Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-10-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The pie charts below show how working adults in a particular country spent their time in 1958 and 2008.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

* Note: these aren’t the original diagrams given in the test, they were recreated for the purpose of demonstration.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The lie charts below represent that how the workers adults spent most of their time in 1958 and 2008 in a specific country.

In 1958, the workers spent most of their time in working and spent very less time in travelling to work,while in 2008, they spent most of their time in working and less time in going out with friends.

By understanding the pie charts, l would like to explain these charts.In 1958, the adult workers spent their 2 percent time in travelling to work. They spent their 8 percent time in relaxing at home.They spent their 19 percent time in going out with freinds or family.They spent their 32 percent time in sleeping.They spent 33 percent of their time in working.In 2008 , they spent their 6 percent tine in going out with freinds which is very less time spent by adult workers in a particular country.They spent 7 percent of their time in travelling to work and in playing sports.They spent 13 percent of their tine in relaxing at home.They spent 25 percent in sleeping and 42 percent in working.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You report most of the chart figures accurately, including the rise in working from 33% to 42%, and the falls in sleeping from 32% to 25% and socialising from 19% to 6%. The opening comparison also identifies working as the largest category in both years. However, the overview is limited: it does not summarise the main shifts across the charts, such as the increase in commuting and relaxing at home, or note that sports appears only in 2008. The statement that workers spent “less time in going out with friends” in 2008 is unclear as a comparison, and the claim that this was the least time is not quite accurate because commuting and sports are each 7%. A clearer overview and more precise comparisons would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure, moving from an introduction to a brief overview and then details for each year. Grouping the figures by year makes the information reasonably easy to follow. However, progression is limited because the body mainly lists percentages in separate, repetitive sentences rather than organising them into meaningful comparisons. The opening overview is also not clearly connected to the later details, and phrases such as “By understanding the pie charts, I would like to explain these charts” add little to the report. Use a concise overview, then group related changes—for example, increases in work, commuting and home relaxation against decreases in sleep and socialising. More purposeful linking would make the organisation clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant activity vocabulary, including “travelling to work,” “relaxing at home,” and “going out with friends or family,” so the reader can identify the chart categories. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “lie charts,” “workers adults,” “spent their 2 percent time,” and “very less time.” Repetition of “spent” and “time” also makes the report sound list-like. Spelling errors in “freinds” and “tine” are noticeable, while “freinds” appears more than once. Aim for precise reporting language and vary the verbs and comparison phrases, for example, “accounted for,” “rose to,” and “declined to.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

Most of the response uses simple sentence patterns, and the reader can generally understand the figures being reported. However, grammatical errors occur frequently and some sentences are awkward to interpret. For example, “The lie charts below represent that how…” has an incorrect clause structure, while “They spent their 8 percent time in relaxing at home” uses an unsuitable possessive construction. The sentence beginning “They spent 7 percent … in travelling to work and in playing sports” also needs clearer parallel phrasing to show that each activity accounts for 7%. Punctuation and spacing are inconsistent, including the comma joined directly to “while” and spaces before commas. Practise accurate comparative sentences and vary sentence structures while checking articles, prepositions and punctuation.

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