Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-03

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 plans illustrates a college cafe earlier it was redesigned and how it seems today.

Overall, the plans are showing some changings in the cafeteria. The major changinings were adding separate areas like hot meals, salad bar, take away food, coffee bar, and barbecue with outdoor seating.

Some ideas were repeated in the new plan. For example, kitchen, Table and chair corner, toilets, and bins were at the same place where they were earlier planned place. Some areas are added or replaced with the new ones. For example, serving area, which is designated for food and drink, is replaced with hot meals, staff dining rooms were exchanged with two areas like take away food and coffee bar separately, bin is replaced with recycling bins. Some new areas, salad bar, and barbecue at outside the caffee with addition of outdoor seating with large number of tables and chairs, are added to new caffee plan.

Both plans are good but the new one is more refined and have more areas.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall change: the café has gained several dedicated food and drink areas and outdoor seating. You also make relevant comparisons, including the serving area becoming a hot-meals counter, the staff dining rooms being replaced by takeaway and coffee sections, and the bin becoming recycling bins. This covers the key transformation, but some details are less fully reported: for example, the kitchen and toilets remain, and the new salad bar is on the western wall. The statement that the central tables and chairs are in the same place is useful, but the outdoor arrangement and barbecue could be described more precisely. Avoid the evaluative claim that both plans are “good”; focus instead on observable changes and locations to make the summary more complete and objective.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph comparing features in the two plans. This helps the reader follow the main changes, and examples such as “For example” signal that comparisons are coming. However, the progression within the final paragraph is somewhat list-like, with several changes packed into one long sentence. The phrase “Some ideas were repeated” is also an unclear way to introduce features that stayed in the same locations. Use more precise referencing and divide the comparisons into related groups—for instance, changes to the counters and staff rooms, followed by additions to the western and southern areas. The final opinion about the plans interrupts the factual progression rather than concluding the comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “serving area,” “recycling bins,” “outdoor seating,” and “staff dining rooms,” so the reader can understand the main features. There is also some attempt to describe change through words such as “replaced” and “added.” However, inaccurate word forms and spelling reduce precision: “changings” and “changinings” are not appropriate here, and “caffee” is misspelled. Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “at outside the caffee” and “large number of tables and chairs.” Aim for accurate, conventional map-description language, such as “the café has been redesigned,” “an outdoor seating area,” and “four tables.” This would make the vocabulary more controlled and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons joined with “which” and clauses describing what was replaced. The main meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “The plans illustrates” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “the new one is more refined and have more areas” has a mismatch between the subject and verb. The opening sentence, “earlier it was redesigned,” also has an unclear tense relationship. In the long comparison sentence, several clauses are joined without clear grammatical control. Practise accurate agreement, articles, and past-tense forms, and break long sentences into shorter comparisons. These changes would improve accuracy while preserving your attempts at varied structures.

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