Southwest Airport Redevelopment Plans

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.

Cambridge IELTS 16 Academic Test 3 Writing Task 1 visual

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The alterations that an airport will go through in the following year are illustrated in the given layouts. Overall, it is apparent that by the next year 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 . There are eight gates surrounding the northern , which is in a . On the departure site, security and passport control are located. Just below the passport control, on the right corner, a café is available. On the , check-in is placed.

By the following year, the plan of the airport will have altered . A is supposed to be developed of the airport, by 18 gates with sky trains in the middle. Shops are anticipated to be built above security and passport control. The café location will be replaced with check-in and a new facility named bag drop will be added to the previous location of check-in. On the of the future airport, will remain unaltered, but a brand-new café, ATM, and car hire will be extended on the right side of the arrival section.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 6.5

The report presents a recognisable overview and includes a useful range of changes, particularly the larger gate area, shops and additional arrival facilities. Its organisation makes the two stages easy to compare. However, inaccurate shape descriptions and several awkward word choices weaken precision, while errors in articles and relative clauses interrupt otherwise clear communication. More controlled sentence construction would improve the report substantially.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

7.0

The overview identifies the expansion of the gate area, and the report covers most major changes, including the sky train, shops and arrival amenities. Some spatial descriptions are inaccurate, especially calling the current airport "cylindrical" and its gate chamber "square".

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

The response progresses logically from an overview to the current layout and then the redevelopment. Spatial references generally help the reader follow the changes, though repeated future-time introductions and a long final paragraph make the presentation somewhat mechanical.

Lexical Resource

6.0

The vocabulary is sufficient to explain the redevelopment, with useful terms such as "unaltered" and "bag drop". Imprecise or unnatural choices, including "walkaway", "departure site" and "altered sweepingly", reduce the accuracy of the description.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

6.0

The response attempts relative clauses, passive forms and future perfect constructions, and its meaning remains clear. Errors in articles and clause structure, such as "by the next year site" and "which it would be surrounded", show uneven control of more complex sentences.