Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-17

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 pictures below illustrate the college cafe before and after redesigning.

The cafe was simple and fulfilled its purpose even before redesigning, it had all the basic necessities for example the kitchen serving meals and drinks, a designated place for the staff to eat at, tables and chairs for students, restrooms and a dustbin for the garbage.

However the redesigned cafe took the experienc to whole other level, hot meals by the kitchen, a different section for takeaway food, a coffee bar for drinks and a salad bar as well followed with a barbecue section. Stuents now had more options to choose from. Moreover the seating capacity also increased as the redesigning included an outdoor seating as well to accomodate more students at a time, also a recycling bin was added addresing the pollution issues.

Overall the redsigning of the college cafe was a good decision to give students a good experience at the university as well as the faculty.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast between the original café and its redesign: the new food and drink facilities, recycling provision and outdoor seating. The overview that the redesign offers more choice and increases seating is relevant, and the kitchen, staff dining area, toilets and central tables are also mentioned. This covers the task’s central changes, but some details are less fully reported: for example, the staff dining rooms were replaced by takeaway and coffee-bar sections, and the outdoor area includes tables and chairs. The claim that the redesign was a “good decision” and improved the experience for faculty is evaluative rather than a description of the plans. To strengthen the response, focus more consistently on precise spatial comparisons and avoid unsupported conclusions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall sequence: it introduces the before-and-after plans, describes the original café, then discusses the redesign and ends with a summary judgement. Linking expressions such as “However” and “Moreover” help signal contrast and addition, so the main progression is easy to follow. However, the information is compressed into two long body paragraphs, and several ideas are joined by commas where clearer sentence boundaries would improve readability. The final “Overall” sentence repeats the positive evaluation rather than synthesising the main physical changes. Grouping the changes by location—for example, north wall, western wall and outdoor area—and using more precise references would make the organisation more systematic and cohesion less dependent on basic connectors.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “redesigned,” “takeaway food,” “coffee bar,” “salad bar,” “outdoor seating” and “recycling bin.” This gives you enough language to communicate the main changes, but the range is limited and some choices are informal, imprecise or repetitive for an academic plan description. “Dustbin for the garbage” is less suitable than a concise description of the bin, while “took the experience to whole other level” is conversational and evaluative. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “experienc,” “Stuents,” “accomodate” and “redsigning.” Aim for precise terms such as “facilities,” “seating capacity” and “was replaced by,” and proofread carefully to improve accuracy and style.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast introduced by “However” and a clause beginning “as the redesigning included…”. The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but some sentence structures are faulty and punctuation is not consistently controlled. For instance, “The cafe was simple and fulfilled its purpose even before redesigning, it had…” joins two independent clauses with only a comma. The sentence beginning “hot meals by the kitchen” is a fragment, and “also a recycling bin was added addresing…” is awkwardly constructed. The final sentence also needs clearer structure. Practise separating complete ideas with full stops or semicolons, and build complete clauses with an explicit subject and verb; this will make your range more controlled.

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