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 given plans compare the layout of a college cafe before it was modified and how it looks now.

Overall, the cafe become more developed, with new major changes in staff dinning rooms, serving area and bin. Kitchen, toilets and tables and chairs was the only area remained unchanged. Some other feauters add in today plans like, salad bar, barbecue, take away, coffee bar and hot meals.

In before cafe design, seving area was located near the hall which connected with the door , while staff dinning rooms was inside the hall. Toilets and bins was in the main hall and there was no outdoor seating area. Kitchen was seperated from the area which is way to connected serving area.

By today plans, serving area had been replaced by hot meals and the staff dinning rooms had been converted into take away food and coffee bar. A new counter called salad bar had also been added in the main hall, whereas outdoor seating had been added and also barbecue counter also add with this. In contrast, kitchen and toilets remianed in the same location, while bin had been converted into recyling bin.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You give a clear overview of the redesign, identifying the conversion of the staff dining rooms and serving area, the new facilities, and the features that remained. The main comparisons are generally accurate, including the kitchen and toilets staying in place and the bin becoming recycling bins. You also describe the new outdoor seating and barbecue. This covers the key changes and supports a clear account of the plans. Some details are imprecise: the serving area was a counter beside the kitchen, rather than simply “near the hall,” and the barbecue is an outdoor area, not a counter. For greater precision, describe the new southern doors and the outdoor tables, and distinguish the central seating area from the other facilities.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall progression: an introduction and overview are followed by a description of the original layout and then the current plan. This makes the comparison easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “By today plans,” and “In contrast” help signal relationships. The organisation is effective, though some connections are awkward or unclear, particularly “Kitchen was seperated from the area which is way to connected serving area.” The overview also lists several new features without grouping them by location or function. To strengthen cohesion, organise the details spatially—for example, describe the north and west changes before the central and southern areas—and use more precise references to avoid repeating “area” and “added.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a plan, including “converted,” “remained,” “located,” and “outdoor seating,” so the reader can understand the main changes. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “dinning,” “feauters,” “seving,” “seperated,” “remianed,” and “recyling.” Some phrases are also unnatural or inaccurate, such as “more developed” and “barbecue counter.” Use the labels from the plan where possible and choose precise terms for facilities and locations. More accurate spelling and collocations would make the description clearer and more fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple and complex sentences, including a contrast with “whereas” and a relative clause beginning “which.” However, errors occur frequently in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “the cafe become more developed” needs a past-tense verb, while “Kitchen, toilets and tables and chairs was” has a plural subject with a singular verb. In “staff dinning rooms was inside the hall,” the verb also needs to agree with the plural subject. The sentence “Kitchen was seperated from the area which is way to connected serving area” is difficult to interpret because its clause structure is faulty. Practise accurate past-tense descriptions and shorter, complete sentences before adding complex clauses.

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