Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 two plans illustrates the layout of a higher institute sports centre now, and how it will look in the future after reconstructed. Overall, in the future plans the area of outdoor courts attach and many facilities and amenities have been developed after refurbished the centre.

At the beginning, some facilities remain the same such as charging room, seating area, pool, reception, but gym remain the same only area is increased. On the west, the new development of leisure pool wth changing room. Furthermore, there are sports shops and cafe on left and right side respectively from the entrance gate. The second changing room is built with the cafe. On the north east side, there are two dance studios. Finally, sports hall is refurbished in front of the cafe.

To sum up, there are much more renovations and facilities after the redevelopment future plans of sports centre in the universitiy.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main change—that the centre expands and gains facilities—and mention several relevant features, including the leisure pool, sports hall, dance studios and additional changing room. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the sports shop is in the south-west, not on the right, and the café is in the south-east, not on the left; the two dance studios are along the eastern wall, rather than simply “on the north east side.” The overview is also broad (“many facilities and amenities”) and does not clearly summarise the expansion or the main additions. The response is 142 words, below the 150-word minimum, with eight words copied from the prompt excluded. Describe the locations and major changes more precisely and develop the comparison.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure: an introduction and overview, a paragraph describing changes, and a concluding sentence. Sequencing expressions such as “At the beginning,” “Furthermore,” and “Finally” help signal movement through the description. However, progression is not consistently clear, and the final “To sum up” repeats the general idea of redevelopment rather than adding a useful summary. Some links are difficult to follow, particularly “sports shops and cafe on left and right side respectively from the entrance gate,” which makes the locations ambiguous. Grouping the changes by area—for example, west, centre and east—and using clear comparisons with the present plan would make the organisation more coherent and reduce reliance on a list of features.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a plan, including “layout,” “facilities,” “leisure pool,” “sports hall” and “dance studios.” This gives you enough language to communicate the general subject. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “higher institute,” “after reconstructed,” “attach,” and “refurbished in front of the cafe.” “Charging room” is also used where the plan shows a changing room, and “sports shops” is plural although only one shop is shown. These choices sometimes make the intended meaning less precise. Aim for accurate plan-description language, such as “university,” “is expanded,” “is added,” and “to the east of,” and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including “Overall, in the future plans…” and “On the west, the new development of leisure pool wth changing room.” However, control is uneven, and errors in agreement, articles, verb forms and sentence construction are frequent enough to make some statements difficult to interpret. For example, “The two plans illustrates” has subject–verb disagreement, while “after refurbished the centre” does not form a correct clause. “Gym remain the same only area is increased” also needs clearer clause structure and agreement. Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use consistent future forms to describe planned changes. Proofreading for punctuation and sentence boundaries will also improve clarity.

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