Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-25
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 chart and table illustrates the information on the loaction and dance classes currently attending by young people in an Australian town.
Overall, private studio are most common loaction for dance classes, while the coolege based students are the least popular. In the term of dance types, ballet is more popular among children under 11, wherease modern dance prefered by those ageds 11-16.
Accoding to pie chart, 48% of dance class take place in private studios while this is the largest area. The second largest area of dance classes school halls 9after-school0 is at 24%. In contrast, community halls and other accupied 18%, and dthe least area accounted for college based studios whic is at 10%.
The bar chart showed around 600 students under 11 attend ballet classes, compared with approximately 300 students aged 11-16. Tap is attended by 450 students uner 11, and the age of 11-16 the students were 420. In contrast,
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The candidate makes an attempt to summarise the main features of both the pie chart and the bar chart, providing an overview and selecting several key details such as the popularity of private studios and ballet under 11. However, the response is noticeably incomplete as it ends abruptly mid-sentence in the final paragraph ("In contrast,..."). Furthermore, there are some inaccuracies and misreadings of the data, such as stating "college based students" instead of studios, and minor misinterpretations of the bar chart figures. Because parts of the task are left undeveloped due to the incomplete ending, the response fits the Band 5 descriptor for partially addressing the task with under-developed ideas.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text is organized into paragraphs with a clear introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. Basic cohesive devices are used to link ideas, such as "Overall", "while", and "In contrast". However, referencing and logical progression are frequently hindered by awkward phrasing, typos, and mechanical errors (e.g., confusing "students" with "studios" and repetitive sentence structures). Paragraphing is attempted, but the final paragraph breaks down completely due to the incomplete text. Overall, the organization shows some logical structure but suffers from faulty cohesion, placing it firmly at Band 5.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for the task but limited in range and precision, containing numerous spelling and word-choice errors. Examples include "loaction" instead of location, "coolege" instead of college, "accupied" instead of occupied, and referring to college-based studios as "coolege based students". The student attempts some less common vocabulary such as "proportion" equivalents and comparative structures, but frequent slips in collocation and spelling (e.g., "wherease", "ageds", "Accoding") restrict the lexical score to Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as comparative structures ("ballet is more popular among children under 11, wherease modern dance prefered by those ageds 11-16"). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, including missing auxiliary verbs ("dance class take place", "modern dance prefered"), incorrect prepositions, and punctuation issues. The abrupt ending of the essay further demonstrates a lack of control over sentence construction. These persistent errors can cause some difficulty for the reader, aligning with the Band 5 descriptors.
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