurately as an increase in the bin area. More precise coverage of these changes would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, a description of the original café, and a paragraph on the redesigned layout. This gives the reader a useful before-and-after progression. Linking words such as “Overall,” “whereas,” and “After the reconstruction” help signal relationships between ideas. However, some connections are awkward or unclear, particularly the long opening description of the former café, where several facilities are listed without a clear spatial sequence. The final sentence also combines outdoor seating and barbecue information in a way that makes their relationship difficult to follow. Organising details by location—inside first, then outside—and using clearer references would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a café plan, including “renovated,” “layout,” “serving area,” “staff dining rooms,” and “outdoor seating.” These terms help communicate the main changes, and you attempt some less common phrasing. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “capacity for toilet,” “area for bins is increased,” and “newly launched area.” There are also spelling errors in “sesting” and “cat eat,” which make parts of the final sentence harder to understand. Aim for precise plan-description language and check spelling; for instance, describe facilities as being “located” or “added,” rather than using vague or promotional expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including a comparison with “whereas” and a relative clause beginning “where students can…”. However, grammatical control is uneven, and errors occur in basic sentence patterns as well as longer constructions. For example, “A glance at two pictures show” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “Salad bar is newly introduced” needs an article. The phrase “Cafe before redesign has numerous space” also has problems with tense, article use, and countability. Some sentences remain understandable, but the errors in the final sentence make its meaning difficult to recover. Practise accurate articles, agreement, and past-tense forms before adding more complex structures.

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