Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-29

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 6.5)

The two maps provide information about the road access to a city hospital in 2007 and 2010.

Overall, the biggest difference between the two maps are two new roundabouts, a new public carpark, and the new bus station that took over the bus stops.

In 2007 there were six bus stops in the hospital road, three each side of the road, and this was substituted to a bus station in the south west of the map, between the Ring Road and City Road. Additionally, the bus station gives access to the two new rondabout that conects the three roads showed in the map.

Another main feature is the car park, in 2007 there was only one carpark destinated to the hospital staff and to the public. In 2010, that carpark was reserved to staff, and another one was done to the east of the city hospital. In comparison with the staff carpark, that public carpark is bigger, and both are accessed by the Ring Road.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The student successfully addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of the hospital road access maps from 2007 to 2010. An overview is provided in the second paragraph, highlighting key changes such as the roundabouts, public car park, and bus station. Key comparisons are made, such as noting that the new public car park is bigger than the staff car park and describing the transition from individual bus stops along Hospital Road to a centralised bus station. The information is generally accurate and well-grounded in the visual data, fulfilling the requirements of the band descriptors well.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response exhibits a clear overall progression and logical organisation. The text is divided into an introduction, an overview paragraph, and two body paragraphs detailing specific spatial changes. Cohesive devices are used adequately, such as 'Overall,' 'In 2007,' 'Additionally,' and 'In comparison with.' However, some referencing is slightly imprecise, such as 'this was substituted to a bus station,' which affects the flow of ideas slightly. Paragraphing is used appropriately to group related information about the maps.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully employing topic-specific terms like 'roundabouts,' 'car park,' 'bus station,' and 'Ring Road.' There are some attempts at less common vocabulary ('substituted,' 'destinated,' 'reserved'), but these are occasionally accompanied by minor word-choice or collocation inaccuracies, such as 'substituted to a bus station' instead of 'replaced by' or 'substituted with,' and 'carpark destinated to' instead of 'designated for.' Spelling is generally accurate, and communication is never impeded by lexical errors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

The response utilises a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, incorporating relative clauses and prepositional phrases (e.g., 'in the south west of the map, between the Ring Road and City Road'). There are a few grammatical and punctuation errors present, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('the biggest difference between the two maps are') and preposition errors ('three each side of the road'). However, these errors are relatively infrequent and do not impede communication, allowing the reader to follow the descriptions easily.

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