Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Predictions Nov 2026 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table below shows the average ages of men and women at civil and religious weddings in four regions in 2025.

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The given table demonstrate the information about how average aged bridegrooms and brides were doing their civil and religious marriage based on regions in 2025.

Overall, in both type of marriage mens were older with compared to womens in all four regions. Notably, in south region bridegrooms age was older among all three regions.

Bridegrooms who had interested in civil marriage were 31.2, 31.7, 35 and 33 years old compared to religious marriage were 29.8, 32.4, 33.1 and 31.6 years old in north, central, south and east region respectively. However, womens doing relious marriage in north, central, south and east were 27.6, 30.1, 30.8 and 29.4 years old respectively, which were younger than other bride who interested in civil marriage except south region brides. Moreover, in civil marriage 29, 29.5, 32.8 and 30.9 aged brides were recorded in north, central, south and east region respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify two relevant broad features: men are older than women in every region and the South has the highest ages overall. You also report most of the table’s figures accurately. However, the overview is imprecise: “among all three regions” should refer to all four, and the South is not highest in every category because Central religious bridegrooms are older than those in the South. The comparison that civil brides are older than religious brides except in the South is also incorrect; civil brides are older in all four regions. The response is 145 words, below the required 150, and several comparisons are left unclear. Add a precise overview and explain the main exceptions accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details, and it groups figures by marriage type. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression is limited because the final paragraph lists many numbers in long sentences without consistently clarifying the comparisons. “However” does not introduce a clear contrast, and “Moreover” mainly signals another list rather than developing a comparison. The reference to “other bride” is also unclear, making it harder to follow which figures are being compared. Use separate, focused sentences or paragraphs for the main patterns, and connect each set of figures explicitly to the relevant comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “bridegrooms,” “civil marriage,” “religious marriage,” and “regions,” so the topic is generally clear. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “average aged,” “were doing their civil and religious marriage,” and “had interested in civil marriage.” “Mens” and “womens” are also incorrect forms, while “relious” is misspelled. These errors make parts of the description awkward and occasionally obscure the intended meaning. Aim for precise, neutral reporting language rather than describing people as interested in a type of marriage; terms such as “the average age of” and “those marrying civilly” would be more suitable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a comparison introduced by “compared to” and a clause beginning “which were younger.” The main information is often recoverable, but errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to read. For example, “The given table demonstrate” needs subject–verb agreement, and “in both type of marriage mens were older with compared to womens” has several problems in one clause. The long sentence beginning “Bridegrooms who had interested” is also structurally awkward. Practise accurate basic patterns first, such as “The table shows…” and “Men were older than women in all four regions,” then build comparisons around those forms.

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