Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-10

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 6.5)

The diagram illustrates two layouts of a sports centre of a university, one at present how it looks and the other one is its design after renovation.

Overall, the layout for future has a lot more to offer for the students including dance studio,cafe and leisure pool. The gym is bigger in the future layout.

At present the sports centre has 2 outdoor courts on either sides of the 25 meter pool. It has a reception at the entrance which leads to 25 meter pool. There is a changing room at the west side of pool and a seating area on the east. At the far side of the pool there is a gym.

The renovation layout is same for the reception, pool, changing room and seating area. It has larger gym extending towards the east upto dance studio. The are two dance studios at the northeast side of the layout. The is a cafe just right to the entrance, across the cafe a sports hall is situated. At the southeast corner a changing room is visible. At the left side of the entrance the is a sports shop which is next to the changing room that leads to leisure pool.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover both the current and proposed layouts and give a clear overview of the main changes, especially the addition of a leisure pool, café and dance studios and the enlargement of the gym. Most locations are reported accurately, including the outdoor courts on either side of the pool and the retained central facilities. However, some details are imprecise: the gym extends eastward along the northern side, but it does not extend “up to” the dance studios; the sports hall is east of the seating, rather than across from the café; and the leisure pool is not simply next to the changing room and shop. More precise comparisons of the expanded building and the new eastern and western areas would make the account more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall progression: an introduction, an overview, a description of the present plan and then the future plan. This makes the comparison easy to follow, and phrases such as “At present” and “The renovation layout” help signal the shift between stages. The organisation is coherent, but some links between locations are unclear or potentially misleading, particularly “across the cafe a sports hall is situated” and “the changing room that leads to leisure pool.” The repeated use of “There is” and “It has” also makes the description somewhat list-like. Grouping the future additions by west and east, and using clearer spatial references, would make cohesion more flexible and precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing a plan, including “layout,” “renovation,” “extending,” “northeast” and “southeast.” These terms help communicate the main features, and the reader can generally understand the intended locations. However, some word choices and collocations are imprecise or informal: “a lot more to offer” is conversational, “far side” is vague, and “right to the entrance” does not clearly express a position. There are also spacing and spelling-form issues, such as “dance studio,cafe” and “upto.” Aim for more exact spatial language and consistent formal phrasing, for example “to the east of the entrance” and “the proposed layout includes.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence with “including” and the description of the gym “extending towards the east.” Meaning is usually recoverable, but grammatical control is uneven. Examples include the awkward introductory construction “one at present how it looks,” the missing subject in “The are two dance studios,” and “The is a cafe,” where the article and subject are incorrectly formed. The sentence “The renovation layout is same for…” also needs an article, while “At present the sports centre has 2 outdoor courts on either sides” contains an agreement error. Use complete, carefully checked clauses and practise articles, subject–verb agreement and plural forms; these recurring issues limit accuracy despite the range attempted.

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