Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-14

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)

This structure graph illustrate the outside building of the university’s sports centre in this time, and they way it will look after the development.

Overall, it clear from the draw the the outdoor courts will be removed, and there will be new fecilities such as Cafe and Sports shop also a dancing studio and leisure pool.

To continue, the gym floor will be much more biger in the future plans and the changing rooms will be on south right next to the cafe. Moreover, there will also a new sports hall next to the seating area, and reception will stay at the same place in front of the university but the space will be slightly wider .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the main change that the outdoor courts will be removed and mention several planned additions, including a café, sports shop, dance studios and leisure pool. You also note that the gym will expand and that the sports hall will be beside the seating. However, the account is only partial: it omits important retained features, such as the 25-metre pool and the central changing room, and does not explain the overall expansion of the building or the new rooms on both sides. The claim that reception will become wider is not supported by the plan. The response is also 33 words below the required minimum, which limits the detail and comparisons provided. Develop a fuller overview and describe the main changes systematically.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic progression: an introduction, an overall statement, and then a short paragraph of further details. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “To continue,” and “Moreover” help signal movement between points. However, the organisation remains limited because several unrelated changes are compressed into one paragraph, and there is little clear grouping by area or by what stays and what changes. “To continue” is also an awkward transition for introducing plan details. The final sentence combines the sports hall, reception and its supposed widening without a clear relationship between them. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and the main changes, and group details by the west and east sides to make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing a redevelopment, including “removed,” “facilities,” “sports hall,” “changing rooms” and “leisure pool.” This gives the reader a general sense of the planned additions. However, the range is limited, and several word-choice, spelling or form errors make the description less precise: “structure graph” is not an appropriate name for a plan, “fecilities” is misspelled, and “a dancing studio” does not match the plan’s label. “Much more biger” is also an inaccurate and repetitive way to describe expansion. Aim for precise plan vocabulary and accurate collocations, such as “the building will be extended” and “dance studios.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few connected and complex sentences, using clauses such as “it is clear … that” and “which will look after the development,” but control is inconsistent. Errors appear in basic sentence patterns: “This structure graph illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “Overall, it clear” is missing a verb. The phrase “there will also a new sports hall” lacks the required “be,” and “the changing rooms will be on south” has an incomplete article/preposition pattern. The opening also contains a faulty clause construction. Most sentences are understandable, but these recurring errors sometimes interrupt reading. Practise accurate present and future forms, articles, agreement, and complete “there will be” structures before adding more complex clauses.

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