Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-19
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The graph below gives information on the numbers of participants for different activities at one social centre in Melbourne, Australia for the period 2000 to 2020.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
This line graph illustrate the information about participants who take participate in different supports from 2000 to 2020. East west line give information about years yet, north south line shows number of participants. Moreover, line grapgh divided into 5 different activities film club, martial arts, amateur dramatics, table tennis, musical performances. Firstly 65 paarticipant play role in film club in 2000 yet, film club interest is go down in 2005. after 5 years this interest related to film club increase 62 percent in 2015 and become a good interest of participant in 2020. Furthermore, martial arts and amateur dramatics, or table tennis got good interest from participant in 2020 but in past martial arts 36 percent famous and 36 percent participant take admission this arts interest rise in 2010 but decrease in 2020. Amateur dramatics have a low place in industry but in 2020 this dramatics system low down day by day. dramas play a crucial role in daily base life. Table teenis play avital role in 2020 57 percent partiipant intetreseted in this game. Musical performances in 2005 is less crucial but increase in 2010 and 2015 and amke a own place in indutry. 2020 musical performances become grown and 15 percent participant admit in this activity. In conclusion, Film club and table tennis make their own places in human life.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the task by describing the trends shown in the line graph regarding different activities from 2000 to 2020. However, the response falls short of fully and accurately reporting the main features due to significant misinterpretations of data and axis labels. For instance, the student refers to percentages rather than participant numbers ('increase 62 percent', '36 percent famous') and hallucinates non-existent data points, such as stating musical performances had '15 percent participant admit'. While an overview is attempted near the end, key features of the five categories are muddled with irrelevant commentary about daily life. Overall, the task is only partially addressed, earning a band score of 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response demonstrates some organizational structure through the use of sequencing words like 'Firstly', 'Furthermore', and 'In conclusion'. However, the overall progression is frequently disrupted by fragmented sentences and confusing transitions. Paragraphing is extremely weak, as the entire body of the response is crammed into a single massive paragraph following the introduction, lacking logical grouping by activity or time period. Referencing is often unclear, with pronouns and demonstratives ('this arts interest', 'this dramatics system') failing to clearly point to their antecedents. Cohesive devices are either mechanically applied or misused, resulting in a text that is difficult to follow smoothly. This aligns with a band score of 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student's vocabulary range is quite limited and heavily repetitive, relying on basic terms such as 'interest', 'participant', 'play', and 'good'. There are numerous word choice and collocation errors, such as 'take participate', 'East west line', 'north south line', and 'dramatics system low down day by day'. Spelling errors and incorrect word forms are also frequent, including 'grapgh', 'paarticipant', 'teenis', 'avital', and 'amke'. While the meaning can sometimes be guessed from context, the persistent lexical inaccuracies and unnatural expressions restrict the score to a band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 for adequate communication of basic concepts.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple and attempted complex sentences that are heavily flawed. The text contains frequent, pervasive errors in basic grammar, subject-verb agreement, and tense consistency, such as 'This line graph illustrate', 'film club interest is go down', and 'Amateur dramatics have a low place'. Punctuation is largely neglected, with run-on sentences and missing capitalization or periods creating a disjointed reading experience. Because errors occur in almost every sentence and frequently impede comprehension, the grammatical performance sits squarely within the band 4 descriptor range.
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