Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-14

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)

The two maps given above demonstrates the pathway to city hospital in 2007 and 2010. We can see that there are some changes made in the pathway in these three years. When we go to the city road and go straight towards hospital road , we can see that there was a car park on the right side of bus stop. This parking area was for both public and staff members.And the bus station was on both sides of hospital road in 2007. But in 2010, the bus station is transferred totally only on the left side. And the parking area is divided into two portions as well. One is still on the previous location but this is only for staff members. And the parking area for public cars is moved onto the ring road when we move right from the roundabout of the hospital road. The main feature is that city hospital is still on the previous location.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several important changes, including the separation of staff and public parking and the replacement of roadside bus stops with a bus station. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: in 2007, the bus facilities were individual stops on both sides of Hospital Road, not a bus station, and the public car park in 2010 is east of Ring Road, rather than simply moved onto it. The overview that the hospital remains in the same location is relevant, but it does not summarise the main changes as clearly as it could. Include the new roundabouts and explain the overall reorganisation of access to the hospital to make the comparison more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response follows a broadly chronological comparison, moving from the 2007 arrangement to the changes in 2010, and connectors such as “But in 2010” help signal contrast. However, the information is presented as one continuous paragraph, so the overview and supporting details are not clearly separated. Some references are also difficult to follow: “this parking area” and “the previous location” require the reader to infer which facility is meant. The opening description of travelling from City Road is not developed into a clear route-based account. Organise the response into an overview and a paragraph for the main changes, and use explicit references to each road, car park and bus facility.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary such as “pathway,” “divided into two portions” and “previous location,” and the reader can generally understand the changes being described. However, some choices are imprecise or repetitive. “Bus station” is used for the 2007 bus stops, while “parking area” is repeated where “car park” would be more accurate and consistent. Phrases such as “moved onto the ring road” also do not precisely describe the public car park’s position east of Ring Road. Use map-specific terms consistently and choose verbs that describe location or access accurately, such as “was situated,” “was replaced by,” and “was accessed from.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including “When we go to the city road and go straight towards hospital road…,” but control is uneven. The opening has subject–verb disagreement: “The two maps … demonstrates” should be “demonstrate.” Tense also shifts from past descriptions to present-tense directions (“we go,” “we can see”), although the maps show past arrangements. Several sentences run together, for example “members.And,” and punctuation around the comma before “we can see” is inconsistent. Use past tense for the mapped features, check agreement and articles, and divide longer sentences into clear, correctly punctuated statements.

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