Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-18

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 represents a college cafe showing its design before and after renovation.

Overall the cafe went through a lot of changes while maintaining some of the key structures such as kitchen, toilets and dining hall.

The new cafe has added a new outdoor seating area with a barbecue stall and new salad bar while replacing staff dining rooms with take away food and coffee bar. Serving area ( serving all food & drinks) is specifically replaced with hot meals. Two new doors are created in the Southern wall to access the outoor seating area.

The college cafe went through some substatial changes while maintaining the kitechen area as it is, also there is no replacement in the hall where tables and chairs were placed for customers. Bin is replaced with recycling bins which now occupies little larger area compared to it used to take before.The toilets stays as they were.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You give a clear overview of the main transformation, noting that the kitchen, toilets and central seating area remain while new facilities are introduced. The response also accurately identifies the replacement of the staff dining rooms by takeaway food and a coffee bar, the change from a general serving area to hot meals, and the new southern doors and outdoor seating. These are relevant, well-selected comparisons and address the task effectively. To make the account more complete and precise, include the salad bar’s position along the western wall and mention that the outdoor area contains tables and chairs; the barbecue is described as a “stall,” although the plan labels it as an area. The claim that the recycling bins occupy a “little larger area” is not clearly supported by the plan.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing changes and retained features. This gives the reader a basic route through the comparison. However, progression is weakened by repeating the idea that the café underwent substantial changes in both the overview and final paragraph. Some details are also grouped in a way that feels list-like, and the final sentence moves abruptly from the bins to the toilets. Use clearer grouping—for example, describe changes inside the café together, then cover the outdoor additions and unchanged facilities. More precise linking and referencing would help the relationships between features remain clear without relying on repeated “new” and “while.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a plan, including “replaced,” “maintaining,” “access,” and “outdoor seating,” and the reader can generally understand the changes. However, the range is limited and some choices are imprecise or awkward: “barbecue stall” does not match the plan’s label, while “little larger area” is an unsupported and unclear comparison. Spelling errors such as “outoor,” “substatial,” and “kitechen” are noticeable, and “cafe” is repeated frequently. Aim for more precise location and change vocabulary, such as “along the western wall,” “converted into,” and “remained unchanged,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of sentence forms, including a complex overview with “while” and a sentence explaining that the serving area was replaced. Meaning is usually recoverable, but grammatical control is inconsistent. For example, “The toilets stays as they were” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “which now occupies little larger area compared to it used to take before” has an unclear relative clause and faulty comparison structure. The sentence beginning “The new cafe has added” also uses an awkward construction for describing changes to a place. Practise accurate past-tense descriptions and comparison patterns, such as “The café added…” or “A recycling-bin area replaced the bin.” Proofread articles, agreement and punctuation.

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