Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-28

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 illustrate the layout of a road acces to the city hospital before and after redevelopment of the area.

Overall, the city hospital became easily accessible through the addition of two roundabouts, separate parking slots for public and a new bus station.

In 2007, the city hosipital was encircled by a ring road which also gave access to the combined car park(staff and public). In the south of the city hospital, a link road named 'hospital road' connected a ring road to the city road that ran from west to east. Total six bus tops were present, three on each side of the hospital road.

In 2010, after refurbishment, the road infrastucture that leads to city hospital went through significant transformation. The most noticeable changes were the addition of two roundabouts at both intersections, construction of new bus station, development of a separate public car park which was built on the eastern side of the hospital. Finally, the old parking zone was restricted for public and allowed for only staff.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main changes and provide a clear overview: the two roundabouts, separate parking, and a bus station. The 2007 description also accurately reports the shared car park, the road connection, and six bus stops. However, some details are less fully or precisely described. In particular, the new public car park was on the east side of the Ring Road, not simply on the eastern side of the hospital, and the bus station’s access connections are not explained. The statement that the hospital became “easily accessible” is a reasonable interpretation, but the overview would be stronger if it focused on the specific changes to access and transport. Include the station’s position west of Hospital Road and the public car park’s direct access from Ring Road.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is organised effectively into an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for 2007 and 2010. This gives the reader a clear chronological progression, and phrases such as “In 2007” and “In 2010” make the comparisons easy to follow. The overview also helps distinguish the major changes from the details. Some linking is slightly mechanical, particularly the sequence “The most noticeable changes were…” followed by “Finally,” and the final paragraph reads more like a list than a connected account of how the layout changed. To strengthen progression, group related changes—for example, road access, bus facilities, and parking—and use clearer references to the earlier arrangement when describing what changed.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of vocabulary for describing a map, including “encircled,” “connected,” “intersections,” and “transformation.” These choices help communicate the main layout changes, and the meaning remains clear despite some inaccurate or awkward expressions. For example, “parking slots” is less natural than “car parks,” while “restricted for public and allowed for only staff” is an imprecise way to describe the change in use. There are also spelling errors in “acces,” “hosipital,” “infrastucture,” and “bus tops,” which reduce the accuracy of the vocabulary. Aim for precise map terminology and check spelling carefully; “designated for staff use” would express the parking change more naturally.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the relative clause in “a ring road which also gave access” and the clause beginning “which was built.” Most sentences communicate the intended meaning, but some grammatical errors remain. In “a link road … connected a ring road to the city road,” the articles should be “the Ring Road” and “City Road,” referring to named roads. The phrase “separate parking slots for public” also needs a more complete grammatical construction, such as “separate car parks for the public and staff.” In the final sentence, “was restricted for public and allowed for only staff” has an unclear parallel structure. Use parallel phrasing—“was reserved for staff, while a new car park was provided for the public”—to improve control.

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