Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-11-13

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 chart displays the floor plan of a local library 20 years before and how it looks today. Overall, the floor of the library is modified in last 20 years. Tables and chairs had been removed and the enquiry desk had been changed and a cafe is built there. Furthermore, sofas are also added.

When entered to the library, there are slight changes done to the rooms on your left. The reading room is changed to a computer room and the computer room on far left corner had been converted to an event room, sofas and children's fiction books are placed there.

Furthermore, the right side of the library had been changed. On far right corner, the children's books area had changed to a lecture room . Besides, self service machines are added outside the room and there is also a slight difference in arrangement of books in different book shelves.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall changes, including the removal of the central tables and chairs, the addition of a café and sofas, and the conversion of the former reading room into a computer room. These are relevant and broadly match the plan. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: the storytelling and children’s fiction room was not the former computer room; it replaced the CDs, videos and computer games room. The café occupies the former enquiry-desk area, while the computer room is in the former reading-room space. You also mention changes to book-shelf arrangements without specifying the important changes: adult non-fiction became reference books, and the adult-fiction area moved to the right. More precise comparisons would make the main features clearer and more fully reported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an opening overview is followed by descriptions of the left and right sides, so the reader can follow the broad comparison. Linking expressions such as “Overall” and “Furthermore” help signal the stages of the description. The organisation is coherent, but progression is not always precise: the second paragraph says the “computer room on far left corner” became the event room, which makes the location comparison confusing. Some transitions are also repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “Furthermore,” and “Besides” introduces details without clearly showing their relationship to the previous point. Grouping each area by its former and current use, with clearer references to locations, would make cohesion more flexible and the comparison easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing changes, including “converted,” “removed,” “added,” and “arrangement.” These choices help communicate the general transformation, and the reader can understand most of the description. However, some wording is imprecise or unnatural for a floor-plan report: “the floor … is modified,” “when entered to the library,” and “a cafe is built there.” “Slight changes” also understates substantial changes to the rooms and facilities. The phrase “different book shelves” is vague and does not identify the categories that changed. Aim for more precise location and change vocabulary, and use natural collocations such as “the layout was reorganised” or “the room was converted into.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the passive constructions “had been removed” and “is changed to,” as well as a relative clause in “the computer room … had been converted.” Meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “modified in last 20 years” needs an article and a more suitable tense, while “When entered to the library” is an incomplete and incorrectly formed introductory clause. Tense choices also shift between “had been changed,” “is built,” and “are also added” when describing the past-to-present comparison. There are punctuation and spacing slips, such as the space before the full stop after “room.” More consistent tense control and complete sentence structures would improve accuracy.

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