The plans below show the site of an airport now and how it will look after redevelopment next year.
Sample Response
The alterations planned for the airportalterations that an airport will go through next yearin the following year are illustrated in the given layouts. Overall, it is apparent that by next year, the airportby the next year site of the airport will have changed dramatically. The most prominent change will be the addition of a number of gates on the northernmost part of the airport.
The current layout of the airport has a cylindrical shape. There are eight gates surrounding the northern walkwaywalkaway, which is within a rectangular concoursein a square shape chamber. In the departures areaOn the departure site, security and passport control are located. Just below security and passport controlbelow the passport control, on the right corner, a café is locatedavailable. On the western part of the departure site, check-in is placed.
By the following year, the plan of the airport will have changed substantiallyaltered sweepingly. A “Y” shape area is supposed to be developed on the north part of the airport, which it would be surrounded by 18 gates with sky trains in the middle. Shops are anticipated to be built north of security and passport controlabove security and passport control. The current caféThe café location will be replaced with check-in and a new facility called a bag dropnamed bag drop will be added to the current check-in areaprevious location of check-in. On the arrivals area of the redeveloped airportarrival site of the future airport, passport control and customspassport control customs will remain unaltered, but a brand-new café, ATM, and car hire will be addedextended on the right side of the arrival section.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response is strongest in its clear present-versus-future structure and coverage of major additions, including the extra gates, shops, sky train, bag drop, and arrival facilities. Its main limitation is imprecise description of spatial features, especially calling the current layout cylindrical and using unclear location language. The highest-priority improvement is to report shapes and positions with simpler, visually exact wording.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The response provides a clear overview and reports most major redevelopment features, though some spatial descriptions are inaccurate or incomplete.
Correct the description of the current gate area and mention the expanded terminal entrances to improve visual accuracy.
Coherence and Cohesion
Organising the report into the current layout and the future plan creates clear overall progression.
Order each paragraph consistently from the terminal entrance towards the gates so locations are easier to track.
Lexical Resource
There is sufficient range for maps, but recurring collocational problems make several descriptions imprecise.
Replace awkward expressions such as altered sweepingly and facilities being extended with direct map language such as redesigned, added, or located.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses varied sentence structures, but article, relative-clause, and agreement errors recur despite meaning remaining clear.
Edit complex clauses carefully, especially removing the extra pronoun in which it would be surrounded and checking articles before singular nouns.
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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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