Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-05
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 in 2007 and 2010.
Overall, it can be seen that the City Hospital has developed significantly throughout the period. With enhanced infrastructure, extented area and improved road conectivity. In contrast, new car park has been added for the public for better mobility.
In 2007, City Hospital was surrounded by ring road for better transportation. On the northern side, hospital road was located which connects the city road. Near hosipital road on the right hand side a parking was builted for staff and public. On the eastern side of City Hospital a bus stop was built for public transport.
By 2010, City Hospital has changed considerably with two new roundabout for better traffic management.On the left side of hospital a huge public car park is built with ring road acess. On the southern side, two roundabout is built which connects city road , hospital road and new bus station. The car
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the task only partially, presenting some key features of the maps such as the new car parks and roundabouts, but missing several crucial details and inaccurately describing others. For instance, the student states that the hospital was surrounded by a ring road in 2007 'for better transportation,' which introduces extraneous reasoning rather than objective summary. Furthermore, some descriptions are vague or inaccurate, such as placing the hospital road on the northern side when it actually runs north-south, and failing to fully report the changes to the bus station and stops. The overview attempts to summarize general changes, but the lack of accurate detail and under-developed information keeps the response at this level. Additionally, ten words copied directly from the prompt were not counted toward the minimum length requirement.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some organization evident in the division of paragraphs between an introduction, overall statement, and descriptions of the two years, but there is no clear overall progression or logical flow throughout. Cohesive devices are used mechanically and sometimes inaccurately, such as the abrupt transition 'In contrast, new car park has been added' which does not establish a true contrast. Referencing is occasionally confusing, and the abrupt cut-off at the end of the text ('The car') demonstrates a breakdown in cohesion and logical progression. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within paragraphs lacks smooth links, leading to disjointed sentences.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The vocabulary used is limited but minimally adequate to convey basic ideas about the maps. There are noticeable lexical errors and awkward word choices, such as 'extented area' (extended), 'road conectivity' (connectivity), 'hosipital road' (hospital road), 'builted' (built), and 'acess' (access). The student attempts some less common vocabulary items like 'infrastructure' and 'transportation,' but spelling mistakes and imprecise word choices cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent the response from achieving a higher band.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response shows a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple sentences and basic descriptive patterns. Attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty, demonstrated by fragmented structures in the overview ('With enhanced infrastructure, extented area and improved road conectivity') which lack a main verb. There are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation, including missing articles ('new car park has been added', 'with ring road acess'), pluralization errors ('two new roundabout', 'two roundabout is built'), and prepositions. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader throughout the text.
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