Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-24
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 diagrams delineate the current layout and the future development in a university's sports centre.
Overall, it is clear that several changes will happen in the future, which includes a cafe, sports shop, leisure pool, two dance studio and sports hall.
To begin with, the gym will be expanded toward eastern side and connected with sports hall and also gym will be connect with dance studio. In addition, leisure pool will built next to changing room and on the place of outdoor courts and sports hall will constructed and it connected with dance studios.
According to the diagram, the cafe will be built near the reception and also sports shop will be built near leisure pool. Changing room will built with sports shop and cafe it will be attached with both of it. In contrast, the 25m pool, gym, changing room, reception and seating will remain at there old place in the future.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The student covers all parts of the task well, providing an overview and detailing the main changes shown in the diagrams. The overview successfully identifies that several new facilities such as a café, sports shop, leisure pool, dance studios, and a sports hall will be added. Key comparisons are made, noting that the central 25m pool, gym, changing room, reception, and seating remain in their old places, while outdoor courts are replaced. However, some spatial relationships are described with slight repetition or lack of precise integration, yet the key features and transformations are sufficiently captured to meet the requirements of a Band 6.5 or 6 descriptor.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response is arranged coherently with an introduction, body paragraphs, and an overall summary statement. Logical organization is present, beginning with a broad overview followed by specific spatial details regarding expansions and new additions. However, the progression within paragraphs feels somewhat mechanical due to repetitive transitional phrases ('To begin with', 'In addition', 'According to the diagram'). Paragraphing is generally utilized, but paragraph transitions could be smoother and more cohesive to warrant a higher band.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, successfully identifying various facilities like 'leisure pool', 'dance studio', 'reception', and 'sports shop'. There are some appropriate attempts at less common vocabulary related to maps and changes ('delineate', 'expanded', 'reconstructed'). However, there are noticeable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'leisure pool will built' (missing auxiliary) and 'remain at there old place', which prevent the lexical score from reaching a higher band level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but suffers from several grammatical inaccuracies. There are frequent missing auxiliary verbs and preposition errors, such as 'which includes a cafe... and sports hall', 'leisure pool will built', 'Changing room will built', and 'remain at there old place' instead of 'their'. While communication is not severely impeded and the meaning remains clear, the frequency of basic grammatical errors places this text firmly in the Band 5.5 range.
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