Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The diagram illustrates how a public library's floor plan used to look 20 yaears ago and how it appears now.

Overall, the current plan of library appears to be more spacious because the table and chairs from the centre have been removed. Extra facility has been provided in the form of a cafe whereas number of rooms remained same.

Amenities for children have been improvised such as a seating corner specific for storytelling has been introduced, which also has childrens fiction books.Older chidren room does not exist anymore.

Previously adults had separate sections for fiction books and non fictions but now library provides with adult fiction books only.Information centre has been modernized,which now have self service machines.Location for computer rooms ares wapped offering some latest updates. Reading room is removed and lecture room is introduced instead.All reference books section is introduced where adult fiction books used to be in former library plan.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation and give a clear overview: the central tables and chairs have gone, while a café and other facilities have been added. Most comparisons are grounded in the plan, including the change from a reading room to a lecture room and the replacement of the former adult non-fiction area with reference books. This covers the task well, with some features more fully reported than others. However, “number of rooms remained same” is not clearly supported, and “Older children room does not exist anymore” is inaccurate: the former children’s-books room is now used for children’s fiction and storytelling. The computer-room location is also not clearly described. More precise coverage of these changes would make the account more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable progression: an introduction, an overall summary, and then details about children’s facilities, adult books and other rooms. This makes the main comparison understandable. However, the final paragraph contains several changes in quick succession, and the links between them are sometimes abrupt. For example, “Location for computer rooms ares wapped” is followed immediately by the reading-room and reference-book changes, without clear grouping by area or function. Some transitions, such as “where” in the final sentence, also leave the relationship between the old and new layouts less clear than it could be. Organise the details into two focused paragraphs and use explicit comparisons such as “formerly” and “in its place” to improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary for describing changes, including “introduced,” “removed,” “modernized” and “separate sections.” These choices help communicate the main developments, and the meaning is generally recoverable. However, several word choices or collocations are imprecise, such as “Extra facility has been provided,” “seating corner specific for storytelling,” and “Location for computer rooms.” There are also spelling errors, including “yaears,” “chidren,” and “wapped,” which reduce accuracy. Aim for more conventional map-description phrases and check spelling carefully. For instance, describe a facility as “added,” a room as “designated for storytelling,” and a location as having “changed.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex structures, including the overview clause beginning “because” and the comparison “where adult fiction books used to be.” The main message is usually understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. Examples include missing or incorrect articles in “number of rooms” and “Extra facility,” agreement in “which now have self service machines,” and the malformed phrase “Location for computer rooms ares wapped.” Sentence boundaries and spacing after punctuation are also inconsistent, as in “books.Older” and “modernized,which.” These issues make some relationships harder to follow. Review article use, subject–verb agreement and sentence punctuation, then proofread each sentence for a complete, correctly formed clause.

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