Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The line graph shows the number of first time visitors and returning visitors who visited Caryl Island from 2000 to 2008.

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

The line graph shows the number of first time visitors and returning visitors who visited Caryl Island from 2000 to 2008.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The line graph shows the number of first time visitors and returning visitors who visited Caryl Island from 2000 to 2008.

As we can observed in the graph that number of visitors increased in both sector as compaire to year 2000, but fiest time visitors decreased from 8000 visitors to 4000 visitors in 2002 and starts increasing from 2002 till 2008 and reached highest number of 12000 visitors in 2008.

At the other side returning visitors constantly increasing from 2000 to 2006 but decreased little bit after 2006 to 2008, which was around 14500 visitors to around 12800 in 2008. however people love to visit Caryl Island, which we can clearly see in the visitor graph.

Anyhow total number of visitors increase in Caryl Island due to there facilities and location. People enjoyed there weather and plan to return because one they come they are coming back to enjoy from all over the world.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify both visitor groups and describe their broad patterns, including the fall in first-time visitors to 4,000 in 2002 and the rise in returning visitors to a peak in 2006. However, the overview is incomplete: first-time visitors do not simply reach their highest point in 2008; returning visitors remain higher throughout, and the two series move in different ways. Some figures are also inaccurate: returning visitors are about 15,200 in 2006 and 13,400 in 2008, rather than 14,500 and 12,800. The claims about facilities, location, weather and visitors coming from around the world are not shown by the graph. The response is 133 words, below the 150-word minimum, which limits the detail and coverage of the summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, a paragraph about first-time visitors, and one about returning visitors and overall numbers. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is organised. However, progression is weakened by abrupt shifts from describing the data to unsupported explanations, especially in the final paragraph about facilities, location and weather. Linking phrases such as “At the other side” and “Anyhow” are either awkward or do not clearly show the relationship between ideas. The overview is also mixed into the detail rather than clearly separated. Organise the response around a concise overview followed by comparisons, and use linking expressions only when they accurately connect the points.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing trends, including “decreased,” “increasing,” and “reached highest number,” so the main movements are generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling errors make the writing less clear or less appropriate for an academic graph summary. Examples include “in both sector,” “compaire,” “little bit,” and “people love to visit,” which is subjective rather than data-focused. Spelling errors such as “fiest” and “there” for “their” are also noticeable. Aim for precise, neutral terms such as “rose,” “fell,” “peaked,” and “approximately,” and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and longer sentence forms, but control is inconsistent, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. For example, “As we can observed in the graph that number of visitors increased” has an incorrect verb form and an awkward clause structure. “First time visitors decreased … and starts increasing” shifts tense within the sentence, while “returning visitors constantly increasing” is missing a finite verb. There are also problems with agreement and sentence boundaries, as in “total number of visitors increase.” Use past-tense verbs consistently for the historical data, ensure each clause has a subject and verb, and separate the final unsupported claims into correctly formed sentences—or omit them.

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