Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-14
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 5.0)
The graphs illustrate the infrastructure of road that have access to city hospital and made a comparison between 2007 and 2010.
Ring road was the road in 2007 that provided access to the city hospital. There were no car parking outside the hospital. Car parking for both staff and public were present on the hospital road. On the hospital road, several bus stops were present to faciltate the people for local transport.
whereas, Infrastructure of road become highly developed in 2011. Ring road is still the same road that leads toward the city hospital. Ring road has a way that leads to the parking stand for public and people can park their cars outside the hospitals. Staff car parking is available inside the hopital, where only doctors, nurses or all the staff of hospital can park their car. Despite of several small bus stations, one big bus station is present beside the hospital road.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the task by comparing the two maps of the city hospital in 2007 and 2010 (though the student mistakenly refers to 2011 in the body). Key features such as the Ring Road, car parking facilities, and bus stations are identified and compared. However, there are notable inaccuracies and omissions in data reporting; for instance, the student states there were no car parks outside the hospital in 2007, and misinterprets the layout changes. The overview is missing, which is a crucial requirement for achieving a Band 6 or higher in Academic Task 1. Because the response lacks an overview and contains selective or inaccurate data reporting, it aligns best with Band 5.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is divided into three paragraphs (introduction and two body paragraphs), providing a basic structure. However, there is no overall progression because an essential overview paragraph is absent. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repetitively, such as the abrupt transition 'whereas, Infrastructure of road become highly developed in 2011'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and paragraphing is underdeveloped since the introduction consists of only a single compound-complex sentence that merges the topic and map description. The logical flow is hindered by these organizational weaknesses, making Band 5.0 an accurate reflection of the coherence and cohesion presented.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a limited but minimally adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using terms like 'infrastructure', 'facilitate', and 'parking stand'. However, there are noticeable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'infrastructure of road that have access', 'car parking outside the hospitals', and spelling mistakes like 'faciltate' and 'hopital'. Less common vocabulary is attempted with frequent inaccuracy. While the vocabulary is sufficient to convey the basic subject matter, the noticeable errors and restricted range prevent the response from reaching Band 6. Therefore, a score of 5.0 is appropriate.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'Car parking for both staff and public were present on the hospital road' and 'Ring road has a way that leads to the parking stand for public'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('infrastructure of road that have', 'car parking... were'), tense inconsistencies ('become highly developed in 2011' when writing about 2010), and missing articles ('beside the hospital road'). These errors cause some difficulty for the reader, fitting the Band 5 descriptor where attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty.
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