Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-29

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 maps illustrate the earlier renovated design and present appearance of a college cafe.

Overall, there are many new renovations are found in the now design which is more spacious for customers than the previous one as it includes outdoor sitting, salad bar and hot meal area.

In the previous redesign, there are two entrance doors in the northern upper corner. A bin is situated a little bit down the entrance and a door of toilet is also located western north corner or down the bin area. There are chairs and tables in the lobby or middle of the map area which is for all customers of the cafe. It also have two staff dining rooms especially for staff members meal in the upper mid section of the main area. There is a door in the upper south east corner for service area where all food or drinks served. A kitchen is attached with this area in the upside of the room.

In the today design, A small barbecue slot is mentioned in far western south end. The outdoor sitting is included in the west side. A salad bar spot is added in the far opposite side of the bin(recycling bins) area. The staff dining rooms are now changed into take away food room and coffee bar room. The serving area is converted into the hot meals area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main transformation: the former staff dining rooms become takeaway and coffee areas, the serving counter becomes a hot-meals counter, and new facilities include a salad bar and outdoor seating. The overview also recognises that the redesign adds customer amenities. However, several positions are misreported or unclear: the entrance is on the eastern wall, not in the “northern upper corner”; the toilets are in the south-east, not the “western north corner”; and the outdoor seating is south of the café, not on its west side. You also omit the recycling bins’ replacement of the bin and the new southern doors. This covers the task, but some key comparisons need more accurate and complete description.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the former and current layouts. This makes the comparison easy to follow at a basic level, and phrases such as “In the previous redesign” and “In the today design” signal the shift between plans. To make progression more effective, organise details by location or by what changed, rather than listing features in a way that sometimes obscures their relationships. For example, the toilet location is difficult to interpret in “western north corner or down the bin area,” and the final paragraph does not mention the new southern access doors. Use clearer referencing and more precise links between old and new features.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of layout vocabulary, including “situated,” “attached,” “converted,” and “included,” and terms such as “staff dining rooms” and “recycling bins” are relevant to the plans. Some choices are imprecise or unnatural, however, such as “earlier renovated design,” “outdoor sitting,” “barbecue slot,” and “far opposite side.” These expressions make parts of the description less precise, even though the general meaning is usually recoverable. Aim for standard plan-description collocations and consistent labels from the diagram, such as “previous layout,” “outdoor seating area,” and “barbecue area.” This will improve precision without requiring more elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including clauses with “which” and “where,” and most of the layout information remains understandable. Some grammatical errors are noticeable, though. The overview says “there are many new renovations are found,” combining two sentence patterns; “It also have” has incorrect subject–verb agreement; and “In the today design” uses an incorrect article construction. There are also tense and sentence-boundary issues, such as the capitalised “A” after a comma in “In the today design, A small barbecue slot…”. Practise forming concise overview sentences and check agreement, articles, and punctuation when editing.

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