Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-19

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 6.0)

The old layout shows three separate buildings comprising of one large and two small outdoor courts. The main hall contains a pool, gym, general seating of the visitors, changing room for the members and a reception at the entrance.

They intend to renovate it with a more efficient structure of the facility. Their plan is to consolidate everything into one building in contrast with three different buildings. The new planned layout shows a huge space which is internally segregated but comes with a single entrance.

On entrance, the starting corners have a cafe on the right while a sports shop on the left and a reception on the front. The reception is then followed by two more entrances, on the left there is changing room for the members which is connected with the pool and behind the changing room there is a leisure pool which comes with its seperate changing room. On the right of the reception comes seating space followed by a sports hall with a changing room at front, and a passage which connects dance studios and gym and another

The old layout had just one changing room while the new planned layout have three, 2 Swimming pools in contrast to one, newly added dance studios, cafe, shop while reducing one outdoor court.

Overall, the new layout seems modern, depicting the sporty aura.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main change from outdoor courts to a larger, enclosed facility and note several additions, including the leisure pool, sports hall, dance studios, café and shop. The comparison that the new plan has more changing rooms and two pools is also relevant. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the present plan has one building with outdoor courts on both sides, not “three separate buildings,” and the future plan retains the original reception and central facilities rather than creating the sequence of entrances described. The final claim about “reducing one outdoor court” is also misleading, as both outdoor court areas are replaced. A clearer overview of the expansion and the main new facilities, followed by accurate location comparisons, would develop the response more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has an overall progression from the existing layout to the redevelopment, and the final paragraph attempts to summarise the main differences. Paragraphing helps separate these stages. However, the long second description becomes difficult to follow: the sentence beginning “On entrance” strings together several locations and relationships, then ends abruptly with “and another.” Some linking phrases, such as “followed by” and “on the right,” are used, but the sequence does not consistently match the plan, so the reader cannot reliably trace the layout. Organise the future plan by area—for example, west, centre and east—and use clear location references. Completing each sentence and avoiding a list-like chain would make the progression more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing a redevelopment, including “renovate,” “consolidate,” “internally segregated” and “newly added.” These choices show an attempt to go beyond basic labels, and the main facilities are generally named clearly. Some expressions are imprecise or unnatural for a plan description, however: “general seating of the visitors,” “starting corners,” and “sporty aura” do not communicate the layout as precisely as standard spatial language would. “Three separate buildings” also reflects a factual misunderstanding rather than a vocabulary strength. Check spelling in “seperate,” and prefer concise terms such as “seating area,” “south-west corner” and “sports facilities.” More precise collocations would make the description clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex forms, including “They intend to renovate it with…” and the relative clause “which is connected with the pool.” Some sentences communicate the broad idea, but grammatical control is uneven. For example, “The old layout shows three separate buildings comprising of…” has an awkward construction, while “the new planned layout have three” contains subject–verb disagreement; “the new planned layout has” is needed. The long sentence beginning “On entrance” combines several clauses without a clear grammatical structure and is left unfinished at “and another.” There are also article and number issues, such as “a cafe” and “two more entrances” where the plan does not show those relationships. Use shorter, complete sentences and check agreement, articles and punctuation.

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