Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The two maps below show road access to a city hospital in 2007 and 2010.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons wherever relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The maps compare road access to city hospital in 2007 with how it has changed in 2010.

Overall, it can be observed that the road access to city hospital expanded significantly in 2010. Additionally, care park was seperated into different purposes for staff and public and bus station was newly constructed.

In 2007, city hospital was surrounded by ring road that was connected to hospita road. Moreover, several bus stops were located next to the hospital road th

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the topic and make a relevant overall observation that access changed, mentioning the separation of parking and the new bus station. However, the response reports only a small part of the maps and does not explain the key changes in enough detail: for example, the bus stops were replaced by a bus station west of Hospital Road, the staff car park remained east of that road, and a public car park was added east of Ring Road. The description also ends mid-sentence, so the 2010 layout and comparisons are largely missing. The response is 78 words, below the required 150, which further limits coverage. To improve, complete a concise account of both years and select the main changes accurately and explicitly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an introduction is followed by an overview and then a paragraph beginning with the 2007 layout. The opening phrase “Overall” helps signal a summary, and “In 2007” indicates a shift to specific details. However, the response stops partway through a sentence (“next to the hospital road th”), so there is no completed progression to the 2010 map or a concluding comparison. The links between ideas are also limited, with “Additionally” doing much of the connecting work. Use complete paragraphs for the overview, 2007 features and 2010 changes, and connect comparisons with clear references such as “by 2010” and “whereas.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant map vocabulary, including “road access,” “surrounded,” “connected,” “bus stops,” and “bus station,” so the reader can identify the general subject. However, the range is limited and several choices or spellings reduce precision: “care park” appears to mean “car park,” “seperated” is misspelled, and “expanded significantly” is vague for describing specific changes to the road layout. The phrase “different purposes for staff and public” communicates the idea but is less precise than naming the two parking areas. Use accurate labels from the map and more specific verbs such as “was replaced by,” “was designated,” and “was added.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few different sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the compound sentence joined by “Additionally.” Most of the completed clauses are understandable, but grammatical control is uneven. In “city hospital expanded,” the article is missing, and “care park was seperated” also needs an article before the noun phrase. The final sentence is incomplete, ending with “th,” which prevents the reader from understanding the intended clause. The response relies mainly on simple statements and does not show a sustained range of structures. Practise complete sentences with accurate articles and past-tense descriptions, and check that every sentence has a finished main clause before submitting.

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