Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-27

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 maps below illustrate city hospital's ring road connection to the city road in 2007 and 2010.

City hospital in 2007 had a hospital road which connected its ring road to the main city road, but in 2010 there are few upgradations to that hospital road. There are 2 roundabouts one at the northern end of the hospital road connecting from the hospital's ring road and one at the southern end connecting it to city road, another upgrade is that these two roundabouts connect to the bus station which was not available in 2007.

Another thing which is present in 2010 but was not there in 2007 is the public car park which has been built on the eastern side of the hospital it can be accessed using hospital's ring road. There also is a roundabout on the far east side from the staff car park in 2010 which is not available in 2007

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main changes: the two roundabouts, the new bus station, and the separation of staff and public parking. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear. The public car park is on the east side of the Ring Road, not simply on the eastern side of the hospital, and it is accessed from the Ring Road rather than Hospital Road. The claimed roundabout “on the far east side from the staff car park” is not shown; the roundabouts are at the north and south ends of Hospital Road. The response also omits the removal of the individual bus stops and gives no clear overall summary of how access changed. These gaps and misreadings limit how fully the maps are reported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The information is presented in a generally understandable order, moving from the road changes to parking, and phrases such as “Another thing” signal a new point. However, the response consists of two long paragraphs with several ideas joined into extended sentences, so relationships between details are not always clear. For example, the sentence beginning “There are 2 roundabouts” combines their locations and the bus-station connection without clear punctuation or separation. The final sentence adds another claim without explaining its relationship to the earlier description. A brief overview followed by separate paragraphs for road and transport changes and parking would create clearer progression and make the comparisons easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use relevant vocabulary for describing maps, including “connected,” “roundabouts,” “bus station,” and “staff car park,” and the reader can generally understand the changes. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “northern end” and “eastern side.” However, some choices are imprecise or unnatural: “upgradations” is not a natural term here, and “available” is less suitable for describing facilities that were absent. Repetition of “which” and “there is” also limits flexibility. More precise map language, such as “was converted into,” “was added,” “located,” and “accessed via,” would help describe the changes accurately and naturally.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts both simple and complex sentences, including clauses with “which” and contrasts between 2007 and 2010. Meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical and punctuation errors reduce control. For example, “City hospital in 2007 had a hospital road” has awkward article use, while “there are few upgradations” shifts tense and uses an unsuitable plural construction. The sentence beginning “There are 2 roundabouts” runs several ideas together, and the final sentence joins independent clauses without adequate punctuation. Use consistent past-tense forms when describing the maps, check articles and agreement, and divide long sentences so each comparison is grammatically complete.

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