Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-13

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 6.0)

The illustration compares layout of the accessibility to a city hospital in the years 2007 and 2010.

Overall, there is an increase in the area allocated for transportation. There are many roundabouts built to make the hospital more accessible.

There are three major changes, firstly the bus station has been reconstructed and is placed in the south-west region, whilst multiple roundabouts were constructed on the hospital road to give easier access for trasportation. The car park is divided into staff and public parking, where theres a space allocated separately for Public on the north-east of the map, whilst the staff car park remains the same.

The Ring Road remains the same which is located towards the north of the layout, and so does the city hospital which remains in the central area, overall there has been changes around the City Hospital to give better road access and an increase in area for easier car parking.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main direction of change: the bus stops were replaced by a bus station, roundabouts were added, and parking was reorganised. The overview also notes that the hospital and Ring Road stayed in place, which gives a useful comparison. This covers the task well, but some details are inaccurate or unclear: the bus station is west of Hospital Road, not specifically in the south-west, and the new public car park is on the east side of Ring Road rather than simply “on the north-east of the map.” The staff car park remains east of Hospital Road, but it is not unchanged in function because the former shared car park becomes staff-only. More precise location descriptions and clearer reporting of the two roundabouts would strengthen the response further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to changes and then features that remained stable. This makes the comparison generally easy to follow. However, the progression is weakened by the long third paragraph, where several changes are joined in one sentence with “firstly” and “whilst,” and by the final paragraph repeating the overview rather than adding a distinct comparison. Some linking is also mechanical, such as “There are three major changes, firstly…”. Organise the details into clearer groups—for example, road and bus access in one paragraph, and parking and unchanged features in another—and use more precise references to connect the two years.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “roundabouts,” “bus station,” “staff car park,” and “accessibility,” so the main changes can be understood. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “area allocated for transportation.” However, some choices are imprecise or unnatural: “reconstructed” suggests rebuilding the bus station rather than replacing bus stops with one, and “increase in the area allocated for transportation” is not clearly supported by the map. “Trasportation” is misspelled, while “theres” and inconsistent capitalisation of “Public” reduce accuracy. Choose specific map vocabulary and check spelling and collocations to make descriptions more precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of sentence forms, including a comparative overview and longer sentences using “whilst,” and the main message is usually understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, however. The opening needs an article (“compares the layout”), and “There are three major changes, firstly…” creates a faulty connection between clauses. In “where theres a space allocated,” the relative construction and apostrophe are incorrect; a clearer form would be “with a separate space allocated…”. The final sentence also joins several ideas with “and” without clear punctuation, making its structure difficult to control. Practise accurate clause boundaries, articles, and sentence punctuation while retaining some complex structures.

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