Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-28

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 figure compares the floor plan of central library two decades ago and how it looks now.

Overall, Many changes are made in the floor plan of library in contrast of two decades ago.These changes are made for public including eatery and a lecture room.

Two decades ago, from entrance there are tables and chairs for sitting in the center of the library with adult fiction books and non fiction books section on the west and east side respectively.Computer games are available on the northwest side and children's books on the northeast. Reading room and enquiry desk is at the bottom of the floor plan.

Now, The reading room is reconstructed into a computer room. Information desk is established alonwith self-service machines in the existing adult fiction books section.Enquiry desk is converted into a cafe just to the right after the entrance.Children's books section is refurbished into a lecture room. Computer games and CDs section is replaced by Children's fiction books with sitting available as sofa on both corners where storytelling events are held. Refrence books section replaced the existing adult fiction books.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main purpose of the plans and give a useful overview that the library has been reorganised, including the addition of a café and lecture room. Most key changes are reported accurately: the former reading room becomes a computer room, the children’s area becomes a lecture room, and the old games/CD room is used for children’s fiction and storytelling. Some details are less fully or precisely described. For example, the café is in the bottom-right area, rather than simply “just to the right after the entrance,” and the former adult fiction area becomes the reference-book section, while adult fiction moves to the middle-right with an information desk and self-service machines. Include these relocations clearly to make the comparison more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and separate descriptions of the earlier and current layouts. This makes the main comparison easy to follow, and phrases such as “Two decades ago” and “Now” help signal the time contrast. However, the overview is broad, and the final paragraph packs many changes into one long sequence, so some relationships between old and new locations are difficult to track. The phrase “Refrence books section replaced the existing adult fiction books” is especially unclear about which area changed. Use shorter sentences and group changes by location or by former and current function. More consistent punctuation and capitalization would also make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a relevant range of vocabulary for describing a library plan, including “floor plan,” “section,” “reconstructed,” “converted,” and “self-service machines.” These choices communicate most of the changes, and you attempt some less common terms. At times, however, word choice and collocation are imprecise: “eatery” is an awkward label for the café, “sitting available as sofa” is not natural, and “in contrast of” does not express the comparison idiomatically. There are also spelling errors, including “Refrence” and “alonwith.” Aim for precise, conventional map-description language such as “located,” “replaced by,” and “was converted into.” This would improve clarity and control while retaining your useful range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and the reader can generally understand the changes. For instance, “The reading room is reconstructed into a computer room” and the sentence describing the information desk show attempts to explain transformations. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, agreement, tense, and sentence boundaries. Examples include “central library” without an article, “Reading room and enquiry desk is,” and the inconsistent present-tense forms in “there are” when describing the past. The overview also has an unnecessary capital after “Overall” and runs into the next sentence without a space. Use past tense consistently for the earlier plan and present tense for today, and check subject–verb agreement and articles. These revisions would make your varied sentences more accurate.

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