Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The two layout demonstrate the redevelopment of the university sport center.

AS we begin the before univerity oprt center a simple and consist of outdoor courts and the gym area a congested there was seating area in the east corner gym on the north corner and changing room in the west corner and reception was in the south

Now the whole layout is elaborated as we enter the reception on the left hand side there is sports shop and beside that there is changing room sidtht and infront of the changeing room there i a leisure pool and beside that there is an other changing room .in the east hand side two separate dance studio are build and beside the dance studio they build a changing room and adjusting to the changing room the make the cafe area .in the north hand side they extend the gym area and the pool area remains the same and sports hall is also build there in the east hand side of the building

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad change from a simpler centre with outdoor courts to a larger, redeveloped facility, and you mention several relevant features, including the leisure pool, sports shop, dance studios, café and sports hall. However, the comparison is only partial: the present layout is described briefly, and important retained features such as the 25m pool, seating and central reception are not clearly compared with their future positions. Some locations are also inaccurate or unclear. For example, the future plan has a changing room and sports shop in the south-west, but the description places them on the left as one enters reception without making their positions clear. A more complete overview and precise account of the main changes would make the response more fully address the task.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response by moving from the present layout to the future plan, and directional language such as “in the east hand side” helps signal location. However, the progression within the future description is difficult to follow: several rooms are linked in one long sequence, and phrases such as “beside that” and “infront of” do not always make the relationships clear. The opening also contains a confusing run of details rather than a clear overview. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and each plan, then group features by area—for example, west, centre and east. More accurate, varied linking and clearer sentence boundaries would help the reader follow the comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant vocabulary for describing plans, including “redevelopment,” “outdoor courts,” “leisure pool,” “sports hall” and “dance studio.” This shows a minimally adequate range for the topic. However, word choice and spelling errors are frequent enough to make parts of the description difficult to interpret, as in “elaborated,” “sidtht” and “changeing.” Some expressions are also imprecise or unnatural, such as “the layout is elaborated” and “the make the cafe area.” Aim for standard plan-description terms and check spelling carefully. Replacing informal or unclear phrases with precise verbs such as “is expanded,” “is added” and “remains unchanged” would improve clarity and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to describe both plans and use some location phrases, but sentence structures are limited and many sentences are difficult to parse. For example, “The two layout demonstrate” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “as we begin the before” creates an incomplete and confusing opening clause. The future description is largely one extended sentence joined by repeated “and” and “beside,” with punctuation that does not clearly separate ideas. Articles, plurals and verb forms are also inconsistently controlled. Practise writing short, complete comparison sentences first, then combine related information with accurate clauses. Clear sentence boundaries and consistent present/future forms would make the information much easier to understand.

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