Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-11-12

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 maps illustrat the changes took places in layout plan of the library before two decades ago

and how it looks now

overal, the library underwent a significant changes,withe the construction of several 'ew facilities including computer room, sofa,lecture room, café,and self service machines. it will be completly redesigned,while some existing features will remained unchanged such as the entrance and

According to what is shown , the enquiry desk removed a'd replaced by a café, and the same with the reading room replaced by computer room. the children books took away and changed with lecture room

in addition.cds viedo game and computer extanded and modernised by new facilities including storytelling events and two sofa'sand children fiction's book , morever they gother all the refrence books in one place on the right corner of the library as they occypied the adult non fuction book's with adult fiction books , information desk and self service machines.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the overall redesign and report several important changes, including the new computer room, café, lecture room, storytelling area and self-service machines. You also correctly note that the entrance remains. However, some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear: the children’s books area became a lecture room, but the children’s fiction and storytelling space was newly created elsewhere; the CDs/videos/games room was replaced by children’s fiction, not expanded or modernised. The claim that reference books moved to the “right corner” is also misleading: they are now in the middle-left area. The overview is present, but the main changes need more precise reporting and clearer distinction between relocated and replaced facilities.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: an opening, an overview, and a paragraph describing individual changes. This gives the reader some sense of the comparison, and phrases such as “in addition” and “moreover” attempt to connect details. However, progression is uneven: the second paragraph ends abruptly after “the entrance and,” while the final paragraph combines several unrelated changes in one long sentence. Some links are unclear, particularly “the same with the reading room replaced by computer room” and “as they occupied…”. Organise the details by areas of the plan or by old-to-new changes, and use complete, clearly separated sentences so each comparison is easy to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant map vocabulary, including “layout plan,” “construction,” “replaced,” “facilities” and “self service machines,” which helps communicate the general topic. However, the range is limited and many spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to interpret, such as “illustrat,” “extanded,” “gother,” “occypied” and “non fuction.” Several expressions are also imprecise: “children books took away” does not clearly describe the change, and “modernised” is not an accurate description of the new storytelling area. Aim for accurate location and change vocabulary, such as “was converted into,” “was relocated,” and “was added,” and check spelling and standard forms of labels from the plan.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with clauses, but control is inconsistent. Errors in verb forms and agreement appear in “the changes took places,” “the library underwent a significant changes,” and “the children books took away.” Articles and sentence construction are also problematic in “replaced by computer room,” while the overview sentence trails off after “such as the entrance and.” Punctuation and capitalisation are frequently missing, and several clauses are joined without clear boundaries, making relationships between ideas hard to follow. Build accuracy first with complete comparative sentences—for example, “The reading room was replaced by a computer room”—then add a small number of correctly formed complex sentences.

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