Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The plans below show the layout of a university’s sports centre now, and how it will look after redevelopment.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The maps illustrate the layout of a university sports centre now, and how it will look after redevelopment.

Overall, the university sport center will totally changed in future, many other room will be build in this center. The outdoor courts will be remove from besides of the center and all the facilities will be provided in the center.

Nowaday, in university sports centre has two outdooe courts one is the west and other is the east, while other rooms, reception and pool between them. In the front of sport center entrance has reception, while the north area is for gym and the pool is build in the center. The seating is the east of pool and changing room is the west of the pool which is 25m.

In future, the outdoor courts will be remove and other facilities will be install. in the northwest the leisure pool build and more changing room will install in the southwest which door will open in leisure pool. Moreover, the gym will be expand and two dance studios will be install in the east side and one more changing room build in the southeast, beisde the changing room cafe will be make and the sports hall will be build in the front of changing room and cafe.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both the current layout and the proposed redevelopment, and your overview identifies the main change: the outdoor courts are removed as the centre gains facilities. You also correctly locate the pool, gym, seating and reception in the existing plan, and mention the leisure pool, expanded gym, dance studios, sports hall, café and additional changing rooms. Some details are less fully or accurately reported: the new leisure pool is on the west side, not specifically the northwest, and the sports hall is east of the seating rather than in front of the café and changing room. You also omit the sports shop and do not clearly state that the original pool, seating and reception remain in place. More precise comparisons would strengthen the summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by separate descriptions of the present and future plans. This makes the main stages easy to identify. You use basic linking expressions such as “Overall,” “while” and “Moreover” to connect information, and the paragraphing supports the comparison. However, some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “which door will open in leisure pool” and the final sequence describing the café, changing room and sports hall. Repeated use of “and” also makes several details feel like a list rather than a clearly ordered account. Grouping the future facilities by west, centre and east, and using clearer location references, would improve progression and cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing plans, including “layout,” “outdoor courts,” “leisure pool,” “seating” and “dance studios,” so the reader can generally understand the facilities being compared. There is also some useful variation in location language, such as “northwest,” “southwest” and “east side.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or repetitive: “rooms” is too general for the range of facilities, “facilities will be install” is not a natural phrase, and “in the front of” is imprecise for a map description. Spelling errors such as “outdooe,” “beisde” and “Nowaday” also reduce control. Use precise facility names and standard phrases such as “will be added” and “to the east of.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more connected sentences, for example, “The seating is the east of pool and changing room is the west of the pool,” and you use future forms to describe the planned changes. However, errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction are common enough to make some relationships difficult to follow. Examples include “will totally changed,” “many other room will be build,” and “the gym will be expand”; these need forms such as “will change,” “rooms will be built” and “will be expanded.” There are also missing articles and awkward clause structures, as in “in university sports centre has.” Practise accurate passive constructions for planned changes and check each sentence for a clear subject and verb.

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