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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 7.0 Example

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Task 1

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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 7.0

The plans represent the site of southwest airport now and next year, after redevelopment. Overall, the gates of the airport will increase, while new facilities will be added in both the halls which will be of help to the passengers arriving or departing. The departure entrance is at left as one faces the building. Passport control and customs are shown in the terminal in both layouts, with departures on the left and arrivals on the right. At present, the building has a compact central area and a walkway leading north to eight gates, numbered 1 to 8. Check-in and a café are the only passenger facilities identified in the halls, while security and passport control serve the departure side and passport control and customs are on the arrivals side. After redevelopment, the central walkway will connect to a much larger gate area. The number of gates will rise to 18, arranged along two branches. Check-in and the café will remain, and a bag-drop area will be added to departures. On the arrivals side, passengers will have access to an ATM and car hire. A sky train will also run along the central route towards the gates. Thus, the main changes are the substantial increase in gate capacity and the addition of services, while the two main passenger halls and their left-right arrangement are retained.

Targeted Improvement Tips

Rewrite the overview to name both headline changes directly: the gate total rises from 8 to 18, and passenger facilities are added.

Use one consistent spatial reference, such as “on the left for departures” and “on the right for arrivals”, before describing features in each hall.

Check every noun that expresses quantity or location: write “the number of gates”, “on the left”, and “in the arrivals hall” rather than using less precise alternatives.

AI Feedback

Overall Band

7.0

Good

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Criteria Breakdown

Task Achievement

6.5 Band

The response covers the main changes, including the rise from “eight gates, numbered 1 to 8” to 18 and the new bag drop, ATM, car hire and sky train. It also compares the retained check-in and café facilities and identifies the halls’ left-right functions. The opening claim that “the gates of the airport will increase” is imprecise, however. State that the number of gates increases, and keep the overview focused on the two or three largest changes.

Coherence & Cohesion

6.5 Band

The sequence is easy to follow: the answer gives an overview, describes the current layout, and then turns to the redevelopment with “After redevelopment”. The contrast between departures on the left and arrivals on the right also gives the reader a useful spatial frame. Some information about passport control and customs is repeated. Group the current facilities and the future additions more tightly, and use fewer repeated references to the same control points.

Lexical Resource

6.0 Band

The answer uses relevant plan vocabulary, including “central walkway”, “bag-drop area” and “gate capacity”, and distinguishes the arrivals and departures sides. However, “the gates of the airport will increase” is an unnatural way to describe a change in quantity, and “will be of help to the passengers” is wordy. Prefer precise map-reporting collocations such as “the number of gates will rise” and “facilities will be provided for passengers”.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

6.0 Band

Most of the extended description uses clear sentence structures, for example, “Check-in and the café will remain, and a bag-drop area will be added”. The preserved opening contains awkward constructions: “at left” needs an article or a different preposition, while “both the halls which will be of help” creates an unclear relative clause. Use “on the left” and make the facilities, rather than the halls, the subject of the sentence.

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