Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The diagram below shows the floor plan of a public library 20 years ago and how it looks now.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Central Library 20 years ago

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The photo shows the ground floor of a lending library tow decads ago and now. Overall, the building pattren of library almost same.

Firstly, removed tabel and chairs from main hall. There are reading room in central library at the left side pf entrance but now a computer room at this point. In the north east corner there was game roon in befor tow decads but now change it in room of children's fiction books and set tow sofa's for storytelling evevts. There are cafe on left of entrance but in past its use for enquiry desk for manegement. The upper side room of cafe is lecture room that changed by children's books room. In the center of both sides there are all refrence book and adult fictuin books and information desk now.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify that the plan has changed and mention several relevant conversions, including the former reading room becoming a computer room and the former children’s-books room becoming a lecture room. However, the overview that the building is “almost same” is too general and does not capture the substantial changes to the rooms and facilities. Some details are inaccurate or unclear: the games room was in the north-west, not north-east, and the café is on the right of the entrance, not the left. The comparison of the central sections is also difficult to interpret. The response is 133 words, below the required 150, and this limits the range of features reported. Add a clearer overview and accurately describe the main changes on both sides of the plan.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic sequence, beginning with an overview and then describing individual changes, and words such as “Firstly,” “but now” and “In the center” help signal comparisons. However, the ideas do not progress clearly from one area of the plan to another, and several sentences combine multiple changes without clear relationships. For example, the final sentence groups reference books, adult fiction and the information desk in a way that makes their locations hard to follow. The paragraphing is also limited, with the overview and all details presented together. Organise the report into a short overview followed by clearly grouped comparisons, such as left side, right side and central area, and use precise location references.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing a library plan, including “entrance,” “reading room,” “computer room,” “lecture room” and “storytelling events.” This gives the reader a basic sense of the facilities being compared. However, the range is limited and several spelling errors make key details difficult to recognise, such as “pattren,” “decads,” “roon” and “refrence.” Some expressions are also imprecise, including “changed it in room” and “for management,” which do not clearly describe the new use of a space. Use accurate facility names from the plan and practise spelling them. More precise phrases such as “was converted into” and “is located to the right of” would make the comparisons clearer and more appropriate for this task.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to compare past and present arrangements, and the response includes some simple sentence patterns. However, grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes make the relationships between rooms difficult to understand. Examples include “Overall, the building pattren of library almost same,” which lacks a clear verb and article, and “There are reading room … but now a computer room,” where the sentence structure is incomplete. Tense and agreement are also inconsistent, as in “there was game roon … but now change it.” Practise complete comparison sentences using a consistent past tense for the earlier plan and present tense for today, for example: “The reading room was replaced by a computer room.” Check articles, plurals and sentence boundaries before finishing.

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