Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-26

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 5.5)

this plan shows a how college cafe are chenges in before and now . now it's look like a modern cafe.

overall, The old cafe and new cafe plan are still same , new cafe now has a out door tables and new facilites , they have now take way side , coffee bar, salad bar , barbecue area and hot meals area . The last time there has a only one entrense and exit in a same door . now have two doors and both ways out and in ,that easy to going in ad outs .

however ,there kitchen , toilets and bin area not changes .bin area still near to main entrance .toilets are beside the bin . last time we past the main entance we can meet staff dining rooms now its change to caffee bar frist meet next takeaway food area .

secoundly, last time kitchen side are including serving are now its change only hot meals servise . beside the kichen has salad bar also after sald bar secound exit door and it's entre to outdoor seating side and barbecue are . outdoor seating are has a more spaces .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main change clearly: the café has been modernised, with new food and drink facilities and outdoor seating. You also compare features that remain, including the kitchen and toilets, and note the change from a general serving area to a hot-meals counter. These points address the task and are generally grounded in the plans. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: the old plan has an entrance on the eastern wall, while the new plan adds two doors on the southern wall to the outdoor area; it is not simply that the entrance now has two doors. The description of the new facilities’ positions and the barbecue is also difficult to follow. A more precise overview and clearer comparisons would make the key changes more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an overall structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about unchanged features and then new facilities. This gives the reader a basic route through the comparison. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow, particularly in the final paragraph, where the kitchen, salad bar, exit, outdoor seating and barbecue are linked in one long sequence. Connectors such as “however” and “secondly” are used, but they do not always show the relationship between ideas accurately. Some references, including “that” and “it,” are unclear. Grouping information by location or by unchanged versus added features, and using shorter sentences with clearer links, would improve the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a café plan, including “outdoor seating,” “coffee bar,” “salad bar,” “entrance and exit,” and “serving area.” This gives you enough topic-specific language to communicate the main changes. However, spelling errors and imprecise or unnatural word choices sometimes make the description harder to understand, as in “chenges,” “facilites,” “take way side,” and “hot meals servise.” Some phrases are also vague, such as “more spaces,” which does not clearly describe the outdoor seating area. Aim to learn accurate spellings of plan vocabulary and use precise location phrases such as “along the western wall” or “to the south of the building.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the reader can usually identify the intended comparison. However, control of sentence structure and basic grammar is inconsistent. For example, “college cafe are chenges” has problems with the verb and sentence construction, while “the old cafe and new cafe plan are still same” needs articles and a clearer grammatical form. Tense and agreement also vary in “there kitchen, toilets and bin area not changes” and “kitchen side are including.” Several sentences join multiple ideas without clear punctuation, which makes relationships harder to follow. Practise accurate present and past forms for describing plans, subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries before adding more complex structures.

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