Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-08

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 map illustrates the increase in road access to the city hospital in between years 20027 and 2010.

An overall Analysis depicts that in 2007 their was less road accessibility as compared to 2010 by building new bus station near the hospital and makiing new different facilities available to make the life of the patients easier

In year 2007 the Bus stop was on the east side of the hospital but now it is made closer to the hospital on the west side on the hospital road. As the hospital road was simple staraight road but now to rounabout are built to control and traffic flow. On the left of hosiptal road was public and staff car parking in 2007 and the staff parking reamins the same in 2010

The public parking moves to the left of the hospital which was combined with the staff parking in 2007 nd the public parking is also accessible by the ring road. There is also another round about on the east of the hospital left the the staff car parking area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad change from the 2007 layout to 2010, including the new bus station, two roundabouts and the separation of staff and public parking. However, several details are inaccurate or unclear: the bus stops were on both sides of Hospital Road in 2007, not only east of the hospital, and in 2010 they were replaced by a bus station to the west of the road. The public car park was moved to the east side of Ring Road, rather than simply “to the left of the hospital.” The overview also claims the changes made life easier for patients, which is not shown by the maps. Select the main changes accurately and summarise them more clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about transport and parking. Some linking words, such as “but now” and “also,” help show comparison. However, the progression is difficult to follow because details are repeated or placed in confusing relationships. For example, the public parking is described as moving “to the left” and later as accessible from Ring Road, without a clear explanation of its new position. The sentence about another roundabout is also hard to interpret. Use one paragraph for the overall changes and organise the details by feature—roads, bus facilities, then parking—while using precise references such as “east of Hospital Road.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “road access,” “bus station,” “car parking,” and “roundabout,” so the reader can recognise the main subject. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, which sometimes obscures the layout. “Increase in road access” is not a precise description of the changes, and “the public parking moves to the left” relies on an unclear direction rather than map-based language. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “staraight,” “hosiptal,” and “makiing.” Use consistent directional terms and accurate collocations to describe locations and changes; proofread spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and longer sentences, including a comparison with “but now,” and uses past and present forms to contrast the maps. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors make some relationships difficult to understand. Examples include “their was less road accessibility,” “to rounabout are built,” and “the public parking moves,” where agreement, verb forms and tense are not controlled. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “another round about on the east of the hospital left the the staff car parking area.” Practise forming clear past-tense comparison sentences, checking subject–verb agreement, and separating complete ideas with accurate punctuation.

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