Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-13

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 maps depicts the changes to the floor plan of a public library from 20 years ago to the present.

Overall, the library has faced massive changes and addition facilities such as a new computer room, a cafe and a lecture room. In addition, many facilities have been replaced by new changes such as the computer games area, the children's book, the enquiry desk and the reading room.

The most noticeable feature is that the tables & chairs have been removed at present, while the entrance remained the same. The reading room and the enquiry desk has been turned into a computer room and a cafe, and the Children's book area has been redeveloped as a lecture room.

It is clear that The CDs, videos, computer games are has been replaced by a new area where facilities such as storytelling events and children's fiction books exist to the north-east of the map. The Adult fiction books has been relocated to the middle-west side of the map neat to the lecture room. An information desk and self-service machines have been intoduced near to the adult fiction books area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation clearly: the central tables and chairs have gone, the entrance remains in place, and the former reading room and enquiry area have become a computer room and café. You also report several important changes to the book areas and new facilities, so the response addresses the task and its key comparisons. Some details, however, are unclear or inaccurate: the children’s books area became a lecture room, while the former CDs/videos/games room became the children’s fiction and storytelling room; your wording partly reverses or obscures these changes. The claim that adult fiction moved to the middle-west is also incorrect: it is now on the middle-right. A more precise overview and clearer coverage of the reference-book changes would strengthen the report further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable progression: an introduction, an overall summary, and paragraphs describing the main changes. This gives the reader a coherent general picture, and phrases such as “Overall” and “The most noticeable feature” help signal the structure. However, the final paragraph combines several locations and changes in a way that makes the sequence difficult to follow, especially when the children’s area and adult fiction are described. Some linking is also mechanical, with repeated “In addition” and “It is clear that.” Organise the details by area or by old-to-new changes, and use clearer references such as “the former room” only when the location is unmistakable. This would make the progression more consistently easy to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of map-related vocabulary, including “redeveloped,” “relocated,” “introduced,” and “replaced,” which helps describe changes rather than merely list labels. However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural, such as “massive changes,” “addition facilities,” and “replaced by new changes.” “The children’s book” is also too vague for the specific areas shown, and “near to” is less natural here than “next to” or “near.” There are noticeable spelling and word-form errors, including “intoduced” and “cafe,” alongside repeated use of general terms such as “area” and “changes.” Choose exact facility names from the plan and use more natural collocations to improve precision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mix of simple statements and more complex forms, including the contrast in “while the entrance remained the same” and the passive construction “have been turned into.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and several errors make sentences awkward or difficult to interpret. For example, “The maps depicts” has subject–verb disagreement, while “The reading room and the enquiry desk has been turned” needs a plural verb. The clause “are has been replaced” contains conflicting verb forms, and “The Adult fiction books has been relocated” again has agreement and article problems. Tense and sentence structure also need careful checking. Practise matching verbs to singular and plural subjects and proofreading each sentence for one clear, complete verb pattern.

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