Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-19

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 two maps illustrates road access to a city hospital in years of 2007 and 2010.

Overall, city hospital got a great change with more advancements concentrated across hospital building compared to the year 2007.

In 2007, city hospital had only few parking for public and staff car parking on the southern side. Moreover, there were only one-way towards hospital and no other option for transportation.

In contrast, new development of public car parking in north-east location with connected ring road in order to access hospital roundabout. Also, people can use recently made bus stop to visit city hospital which is located on west-south. Two newest roundabout built in the south way of hospital which interconnects ring road, bus station and city road. Lastly, as we can seen there is only one downside of newest development is that tress has been removed in order to construct two main roundabouts .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main change from the 2007 layout to the 2010 one, including the addition of roundabouts, a bus station and a separate public car park. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the 2007 car park was east of Hospital Road, not on the southern side, and the bus stops were removed and replaced by a bus station, rather than a newly made bus stop. The new public car park is on the east side of Ring Road, but its access is from Ring Road, not directly to a hospital roundabout. The overview also makes a broad claim about “advancements” without clearly summarising the key changes. Select and describe the map features more precisely, and avoid unsupported details such as trees being removed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate descriptions of the two years, with “In contrast” helping signal the comparison. This gives the reader a generally coherent route through the information. However, progression within the final paragraph is less clear: the public car park, bus station and roundabouts are presented in a sequence that does not consistently explain their locations or connections. “Also” and “Lastly” link points, but the relationships between them remain vague, and “which” in the roundabout sentence has an unclear reference. Grouping the 2010 changes by location and using clearer references—for example, “the bus stops were replaced by a bus station”—would make the cohesion more precise and less dependent on simple linking words.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “roundabout,” “car parking,” “Ring Road” and “interconnects,” and you attempt to describe change with phrases such as “new development.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for this task: “one-way towards hospital” does not clearly describe the road layout, “bus stop” misidentifies the new bus station, and “newest development” is an awkward way to refer to the changes. There are also spelling and word-form errors, including “tress” and “advancements.” Aim for precise location and change vocabulary, such as “to the east of,” “was replaced by,” and “a separate public car park.” This would improve clarity and give your vocabulary more flexibility and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including “which interconnects…” and “in order to access…,” but grammatical control is uneven. The opening has subject–verb disagreement (“maps illustrates”), and “in years of 2007 and 2010” uses an incorrect article and preposition pattern. Other examples include “only few parking,” “there were only one-way,” and “as we can seen,” where articles, agreement or verb forms are faulty. The final sentence also becomes difficult to follow because its clause structure is not well controlled. These errors sometimes make relationships unclear, although the overall meaning can usually be recovered. Practise accurate past-tense descriptions and complete sentence patterns, especially when comparing locations and changes.

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