Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-20

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 digrams compare the current ground floor plan of a central library with its 20 years old arrangements.

Overall, the area remained that same but some improvments are made in sitting area. The two most significant features of current development are self-service machines and a computer room.

In the past, table and chairs were placed in the center of the library which is now removed completely. To the right of the entrance it was enquriy desk where people used to purchase tickets and return their borrowed books a cafe replaced this facilites. Instead of contiuning munual enquiries, self-service machies are installed on the central-right of the floor with adults fictions books, which was orginally to the central-left of the floor 20 years ago. On top of that area, there was a children's book sections which is now a lecture room.

The left side of floor also experience significant changes. Starting off from the top, CDs, videos and computer games sections is replaced with storytelling area with sofas on each conner along with children ficitional books. Reading room is also replaced with computer room.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation from a traditional layout to one with new facilities, and your overview highlights the removal of the central tables and the addition of self-service machines and a computer room. Most comparisons are grounded in the plan: the former enquiry area becomes a café, the children’s-book room becomes a lecture room, and the reading room becomes a computer room. This covers the task well, though some important changes are less fully reported. For example, the former adult non-fiction area is now the reference-book section, and the information desk is not mentioned. The description of the new children’s area could also be clearer about its storytelling function. Including these details and making the overview more precise would strengthen the coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction and overview are followed by comparisons of the central/right areas and then the left side. This gives the reader a generally logical route through the plan, and phrases such as “In the past” and “Starting off from the top” help signal movement between features. However, some links between ideas are awkward or unclear. The long sentence beginning “To the right of the entrance” combines the former enquiry desk, the café, self-service machines and adult fiction books, making the spatial relationships difficult to follow. “On top of that area” is also an imprecise reference. Use shorter sentences and consistent location-based grouping to make the progression more controlled and cohesive.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a library plan, including “replaced,” “central,” “self-service machines,” and “computer room,” so the main changes are usually understandable. There is also some useful variety in how you describe change. However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “digrams,” “improvments,” “enquriy,” “machies,” and “fictions.” Some phrases are also imprecise or unnatural, such as “sitting area,” “on each conner,” and “manual enquiries.” These errors reduce the accuracy and polish of the description, even when the intended meaning can be inferred. Check spelling carefully and choose standard plan-description terms such as “seating area,” “in each corner,” and “in-person enquiries.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons with “which” and “where,” and the overall meaning is generally recoverable. However, several grammatical errors remain. For example, “the area remained that same” has an incorrect determiner, while “some improvements are made” uses an unsuitable tense for describing changes already completed. There are also agreement and sentence-boundary problems in “CDs, videos and computer games sections is replaced,” and the sentence beginning “To the right of the entrance” runs several clauses together without clear punctuation. Aim for accurate past-tense descriptions of the former plan and present-tense descriptions of the current one, and separate related comparisons into complete sentences.

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