IELTS Task 1 plan: University library, 2005 and today
The main features of this plan: The top bookshelves and bottom-left entrance remain. The left bookshelves are replaced by automated borrowing facilities and the bottom bookshelves by student-laptop desks.
7 students’ answers below, each marked by Axiom, from band 4.5 to 7.0. Updated on 12 September 2026.
The question
The maps show a university library in 2005 and the same library today.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.
University library, 2005
- The layout combines bookshelves, large study tables, borrowing/returns, computer desks and an office.
University library, today
- Private study desks replace the earlier central arrangement.
- Automated borrowing is shown on the left and student-laptop desks are shown on the right and bottom.
- Gone by University library, today
- Library office
What your overview should cover
An answer reaches the higher Task Achievement bands only with a clear overview of the main features, not every number. For this plan, that means:
- The top bookshelves and bottom-left entrance remain.
- The left bookshelves are replaced by automated borrowing facilities and the bottom bookshelves by student-laptop desks.
- The office and separate borrowing/returns area are absent from the later plan; the central area has private study desks.
- Student-laptop desks replace the labelled computer-desk area on the right.
Students’ answers on this question, marked by Axiom
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #7
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The two maps compare the changes of university library layout between 2005 and current. Overall, the library has become more modern and visitor-friendly, with the…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #6
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The two maps show the main changes which took place at the university library between 2005 and now. Overall, the university library transformed into more modernized…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #5
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The maps show the main changes that have taken place in a university library since 2005. Overall, significant developments of the university library have included the…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #4
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The maps compare a university library in 2005 and its layout today. Overall,the place of the library has witnessed dramatic changes with adding more facilities.It is also…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #3
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 7.0
The two maps show the main changes which have taken in the university library since 2005. Overall, it appears that the university library has become a more developed…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 4.5
Answer #2
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 4.0
The plans below compare the library of a specific university in 2005 and it's present layout after the reconstruction. Overall, the library has transformed into a…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #1
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The maps illustrate how the layout of a university library has changed since 2005. Overall, bookshelves were a dominant feature of the library, and there used to be…
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