Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-13

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 5.5)

These two illutrations demontrate the road access changes to a city hospital from 2007 to 2010.

Overall, the main changes of the road access is there are two roundabout were build near Hospital Rd and City Road. Besides that, there also some changes of the car parking from 2007 to 2010 involving staffs and public car parks.

In 2007, the car park for staff and public are sharing and located near to Hospital Rd. However, in 2010, the staff car park maintains at the same location whereas publlic car park was moved to right side near the City Hospital.

There is bus station was build on the west of Hosptal Rd.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the period and mention two important changes: the addition of roundabouts and the separation of staff and public parking. However, the account is only partial and under-developed. It misplaces the new public car park: it is on the east side of Ring Road, not near the hospital, and the staff car park remains east of Hospital Road. The bus station is correctly placed west of Hospital Road, but the response omits the removal of the individual bus stops and gives little detail about how access changed. The overview also says roundabouts were built near Hospital Road and City Road, without clearly explaining that they are at the Ring Road and City Road junctions. The response is 111 words, below the required 150; use the remaining space to report the main changes accurately and fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two short detail paragraphs. This makes the main topic and time comparison easy to identify. Basic linking words such as “Overall,” “Besides that,” and “However” help connect points, although some links are awkward or do not clarify the relationship between features. The final sentence about the bus station is isolated, and the description would progress more logically if the 2007 layout were followed by the 2010 changes in a clear sequence. Some references, such as “there,” are also vague. Group related changes together—for example, describe the bus stops being replaced by a station, then explain the new roundabouts and parking arrangements.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant map vocabulary, including “road access,” “roundabout,” “staff car park,” and “bus station,” so the reader can recognise the features being described. However, the range is limited, and several spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “illutrations,” “demontrate,” “publlic,” and “Hosptal” are misspelled, while “car parking” is less precise than “car park.” The phrase “moved to right side near the City Hospital” is also inaccurate and unclear as a description of the public car park’s new position. Use precise location language such as “east of Ring Road” and vary verbs with suitable choices such as “was added,” “was relocated,” or “was replaced.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response uses a few simple sentence patterns and attempts a contrast with “However,” but grammatical control is inconsistent. For example, “the main changes of the road access is” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “there are two roundabout were build” combines incompatible verb forms. In “the car park for staff and public are sharing,” the singular subject takes the wrong verb form, while “There is bus station was build” has an incorrect article and verb construction. These errors make some relationships harder to follow. Practise accurate past passive forms for map changes, such as “two roundabouts were built” and “a bus station was added,” alongside correctly formed comparison sentences.

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