Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-28

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)

In given blueprints of the building, it illustrates the cafe before and after redesign. Several things inside the cafe have been changed and some addition have been made to the cafe.

Previously, there was a kitchen and a serving area opposite of it for all kind of food and drink on the far northwest side of the building. Now, kitchens remains the same but serving are is converted into hot meals area. When enter in main hall there were two staff dining rooms on the north side, it's now transformed into a take away food room and a coffee bar. On the southeast side of the main hall there were toilets and a dust bin. Rest of the hall have tables and chairs like before. Instead of dust bin, we use recycling bins now. Opposite to the recycling bins, there is newly open salad bar. Rest of the hall have tables and chairs like before. On the southwest corner of the blueprint, we have introduced a new barbecue and some outdoor seating area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation clearly: the kitchen remains, the serving counter becomes a hot-meals area, the staff dining rooms are replaced by takeaway and coffee facilities, and recycling bins replace the single bin. You also mention the salad bar and new outdoor facilities, so the response covers the key changes and is grounded in the plans. This is a solid account of the main features, with some comparison between the two layouts. However, the overview is brief and mostly lists changes rather than highlighting the overall shift towards a wider range of food services and additional outdoor dining. The outdoor description is also imprecise: the barbecue is southwest, but the outdoor seating extends along the southern side, not only at the southwest corner.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The information is generally presented in a sensible order, moving from the kitchen and serving area to the main hall and then the new facilities. Comparisons such as “Now” and “Instead of” help connect the two plans. However, the response is written as one paragraph, so the overview and supporting details are not clearly separated. Some links are repetitive or unclear: “Rest of the hall have tables and chairs like before” appears twice, and “Opposite to the recycling bins” does not clearly establish the salad bar’s position, which is along the western wall. Organise the response into a short overview followed by grouped details, and use more precise location references to make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use relevant plan vocabulary, including “kitchen,” “serving area,” “staff dining rooms,” “recycling bins,” and “outdoor seating,” which allows the reader to understand most of the changes. There is also some useful variation in describing change, such as “converted” and “transformed.” At times, however, word choice and collocation are inaccurate or informal: “blueprints” is less suitable than “plans,” “dust bin” is not the label shown, and “we have introduced” sounds conversational for an objective report. “Some addition” is also an incorrect word form. Aim for precise, neutral terms and avoid repeating “tables and chairs” when describing unchanged features; this will make the account more concise and appropriately academic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons between the former and current layout. The main meaning is usually clear, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “it illustrates” does not agree naturally with the plural subject “blueprints,” while “some addition have been made” has errors in number and agreement. In “When enter in main hall,” the clause needs a subject and a correctly formed verb, and “kitchens remains” has a subject–verb agreement error. Articles and prepositions also need attention in phrases such as “on the far northwest side” and “when enter in main hall.” Check each sentence for a clear subject, correct verb form, and consistent tense when describing the before-and-after plans.

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