Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-10-26

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 charts illustrate the information about the amount of time adult spend at specific countries in 1958 and 2008.

Their daily schedule include being outdoors, travelling,sleeping, relaxing and working.

The highest aspect in these activities is work it average is 39 percent. They were mostly busing in their works. The lowest is travel to work about ten percent people travel to work.

From the charts the thing which has big differance is being outdoor with friends and family now it is the more less than the half of 1958. Some are constant like sleeping there is a slight difference but almost same. sports are same and relaxing at home has changed with time in 1958 it was 8% and 2008 it become 13%.

The higher change recorded is at working almost people spend 90% time on working to earn money and be stable in their lives . So it was all about the pie chart explaned.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several relevant categories and notice that work takes the largest share overall, while time spent with friends and family falls and relaxing at home rises. However, the account only partially reports the chart’s main features, and some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear. For example, travel is described as “about ten percent,” although it is 2% in 1958 and 7% in 2008; sleeping changes from 32% to 25%, so it is not “almost same.” The claim that sports are the same is unsupported: sports appears only in the 2008 chart, at 7%. “Almost people spend 90% time on working” also misrepresents the figures. Give a clear overview and report the key changes accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has some organisation: it begins with an introduction, then comments on the largest and smallest categories, and later compares selected activities. Basic links such as “From the charts” and “Some are constant” help signal relationships. However, there is no clear overall progression, and ideas are often placed together without a precise connection. The discussion moves from work and travel to socialising, sleeping, sports and relaxing, then returns to work, while the final sentence adds little. Some references, such as “the thing which has big difference” and “Some,” are vague, making it difficult to follow exactly which categories are being compared. Group the main increases and decreases, and use clear references to each activity.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a basic range of topic vocabulary, including “working,” “sleeping,” “travelling to work,” and “relaxing at home,” so the reader can recognise the activities being discussed. There are also attempts to describe comparison, such as “slight difference” and “changed with time.” However, vocabulary is repetitive and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to interpret. “Adult spend at specific countries” does not describe the chart, and “mostly busing in their works” is unclear. Spelling errors such as “differance” and “explaned” are noticeable. Use precise chart language, for example “the proportion of the day,” “accounted for,” and “rose/fell,” and check spelling and collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both short statements and longer sentences, including a comparison introduced by “From the charts,” but the range is limited and errors occur frequently. Subject–verb agreement is inconsistent in “adult spend” and “Their daily schedule include”; the latter also needs a plural subject if referring to the adults’ schedules. Articles and sentence construction are problematic in “The highest aspect in these activities is work it average is 39 percent,” where two clauses are joined without suitable punctuation or a connector. The sentence about the “higher change recorded” is also difficult to parse. Use straightforward, complete sentences and check agreement, articles, and punctuation. For example: “Work accounted for 33% in 1958 and 42% in 2008.”

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