Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-21
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The charts below give information on the location and types of dance classes young people in a town in Australia are currently attending.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
The pie charts illustrates different type of dance classes in different location. While bar graph provides information on students of different age performing three different type of dance classes.
Overall,it is clear that private studio is the biggest dance location for the students, followed closly by school halls after school and community halls and others. Students under age eleven are more involved in ballet whereas modern recored the lowest levels. Tap experiened a fluctuations.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 150 words, coming in at only 74 words. As a result, the coverage of the task is severely restricted. While the student correctly identifies the main chart types and touches upon a few key features, such as private studios being the most popular location and mentions age-related trends for ballet and tap, the information is far too brief and lacks a fully developed overview and thorough comparisons. Under IELTS guidelines, under-length responses cannot achieve a band score higher than 5.0 for Task Achievement, and given the extremely truncated nature of this text, a 4.0 is appropriate.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text is organized into two very brief paragraphs, attempting an introduction and an overview. However, due to the extreme brevity, cohesive devices are minimal, relying mostly on basic transitional words like 'While' and 'Overall'. There is a lack of sustained logical progression and paragraph development. Referencing is generally clear, but the overall structure feels disjointed and incomplete because the main body paragraphs are missing entirely.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The lexical range is limited and adequate only for basic communication. The student attempts some topic-specific vocabulary such as 'private studio', 'dance classes', and 'ballet', but makes noticeable spelling and word choice errors, including 'illustrates' combined with a plural subject ('charts illustrates'), 'type' instead of 'types', 'closly' instead of 'closely', 'recored' instead of 'recorded', and 'experiened' instead of 'experienced'. These errors, combined with the small vocabulary sample, restrict the score to a 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as the introductory comparative sentence starting with 'While'. However, there are significant grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('charts illustrates') and sentence fragments ('While bar graph provides...'). Punctuation is also flawed, as seen in the comma placement in 'Overall,it'. Despite these frequent errors, the meaning remains mostly clear, preventing a lower score.
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