Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-27
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 illustrate the access of the road to a city hospital from the year 2007 to 2010.
Overall, the map of 2010 shows in detail the renovation and redesignation of the previous city hospital. These have been some extensive changes made which comprises of a public car park, separated from the staff as in 2007 located at the eastern side of the hospital wall. Other modifications include two roundabouts, just at the middle of the southern side, joining hospital road. An adaptation to bus station at the south-east corner is also noted, connecting the road from both of its ends.
Firstly, there is a map of a city hospital in 2007, highlighting the infrastruction of a combined car parking used by both the staff and public. Public car park is constructed at the north-eastern sided wall of the hospital, whereas the staff car parking still owned the old place. Two roundabouts were also seen at each corner of the road. Additionally, a bus station also joins both the roundabouts available on the road straight to the city hospital, whereas, the old map describes that the bus stops were at the opposite sides of the road facing the city 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 prompt by describing the changes between the 2007 and 2010 maps of the city hospital. An overview is attempted in the second paragraph, mentioning the renovation and addition of a public car park and roundabouts. However, the response contains several spatial and factual inaccuracies when compared to the visual data. For instance, the student states that the public car park is located at the north-eastern side wall in 2007, whereas the 2007 map shows a single combined car park for staff and public, and the separate public car park was a new addition in 2010. Furthermore, the description of the bus station and roundabouts is confused and difficult to follow. Consequently, some key features are inaccurately reported, placing the response in Band 5.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response is divided into three paragraphs, including an introductory sentence, an overview paragraph, and a body paragraph. However, the logical progression is flawed due to confusing phrasing and structural disorganization. For example, the third paragraph begins with 'Firstly, there is a map of a city hospital in 2007', which awkwardly revisits the 2007 map after the overview and 2010 details have already been discussed. Cohesive devices are occasionally used (e.g., 'Overall', 'Firstly', 'Additionally'), but referencing is sometimes unclear, and the overall arrangement lacks clear progression. Paragraphing is attempted but needs better separation of ideas to achieve a higher band score.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate to convey basic ideas about the maps, but it lacks precision and contains several unnatural collocations. Examples of awkward phrasing include 'access of the road', 'redesignation', 'infrastruction', and 'staff car parking still owned the old place'. The student attempts some less common vocabulary items such as 'renovation', 'modifications', and 'adaptation', but word choices and word forms are often inaccurate. Spelling is generally acceptable, but lexical inaccuracies restrict the response to Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is inconsistent. There are frequent grammatical errors and awkward phrasing that affect readability, such as 'These have been some extensive changes made which comprises of a public car park' (subject-verb agreement and preposition issues) and 'an adaptation to bus station at the south-east corner is also noted'. Prepositions and article usage are frequently problematic (e.g., 'the access of the road', 'at the north-eastern sided wall'). While communication is not entirely impeded, the high frequency of errors places this within the Band 5 descriptor range.
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