Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-05

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 illestrate that in the great Britain changes in houshold types in36 year of period from 1971 to 2007. in the table percentages are avaiable about main features in different years.

Overall, The tabel shows the Household types in different cetagury like one person,no childern,dependent childern and last one is lone parents.

in which types the increasing percentage was mainly in lone parent,no childern and one person mainwhile, decreasing factor in persentage was no dependent childern and dependent childern.

one person and lone parent household type was at 6% in 1971 and 4% consectivily at lowest percentage. one person % reached at 12% same as lone parent. therfore no childern also increase 6% through the period and reached at 19-25%

In decreasing trend the percentage of dependent childern was 52% in their peak in 1971 after, gradually down to 36% in 2007. and the dcreasing persentage of this household type was at top. which was16%. more interesting thing was the percentage of non dependent childern decrease only 1%.

conclusion is that the dependent childern type of household dcrease their persentage 16% [redacted phone]. mainwhile lone parent % increase.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response makes an attempt to present an overview and cover the main trends in the table, such as the rise in one-person and lone-parent households alongside the decline in households with dependent children. However, the information is only partially addressed and the development is limited. Some of the data points are confusingly expressed or under-developed, for instance when discussing the figures for couples with no children or non-dependent children. While the student attempts to highlight key features, the overall selection lacks clarity and the message is sometimes obscured by weak organisation, placing the response at this level.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation present in the writing, with attempts to separate the introduction, overall summary, and body details into paragraphs. However, there is no clear overall progression or logical flow between sentences and ideas, which makes the report difficult to follow smoothly. Cohesive devices are used very minimally or inaccurately, with repetitive transitional phrases like 'in which types' and 'in decreasing trend'. Furthermore, referencing and paragraphing are not managed effectively to guide the reader through the data, resulting in a disjointed structure that lacks appropriate cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary range is limited and minimally adequate for discussing statistical data. There are frequent lexical errors and spelling mistakes throughout the text, such as 'illestrate', 'houshold', 'avaiable', 'tabel', 'cetagury', 'childern', 'mainwhile', 'consectivily', 'therfore', and 'dcreasing'. Word choices are often unnatural or imprecise, such as using 'decreasing factor' instead of a downward trend. While the meaning can generally be deciphered, these noticeable errors in spelling, word form, and word choice cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent the response from achieving a higher mark.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with frequent errors in complex formations. There are persistent mistakes in articles ('the great Britain', 'at top'), subject-verb agreement ('one person and lone parent household type was'), prepositions ('in 36 year of period'), and punctuation. Errors are frequent and often cause strain for the reader, significantly impacting readability and understanding. To improve, the student needs to focus on basic sentence construction, accurate use of verbs and tenses, and mastering grammatical boundaries.

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