Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-20

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 two maps illustraed road acces to city in years 2007 and 2010.

Overall,in 2010 more roads are developed and city hospitals linked with them as compared to city hospital in 2007.First of all,in 2010 bus station, public car park are installed whereas these places are missed in 2007.In 2007 mostly individuals used ring road and road straight to hospital to for acces to hospital but in 2010 more opportunity people got by using more roads to acces the city hospital.On the other hands in 2007 people face some dilemma to park cars but in 2010 individuals are easy to park cars and feel relaxed .In this way people used bas station to access to hospital and went out easily without using hospital road.

In conclusions more benefits are given to people in 2010 than in 2007 by using more linked road to access to city hospital to reach there quickly.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to address the task by comparing the two maps of the city hospital in 2007 and 2010. An overview is attempted in the second sentence, noting that more roads and facilities were developed. However, the report suffers from significant weaknesses in selecting and reporting main features, often drifting into subjective and irrelevant speculation about feelings, such as 'individuals are easy to park cars and feel relaxed'. Key structural changes such as the roundabouts, the relocation of the public car park, and the addition of the bus station are mentioned loosely, but the lack of precise geographical reporting and inclusion of extraneous commentary restrict the score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is arranged into three brief paragraphs, including a brief introduction and conclusion. However, the logical progression is weak due to poor linking and abrupt shifts between ideas, such as moving from bus stations to parking dilemmas without clear transitional scaffolding. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repetitively ('First of all', 'In this way', 'In conclusions'), and referencing is occasionally unclear. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal cohesion within the body paragraph is faulty and difficult to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

The lexical range is limited and repetitive, with frequent word choice errors and incorrect derivations, such as 'illustraed' for illustrated, 'acces' for access, 'bas station' for bus station, and 'conclusions' for conclusion. Vocabulary is restricted mainly to basic terms directly lifted or loosely paraphrased from the prompt. There is an absence of precise vocabulary suitable for describing map changes, such as 'demolished', 'constructed', 'relocated', or 'expanded', which prevents the vocabulary from reaching a higher band level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The writing demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. There are numerous basic errors in tense usage ('are developed', 'are installed', 'missed', 'used'), prepositions ('to for acces', 'to acces'), and punctuation. Complex sentence attempts are often awkward and ungrammatical, for instance: 'In 2007 mostly individuals used ring road and road straight to hospital to for acces to hospital but in 2010 more opportunity people got by using more roads to acces the city hospital.' These persistent errors frequently cause strain for the reader.

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