The plans below show the site of an airport now and how it will look after redevelopment next year.
Sample Response
The diagrams portray what the Southwest Airport looks like now and what the airportthe same place will look likewould be like a year later when the renovation work is completewhen the renovation works will be complete.
Overall, the Southwest Airport will be expandedand will offer, and offer far more facilities and better accessibility for passengers after the development work is done.
As the map suggests, the airport now has separate departure and arrival areasa single arrival and departure area. The departure area is on the left of the main building and has a check-in counter for passengers and a cafe. The arrival area, on the other hand, has a café but no other listed amenitiesdoes not have such amenities and looks empty. Straight ahead of the arrival area, customs and passport control cancould be seen. For departing passengers,Similarly, passport control and security are located in the departures areaare located for departing passengers. The airport now has eight gates, two walkways, and one check-in areacheck-in areas.
After the development work, which is expected to finish next year, the airport will have eighteen gates andeighteen gates, and a sky train inside the airport. New shops will be built, and the departing passengers will have access to bag drop facilities. The bag-drop facility will be builtIt will be built where the check-in point is now. Opposite itOpposite to it, there will be the check-in point. The renovated airport will have more departure and entry points to serve more passengers at a time. It will also have an ATMATMs and cafes for passengers in the arrival area. Finally, a car hire facility will also be included on the right side of the arrival hall.
Why this response received Band 7.5
The report gives a clear overview and accurately covers nearly all major redevelopment features, including the expanded gate layout, sky train, shops, relocated check-in, bag drop, and new arrivals facilities. Its organisation is strong, though a few references are ambiguous and some descriptions of the current layout are slightly imprecise. The main improvement is to make spatial relationships and pronoun references fully explicit while preserving the effective present-versus-future structure.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The response provides a clear overview and selects almost all significant changes with accurate supporting detail, despite a few minor imprecisions about the existing layout.
Refine the description of the current terminal and state spatial relationships more exactly rather than using broad claims about accessibility and capacity.
Coherence and Cohesion
The four-paragraph structure supports clear progression from overview to the current airport and then its redevelopment, with only occasional ambiguous referencing.
Replace unclear pronouns such as those in the bag-drop and check-in description with the named facility so every comparison is immediately traceable.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and generally precise for maps and redevelopment, although a few combinations such as entry points and opposite to are less natural.
Use exact spatial and facility terms consistently, including arrivals entrances, opposite, and relocated, to sharpen otherwise effective descriptions.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses a varied range of sentence structures with good control, and the occasional tense, punctuation, or reference problem does not impede meaning.
Maintain consistent present forms for the current plan and future forms for redevelopment, while checking comma placement and pronoun agreement.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The plans below show the site of an airport now and how it will look after redevelopment next year.
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