Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-24

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 provided diagrams depict changes in the floor plan of a public library in present time while comparing with the same floor to about 20 years ago.

Overall, it is evident that the sitting area is shifted from centre to north-west side of the library. A cafe is opened at the place of inquiry desk on the east of entrance.

Looking at the details in depth, the section on the west from entrance which was used for CDs, videos, and computer games is now changed into reading area for storytelling events and children's fiction books. Right on the front of it is a lecture room which was previously children's books section.

On the first left room from entrance is a computer room, with a cafe on the east right.Two other changes include a section in the second room from the left of entrance, includes all reference books where adult fiction books were placed 20 years ago. Right in the front of this section which was for adult non-fiction books is now occupied with adult fiction books, information desk and self- serving machines.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify several important changes, including the former games room becoming a children’s fiction/storytelling area, the children’s section becoming a lecture room, and the addition of a computer room and café. Your overview also recognises that the central seating has been removed and that the enquiry desk area has changed. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: the café is in the former reading-room area, not at the enquiry desk, and the former enquiry-desk area now contains adult fiction, an information desk and self-service machines. The overview would be stronger if it summarised the main reorganisation more precisely, including the new lecture room and the shift to service and leisure facilities. Some changes are reported more fully than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs of location-based detail. This gives the reader a coherent general route through the plan, and phrases such as “Looking at the details in depth” signal a move into specifics. However, the progression is sometimes difficult to follow because locations are described from changing reference points, such as “from entrance,” “on the first left room” and “Right in the front.” Some linking is also mechanical, particularly “Two other changes include,” while the final paragraph combines several separate changes in a long sentence. Use consistent compass directions or fixed landmarks, and group each old-to-new comparison clearly to make the relationships easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing a plan, including “floor plan,” “section,” “occupied,” and “self-serving machines.” The response also attempts more specific terms such as “sitting area” and “inquiry desk,” showing an effort to describe functions and locations. Some choices are imprecise or unnatural, however: “sitting area is shifted” does not clearly describe the removal of the central tables and chairs and the sofas in the new children’s area, while “cafe is opened” is not the natural way to report a new facility. “Right on the front of it” is also vague for a map description. Aim for precise terms such as “converted into,” “located to the north of,” and “enquiry desk”; check spelling and hyphenation consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including relative clauses in “which was used for CDs…” and “where adult fiction books were placed.” The main comparisons are generally understandable, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions remain. For example, “while comparing with the same floor” lacks a clear grammatical subject, and “A cafe is opened” uses an unsuitable tense and passive form for describing the present plan. In “a section in the second room from the left of entrance, includes…,” the clause is incomplete or incorrectly punctuated, and “which was for adult non-fiction books is now occupied…” has an unclear structure. Use present simple for current features and past simple for the earlier plan, and build each comparison as a complete sentence.

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