Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-10-15

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 pie chart clearly illustrates that adults spending their time doing their favourate activities from 1958 to 2008.

Before in 90s people were only spent their times in five categories such as working,sleeping,Going out with friends and family, travelling to work,relaxing at home by the time changes occures according to willings and add one more activity is playing sports.

Overall not a huge changes happens in between these years in 1958 people spend most of there time on working such as 33% and sleeping were on 32% outing with friends and family and friend were 19% while relaxing at home 8% and travelling to work only 2%.

From 2008 working increase on 42% sleeping decrease 0n 25% travelling to work increase on 7% outing with family decline and reach 6% adding new activity in their life are playing sports.

overall working has increased and travelling also took dramatically upword .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several important figures accurately: working rises from 33% to 42%, sleeping falls from 32% to 25%, and travel to work increases from 2% to 7%. You also note the addition of sports in 2008. However, the overview is unclear and says there were “not a huge changes,” despite substantial shifts in working and socialising. The response mainly lists figures rather than selecting and comparing the key patterns; for example, going out with friends and family drops sharply from 19% to 6%, but this is not clearly expressed as a major change. The 2008 sports figure is also omitted. A clearer overview and more explicit comparisons would make the summary more complete and developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is an attempt to organise the response into an introduction, an overview and descriptions of the two years, so the reader can identify the broad topic and some comparisons. However, progression is difficult to follow because the overview and data details are mixed together, and the final sentence repeats the point about increases without adding a new comparison. Linking expressions such as “Before,” “by the time,” and “From 2008” are used awkwardly or do not clearly show the relationship between ideas. Several long sentences run together, particularly the paragraph beginning “Overall not a huge changes,” which makes the figures harder to process. Use separate, purposeful paragraphs and group the largest increases and decreases together.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant task vocabulary, including “increase,” “decrease,” “decline,” and “categories,” and the activity labels generally make the subject understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “spending their time doing their favourate activities,” “increase on 42%,” and “dramatically upword.” Spelling errors, including “favourate” and “occures,” also reduce precision. Repetition of “overall,” “time,” and “activity” limits flexibility. Aim to use standard chart-reporting phrases and accurate verbs, such as “accounted for,” “rose to,” and “fell to,” while checking spelling and avoiding informal or unclear expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to combine information in longer sentences, but control is inconsistent and errors frequently make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. For example, “people were only spent their times” has an incorrect verb construction, while “working increase on 42%” lacks appropriate tense and preposition. Subject–verb agreement and sentence structure are also problematic in “not a huge changes happens.” Many clauses are joined without clear punctuation, and the response relies mainly on simple statements rather than showing a controlled range of sentence forms. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build comparisons with clear structures, for example: “Working rose from 33% in 1958 to 42% in 2008, whereas sleeping fell to 25%.”

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