Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-11-14

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 diagram illustrate the floor plan of a public liabrary 20 years ago and how it looks now.

Overall it is clear that from past to present central liabrary totally changed

Fetiching into details in the past diagram shows in the adults fiction books show in the west side but in the present it move to the east side in the diagram. followed by entrance from past to present not change it remain same the southern part of the diagram. and moreover the table and chair in the past diagram shows in the center of the past

diagram whereas in the present it will remove.

Cosidiring the remaining detail continue where we find children books in the east side of the past diagram now in present there were lecture room and where we find readingbook of the west side of the past diagram and now we find there comuter room

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the broad change over time and report several relevant locations: the entrance remains at the south, the central tables and chairs have been removed, and the former reading room becomes a computer room. However, the overview that the library “totally changed” is too general, and important changes are omitted or unclear. For example, the current plan has a café, lecture room, children’s fiction/storytelling room, reference books and self-service machines, none of which are adequately described. The claim that adult fiction moved from west to east is accurate, but the comparison about children’s books is confusing: the former children’s room is now a lecture room, while children’s fiction is elsewhere. The response is also 8 words below the 150-word minimum; the 8 words copied from the task prompt were not counted.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response into an opening, an overview and details, and the comparisons generally follow the past-to-present structure. However, progression is difficult to follow because the details are compressed into long, loosely connected sentences. Phrases such as “Fetiching into details” and “Cosidiring the remaining detail continue” do not clearly signal how the information is being organised. The repeated use of “and,” “whereas” and “where” also creates awkward links, while references such as “it” and “there” are not always clear. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and the main changes, then group features by area or by what changed. Clearer sentence boundaries and more precise linking would make the comparisons easier to understand.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary includes some relevant terms for describing a plan, such as “floor plan,” “entrance,” “center” and “southern part,” and you attempt to express change with “move” and “remove.” However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make the account less clear, including “liabrary,” “Fetiching,” “Cosidiring,” “comuter” and “readingbook.” Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “the adults fiction books show in the west side” and “it will remove.” Choose standard map-description language and check spelling carefully. For example, use “located on the western side,” “was relocated to the east,” and “was removed.” More precise labels from the diagram would also help you describe the new facilities accurately.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to compare past and present using forms such as “whereas” and “from past to present,” but sentence structures are often faulty, and errors frequently make relationships between features hard to follow. For instance, “The diagram illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “the adults fiction books show in the west side” lacks a clear verb construction. In “it move to the east side,” the verb form is incorrect, and “in the present it will remove” uses an unsuitable tense and voice. Several sentences run on, with punctuation that does not clearly separate ideas. Practise accurate past and present passive forms for map changes, such as “was located,” “has been moved” and “was replaced,” and build shorter comparison sentences before attempting longer ones.

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