Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-11

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 chart illustrates the layout of a university's sports centre now and how it will be after refurbishments.

Overall, interior of the sports centre will be remained unchanged whereas, outdoor courts will be replaced by the dance studio, pool, and other more departments.

Reception, seating area, changing room will remain as it was, but the area of the gym will be expanded. Meanwhile, the left outdoor courts will be replaced by leisure pool, at the top, changing room at the left side below it and sports club adjacent to changing room. In place of right outdoor courts there will be sports hall at the centre, two dance studios , one at the corner and other on the right hand side adjacent to it. Besides dance studio, there will be changing room,and at hte left side adjacent to it will be cafe. The major area is iccupied by leisure [pp; whereas, least areais occupied by sports shop and cafe.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main change—the centre expands over the former outdoor courts—and give an overview that several existing facilities remain while new ones are added. You also report a number of relevant locations, including the leisure pool on the west side and the sports hall and dance studios on the east. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: the future plan has two dance studios along the eastern wall, one north of the other, rather than one at a corner and another beside it. The café and south-eastern changing room are also mislocated in your description. The final statement about the largest and smallest areas is incomplete and does not clearly compare the plans. More precise coverage of the key additions would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overall statement, and a paragraph describing changes. This helps the reader follow the broad comparison. However, the final paragraph becomes a long sequence of facilities linked mainly by “Meanwhile,” “Besides,” and “and,” so the spatial relationships are difficult to track. Some references are also unclear, such as “adjacent to it” after mentioning several different rooms. Grouping the changes by west and east, and using shorter sentences with clear location references, would create a more consistent progression. The overview also contrasts what remains with what changes, but the body does not develop that organisation as clearly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing plans, including “expanded,” “replaced,” “adjacent,” and “at the centre,” and the reader can generally identify the facilities being discussed. However, several word choices and collocations are imprecise: “other more departments” is not a natural way to describe facilities, and “sports club” does not match the labelled sports shop. “Refurbishments” is less precise than “redevelopment” for the planned changes. Spelling errors such as “hte” and “iccupied,” along with the unfinished phrase “leisure [pp,” also reduce accuracy and make the ending difficult to understand. Use consistent terms from the plan and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including the contrast in “whereas” and the future construction “will be replaced.” However, some sentence structures are faulty or incomplete. For example, “interior of the sports centre will be remained unchanged” has an incorrect passive construction, and “Reception, seating area, changing room will remain as it was” has problems with articles, number, and agreement. The long final sentence also contains punctuation and clause-connection problems, while “there will be changing room” lacks an article. These errors sometimes make relationships between features harder to follow. Practise accurate passive forms (“will remain unchanged”), articles with singular countable nouns, and breaking long descriptions into complete sentences.

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