Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

The two diagrams show the maps of a cafe design before and after its restructure.

Overall, the cafe went through the number of various changes with additional facilities as well. Kitchen, toilets, and tables and chairs section remained the same while some new facilites are added and some previous ones are completely erased from the cafe.

Previous design of the cafe was quiet simple. It has a kitchen, a common serving area for all foods and drinks, a large tables and chairs section with separate staff dining rooms. A conventional bin was installed very near to the toilets facility.

Today's cafe reflect a moderanized approach. Instead of single room for serving, there are different spaces to get food or drink based on their categories such as hot meals, take away food, coffee bar, and salad bar in addition to barbecue area particularly designed for newely added outdoor seating capacity. Simple bins are transformed in to recycling bins while spaces for the kitchen, the tables and chairs, and the toilets remained the same. The staff dining rooms are completly removed from the cafe.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main overall changes: the kitchen, toilets and central seating remain, staff dining rooms are removed, and new food-service options and outdoor seating are introduced. The overview also captures the shift from one general serving area to more specialised facilities, which gives the response a clear focus. Most details are consistent with the plans, including the recycling bins replacing the bin and the barbecue being associated with the new outdoor area. However, some features are reported broadly rather than precisely: the outdoor seating itself and its four tables are not described, and the new doors on the southern wall are omitted. The barbecue is also grouped with the indoor food options, which could make its location less clear. More precise spatial comparisons would strengthen the account.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised into a clear introduction, an overview and two paragraphs comparing the earlier and current layouts. This creates a logical progression from the general transformation to specific features, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Instead of,” and “while” help show contrast. The final paragraph, however, combines several changes in one long sentence, so the relationship between the indoor counters, barbecue and outdoor seating is not always easy to follow. The phrase “in addition to barbecue area particularly designed for newly added outdoor seating capacity” especially compresses distinct points. Grouping the current indoor facilities separately from the outdoor additions, and using clearer location references, would make the progression more controlled and cohesion less dependent on long lists.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “serving area,” “staff dining rooms,” “recycling bins,” and “outdoor seating,” and these terms generally communicate the changes clearly. There are also attempts at more descriptive language, such as “modernized approach” and “special facilities.” However, several word choices or collocations are imprecise, including “went through the number of various changes,” “a large tables and chairs section,” and “single room for serving.” Spelling errors such as “facilites,” “moderanized,” “newely,” and “completly” also reduce accuracy. Aim for more natural map-description phrases, such as “underwent several changes,” “seating area,” and “a single general serving counter,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including contrast structures such as “while some new facilities are added” and “Instead of … there are…”. The main ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “Kitchen, toilets, and tables and chairs section remained” needs articles and more consistent agreement, while “Previous design … was quiet simple” has an incomplete article pattern. Tense control is also uneven: the earlier layout is described with “It has,” whereas the current layout uses “reflect” rather than a past-tense form appropriate to the change. In “a large tables and chairs section,” the determiner and plural form do not agree. Review articles, subject–verb agreement and consistent past-tense reporting to improve accuracy.

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