Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-09

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 5.5)

The provided two maps show the floor design of a public library how it looked before and now. Overall the design includes transformation, demolished and additional features like self service machines, computer room, so on.

Todays proposal shows that the tables and chairs are removed and make a free space after imeddiate intrance. Adult non-fiction books is altered by adult fiction books with additional feature information desk and self-service machines in the right side of middle. Athough enquiry desk is shifted in the middle of adult fiction books and self-service machines, cafe is introduced in the place of it in new proposal.

Additional features, children's fiction books and storytelling event is in the opposite side of computer book which was CDs, videos and computer games before. Reading room is altered by computer room which is in the left side after entrance. Lecture room is introduced in new proposal by demoloshing children's books in the right far corner. All refrence books is built after shifting adult fiction books to its opposite and all refrence books can be found on left side of middle.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main purpose of the maps and report several important changes, including the removal of the central tables and chairs, the new computer room and café, and the replacement of the former children’s and reading areas. The overview also recognises that the library has been substantially reorganised. Most locations are broadly consistent with the plan, but some comparisons are unclear or inaccurate: the enquiry desk is not shifted into the adult-fiction area; it is replaced by the café, while the information desk and self-service machines appear in the adult-fiction area. The phrase “computer book” also makes the former location of the children’s area difficult to understand. To strengthen the response, state the major changes more precisely and develop the overview around the reallocation of spaces and services.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction and overview are followed by two paragraphs describing changes on each side of the library. This gives the reader a general route through the plan. However, progression within the paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow because several changes are compressed into long sentences, and links such as “Athough” do not clearly express the relationship between the features. References including “it,” “its opposite,” and “the opposite side of computer book” are also unclear, so readers may struggle to identify which room or area is being discussed. Organise the details by location and use explicit comparisons—for example, “the former reading room became a computer room”—to make the sequence easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing a floor plan, including “demolishing,” “introduced,” “shifted,” and “self-service machines.” These attempts help convey that the library has changed. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “the design includes transformation,” “free space after immediate entrance,” and “computer book.” Spelling errors in “immedi ate” (written as “imeddiate”), “Although,” “demolishing,” and “reference” also reduce accuracy. The range is sufficient to communicate many features, but imprecise wording sometimes obscures the intended comparison. Use standard map language such as “replaced by,” “located beside,” and “in the former position of,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses linked with “and” and “which,” and the reader can understand the broad message. However, errors in sentence construction and agreement occur across the response. For example, “The provided two maps show the floor design of a public library how it looked before and now” lacks a clear grammatical connection between the ideas, while “Adult non-fiction books is altered” has subject–verb agreement and passive-form problems. In “children’s fiction books and storytelling event is,” the plural subject does not agree with “is.” Articles and tense choices also need attention. Build clearer sentences with a consistent past-to-present comparison, and check agreement and passive forms when describing what each area became.

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