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 two plans illustrates how the college cafe looked before redesign and how it looks at the present time?

Before redesigining, the kitchen was strucutued at the top left side of the cafe. The serving area was manufactured below the kitechen. The staff dining rooms were designed at the middle of the cafe. A large space was allocated for the sitting purpose adjacent to the dining rooms. The toilets were constructed at the right bottom part of the cafe. While the bin was placed above the toilet area.

In present time, the serving area is replaced with hot meals area. At the left side of the cafe is salad bar. The staff dining rooms is converted into take away and coffe bar. The recycle bin area is now larger. There is now outdoor seating and barbecue space for the students who love barbecue and outside environment.

In addition, the kitchen, toilets and sitting area are at same position as they were before.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main change from a single serving area to hot meals and mention the new salad bar, takeaway and coffee facilities, outdoor seating and barbecue. You also correctly note that the kitchen, toilets and central seating remain. However, several important details are missing or imprecise: the two former staff dining rooms were along the north wall, the new recycling bins replace the old bin in the same position, and two doors connect the café to the outdoor area. The claim that the recycling-bin area is “larger” is not supported by the plans. The overview is also limited; clearly summarise that the redesign adds food-service options and expands seating outdoors while retaining key facilities.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall sequence: it describes the former layout, then the present arrangement, and ends by identifying features that stayed in place. This makes the comparison easy to follow, and paragraphing separates the two stages effectively. Linking expressions such as “While” and “In addition” help connect information, although “While” begins a fragment rather than a complete contrast, and the final “In addition” does not quite express the relationship between unchanged and new features. To make the progression more controlled, group details by location or by what changed and what remained, and use precise references so that each comparison is explicit rather than relying on repeated “area” phrasing.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary for describing a plan, including “replaced,” “converted,” “allocated,” and “position.” These choices generally communicate the layout, and the reader can understand the main changes. However, some wording is inaccurate or unnatural for this task: “manufactured below” does not describe the serving counter, “constructed” is an awkward choice for toilets, and “sitting purpose” is less natural than a direct reference to seating. There are also spelling errors, including “redesigining,” “strucutued,” “kitechen,” and “coffe,” which reduce control. Prefer precise, conventional map language such as “located,” “along the western wall,” and “outdoor seating area,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You communicate the main comparisons using both simple sentences and some more developed structures, for example, “In addition, the kitchen, toilets and sitting area are at same position as they were before.” However, grammatical errors occur often enough to make some sentences awkward. The opening has subject–verb disagreement (“plans illustrates”) and an unnecessary question mark. “The staff dining rooms is converted” also has a plural-subject agreement error, while “at same position” is missing an article. The sentence beginning “While the bin was placed…” is a dependent clause presented as a complete sentence. Use consistent past and present forms when comparing the plans, check agreement and articles, and join dependent clauses to a main clause.

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