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 road access to a city hospital from the year 2007 both of its ends.
Overall, the map of 2010 shows in detail the renovation and redesign 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 the hospital road. An adaptation to bus station at the south-wear corner is also noted, typically connecting the station from the two roundabouts.
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.
Secondly, Two roundabouts were also seen at each corner of the road. Additionally, a bus station also joined 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 task by describing the main differences between the 2007 and 2010 hospital maps, including changes to car parks, roundabouts, and bus stations. However, there are notable inaccuracies and confusions in the reporting of the visual data. For instance, the text states that a public car park was constructed at the north-eastern side, whereas the 2010 map shows the staff car park in that general area and a new public car park across Ring Road. Furthermore, the description of the bus station and roundabouts is somewhat confused and difficult to follow. While an overview is attempted, the lack of precision and some misreadings of the map features limit the development of the response, keeping it at a Band 5.0 level.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response is divided into paragraphs, showing an attempt at logical organization with introductory and body sections. However, the progression of ideas is frequently disrupted by awkward referencing and unclear transitions, such as 'Firstly, there is a map of a city hospital in 2007...' and 'Secondly, Two roundabouts were also seen...'. Cohesive devices are used mechanically and sometimes inaccurately, making it hard for the reader to follow the spatial relationships between the features on the maps. Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion fails to ensure a smooth progression of information, aligning best with Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary for describing basic features, using words like 'renovation', 'redesign', 'modifications', and 'infrastruction' (an error for infrastructure). However, there are frequent word choice and collocation issues, such as 'south-wear corner' (south-west), 'car parking still owned the old place', and 'sided wall'. Attempts at less common vocabulary often result in unnatural phrasing or lexical inaccuracies that require some effort from the reader to decode. Spelling and morphological errors are noticeable, which places this performance at Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but many of the complex sentences contain grammatical errors or awkward phrasing that obscure the meaning. Examples include 'These have been some extensive changes made which comprises of a public car park...' where subject-verb agreement is faulty and tense usage is confused. Punctuation and phrasing errors occur frequently throughout the response, such as lowercase beginnings of sentences in places or fragmented clauses. While some structures are grammatically correct, the frequency of errors places this component firmly in the Band 5 range.
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