Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-12

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)

Presently as we enter in the university, there's a reception and there are 2 diffrent doors on the left and right side of the reception. Right side door leads towards Seating area which has Outdoor courts on its East side. In vontrast, left hand side door takes you in the changing room which faces towards which also faces outdoor courts. There's also a swimming pool between Searing area and changing room, just after we cross the reception. There's a gym next to pool.

In future, administration planning for expansion of university's sports complex. According to the new suggested map, there is a cafe snd sports shop facing opposite to each other. Both cafe and sports shop has changing room adjacent to each other.sport shop changing room leads to leisure pool whilecafe's chamging room leads to sport hall. There's a narrow passage between sports hall and cafe which leads totwo dance studios and after studios there's a gym horizontally.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several genuine features, including the pool, gym, reception, seating and the planned addition of a leisure pool, sports hall and dance studios. However, the response only partially reports the plans and does not give a clear overview of the main changes, such as the building expanding over both outdoor-court areas and the retention of the central pool and reception. Some locations are misreported or unclear: the present plan has outdoor courts on both the west and east, not just east of the seating, and the future café and sports shop are not described as facing each other. The account also omits important additions and their positions. A concise overview followed by accurate comparisons of the west and east expansions would make the response more complete and clearly grounded in the plans.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response is divided into present and future sections, and phrases such as “In contrast” and “In future” help signal the change in time. This gives the reader a basic framework. However, the description within each section does not consistently follow a clear spatial route, and several relationships are difficult to follow, as in “which faces towards which also faces outdoor courts.” The future-plan paragraph moves from the café and shop to changing rooms, pools, the sports hall, studios and gym without a clear west-to-east or centre-to-edge sequence. Some linking is also mechanical or inaccurate. Organise each plan in a consistent order—such as from the centre towards the west, then the east—and use clear references to show which room each feature adjoins.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing plans, including “reception,” “changing room,” “adjacent” and “expansion.” However, the range is limited and several choices are imprecise or awkward for a map description. “Enter in the university” and “leads towards” do not clearly describe the layout, while “facing opposite to each other” gives an inaccurate relationship between the café and shop. Spelling errors such as “diffrent,” “vontrast,” “Searing,” “snd” and “chamging” are noticeable and sometimes make the reader pause. Build a more precise set of location phrases, such as “to the west of,” “adjoins,” “is retained” and “is replaced by,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including “According to the new suggested map…” and sentences using “which” and “while.” However, the longer structures are often faulty or incomplete, which can make relationships hard to understand. For example, “which faces towards which also faces outdoor courts” has an unclear relative clause, and “There's a narrow passage between sports hall and cafe which leads totwo dance studios” lacks clear sentence control and punctuation. There are also agreement and article problems, as in “Both cafe and sports shop has changing room.” Use shorter, complete sentences while practising accurate complex clauses. Check subject–verb agreement, articles and punctuation, and make sure each pronoun clearly refers to a specific room.

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