Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-20

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 diagram shows the changes in a college cafe before it was redesigned and after construction.

In general, it can be clearly seen that there are many changes in a cafe. many areas are added and salad bar are vanished. Outdoor Seating system and barbecue are added.

Looking at the diagram in more detail, the kitchen is on the same place in the north side. Serving area have been replaced by hot meals and salad bar is added in a college cafe. Staf dining rooms have replaced by coffee bar. There was bin in the east side which have been repaced by recycling bins. Toilets are on the same place in the south-east corner near the recycling bins.

What is more, tables and chairs are held on the same place in the center of a cafe. Barbecue is added in the south-west corner of a college cafe. Outdoor seating system is also added next to the barbecue.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main overall change—new food facilities and outdoor seating—and accurately note that the kitchen, central tables and chairs, and toilets remain in place. You also report the change from a general serving area to hot meals and from a bin to recycling bins. This covers the task’s key features, with some detail still underdeveloped: the two former staff dining rooms become separate takeaway-food and coffee-bar sections, and the new southern doors connect the café to outdoor seating. The overview also says “salad bar are vanished,” although the salad bar was added, so this reverses an important feature. Correcting that and describing the new layout more precisely would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a general overview, and two paragraphs describing the changes. This gives the reader a workable progression from broad changes to specific locations. However, the overview is weakened by the contradictory statement that the salad bar “are vanished,” followed by the later claim that it “is added.” The final paragraph also groups the barbecue and outdoor seating without explaining their relationship to the building, while the north-wall changes are compressed into one sentence. Use clearer links such as “By contrast” or “In addition,” and organise details by location or by what was retained versus added. This would make the connections between features less mechanical and easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant plan vocabulary, including “north side,” “south-east corner,” “recycling bins,” and “outdoor seating,” so the main locations and facilities are generally understandable. There is also some useful variation in phrases such as “replaced by” and “added.” However, several word choices or forms are inaccurate or unnatural: “outdoor seating system,” “held on the same place,” and “salad bar are vanished.” “Many changes in a cafe” is also vague, and “after construction” is less precise than describing the redesign. Spelling errors such as “Staf” and “repaced” further reduce control. Choose standard map-description collocations and check spelling and word forms to make the account more precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mix of simple statements and longer structures, including “the kitchen is on the same place in the north side” and “There was bin in the east side which have been repaced by recycling bins.” The meaning is usually recoverable, but errors in articles, agreement, tense, and sentence construction are frequent enough to affect fluency. For example, use “in the same place” and “on the north side”; “the serving area has been replaced,” not “Serving area have been replaced”; and “There was a bin … which has been replaced,” rather than “There was bin … which have been.” The overview’s “many areas are added” also needs a more suitable tense and structure. Practise accurate present and past passive forms, alongside articles and subject–verb agreement.

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