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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 6.0 Example

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Task 1

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Ideas to explore

The clearest overall change is the rise in gate capacity from 8 gates at present to 18 after redevelopment.
The airport keeps its basic left-right arrangement: departures are on the left and arrivals on the right.
The future plan adds passenger services and replaces the walkway with a sky-train connection.

Suggested structure

Paraphrase the task and identify the airport and planned timeframe.
Give an overview of the largest changes, especially the increase in gates and added facilities.
Describe the present terminal arrangement and its connection to the gates.
Explain the future concourse shape, new services and sky-train link.
End with a concise comparison of what stays similar and what changes.

Useful vocabulary & examples

gate capacity: The number of gates an airport can provide for passengers and aircraft.
The redevelopment will increase gate capacity from 8 to 18.
branch into two arms: To divide into two extending sections from a central point.
The future concourse will branch into two arms.
baggage-drop facilities: Places where passengers can hand over checked luggage.
Baggage-drop facilities are shown in the redeveloped terminal.
sky-train connection: A train link that transports passengers between airport areas.
A sky-train connection will serve the expanded gate area.

Task Prompt

The plans below show the site of an airport now and how it will look after redevelopment next year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

User Essay Analysis

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Band 6.0

The provided visual aids delineate the current layout of southwest airport and depict the layout after proposed developments next year. It can be noted that there are many intricate updates planned for the new development. Some of them include the addition of 10 more gates, installing an ATM in the arrivals, moreover, the car hire facility. Overall, the airport will retain its basic terminal arrangement, while the main change is a substantial expansion of the gate area and passenger facilities. At present, the terminal is divided into departures on the left and arrivals on the right, with security, passport control and customs positioned across the central section. Eight gates are shown, reached through a narrow central walkway. After redevelopment, the terminal will still separate departures and arrivals, but the gate area will extend into two angled piers connected to a central corridor by a sky train. The gate total will rise from 8 to 18. The new departure side will include a bag-drop point and café, while the arrivals side will gain an ATM and car-hire service. Check-in facilities remain indicated in the main terminal. Taken together, these changes show a larger airport with improved access to its expanded boarding areas and additional passenger services.

Targeted Improvement Tips

Write a one-sentence overview that identifies the increase from 8 to 18 gates and the addition of passenger services before describing smaller details.

Compare the maps by area: explain the continuing departures/arrivals split first, then describe how the gate access changes from a walkway to two piers served by a sky train.

Use parallel noun phrases when listing changes, such as “an ATM, a car-hire service and 10 additional gates,” and check that each item is clearly identified as new or retained.

AI Feedback

Overall Band

6.0

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Criteria Breakdown

Task Achievement

6.0 Band

The response covers the central changes, including “The gate total will rise from 8 to 18” and the new ATM and car-hire services. It also gives an overall comparison and describes the terminal’s continuing departures/arrivals arrangement. However, the preserved opening’s “Some of them include” list is awkward and does not clearly distinguish existing from added facilities. Next, lead with the main expansion, then group the gate changes and passenger services separately.

Coherence & Cohesion

6.0 Band

The answer moves from an introduction to an overview and then compares the current and future layouts, which gives it a readable progression. The contrast is clear in “At present” and “After redevelopment.” The opening repeats the idea of a planned development, though, and its list connects features unclearly. Use one concise overview, followed by a present-layout paragraph and a future-layout paragraph, with explicit comparisons between them.

Lexical Resource

6.5 Band

There is useful task-specific vocabulary, including “passport control,” “central corridor,” and “angled piers,” and “substantial expansion” efficiently conveys the main change. Some wording is unnecessarily elaborate or unnatural: “visual aids delineate” is less direct than “the diagrams show,” while “intricate updates” does not accurately describe simple layout changes. Prefer precise map language and use “car-hire service” consistently rather than varying its form.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

5.5 Band

The later comparisons use a range of sentence forms, and sentences such as “The gate total will rise from 8 to 18” are clear and accurate. The preserved opening contains a real list-structure problem: “installing an ATM in the arrivals, moreover, the car hire facility” mixes a gerund, a linking adverb and a noun phrase. Recast the items in parallel form, for example, as “an ATM in the arrivals area and a car-hire facility.”

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