Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-14

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 6.0)

The plans illustrates how the layout of a university's sports centre will look after reconstruction.

Overall,a lot of changes will be done and new facilities will be included in the centre.The outdoor courts will be removed and in place of that new facilities will be added.But, the gym,changing room,pool,seating and reception will be in the same position.

At present,there are a few facilities,outdoor courts in the western and eastern part.A gym,changing room, pool,seating and reception in the middle of the sports centre.

In future, in place of the outdoor courts a new leisure poor and changing room will be formed and sports shop will be constructed along side the changing room in the west part of the sports centre.In the eastern part,a new sports hall will be formed.A cafe and changing room will be added in the bottom corner,in top and middle corner two new dance studious will be constructed.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation: the outdoor courts are removed, new facilities are added, and several existing features remain. The overview also gives a useful broad comparison between the current and planned layouts. However, some details are incomplete or imprecise. You say the gym, changing room, pool, seating and reception will remain in the same position, but the gym extends eastward, and the future plan adds changing rooms in the southwest and southeast. The description of the eastern additions is also unclear: the two dance studios are along the eastern wall, one north of the other, rather than simply in the “top and middle corner.” To strengthen the response, distinguish retained facilities from expanded or newly added ones and describe their positions more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, a description of the present layout and a final paragraph about the redevelopment. This gives the reader a generally coherent route through the information. Some linking is effective, particularly the contrast between “At present” and “In future,” and the west/east grouping helps organise the new features. However, the progression within paragraphs is sometimes abrupt, and several details are crowded into long sequences joined mainly by “and.” The phrase “in top and middle corner” also makes the spatial relationship difficult to follow. Grouping the future features into clearer west-side and east-side sentences, with more precise references such as “to the east of the seating,” would make the organisation more controlled and cohesion less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of basic planning vocabulary, including “layout,” “reconstruction,” “facilities,” “removed” and “added,” so the main changes are usually understandable. There are also attempts to describe location through “western,” “eastern” and “bottom corner.” However, vocabulary is repetitive, especially the repeated use of “new” and “will be formed,” and some choices are inaccurate or unnatural. “Leisure poor” appears to be a misspelling of “leisure pool,” while “dance studious” is not the correct term for the rooms shown. “Along side” should be written as “alongside,” and “in place of that” is awkward in this context. More precise terms such as “converted into,” “located,” and “easternmost” would improve clarity and range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple statements and more developed sentences, including the overview and the sentence beginning “In future.” The main message is generally recoverable, but grammatical control is uneven. The opening has a subject–verb agreement error: “The plans illustrates” should be “The plans illustrate.” There are also missing or inconsistent articles and punctuation, as in “Overall,a lot” and “At present,there,” and the list “A gym,changing room, pool…” is a sentence fragment rather than a complete clause. The final sentence joins several locations and additions without clear grammatical structure. Use complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, check agreement and articles, and separate the west- and east-side details to reduce errors in longer constructions.

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