Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table below shows the change in some household types in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007.

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

PEOPLE IN HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The table chart illustrates the chnge in certain household types in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007.

Overall, table data shows 7 different types of Great Britain in household and percentage of the household and family from 1971 to 2007. The most percentage of using households are dependent children throughout the period and least people who use house holds are of two types which includes one-family households and couple.

In Great Britain the household types percentages of one-family households and couple remained zero or nill throuhout the trend from 1971 to 2007.

In contrast, dependent children are the most common and most consumed type of the household and family, no children remained on second through out the period. Moreover, one person, non-dependent children and lone parent usage of house holds stayed balanced.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5

The response makes an attempt to summarise the data from the table, identifying some categories such as dependent children and one person households. However, the text contains significant misunderstandings of the data, incorrectly stating that certain categories remained zero or nil throughout the period. Furthermore, the response is critically under-length at 132 words, falling short of the 150-word minimum requirement. This directly impacts the completeness of the overview and reporting of main features. The lack of accurate data reporting and the failure to meet the word count requirement limit the task achievement score to a Band 4.5.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response attempts a basic structure with an introduction and body sentences, but paragraphing is poorly handled, resulting in a series of fragmented and repetitive sentences rather than a cohesive text. Cohesive devices are used minimally and somewhat awkwardly, as seen with phrases like 'Overall, table data shows...' and 'In contrast...'. Progression is weak because the ideas jump between different categories without a clear logical flow or well-structured comparisons. Referencing is also unclear in places, making it difficult to follow the relationships between the data points. This level of organisation corresponds to a Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, frequently reusing terms like 'household', 'family', 'people', and 'period'. There are noticeable spelling errors, such as 'chnge' instead of 'change' and 'nill' instead of 'nil'. The writer also struggles with appropriate collocations, using unnatural phrases like 'most consumed type of the household'. While the vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey the general topic, the limited range and frequent lexical inaccuracies mean it cannot achieve higher than a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The response features a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with occasional, poorly executed complex attempts. There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, such as 'The most percentage of using households are dependent children' and 'least people who use house holds are of two types which includes one-family households and couple.' Subject-verb agreement issues and punctuation mistakes are also present. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a Band 4.5 level of grammatical accuracy.

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