Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-07

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 illustrates the information about the change in some household types from the time period of 1971 to 2007. It involves different types of household and percentages in Great Britain.

Overall, there are six types of households among the year with their percentage shown. In the year 1971, one person as a type of household lived 6%.

However, it went till 12% in the year 2007 while it has been remain the same from 2001 12% and this percentage of one person remained constant till 2007. If we look at to no children household in the year 1971, it started from hardly 19% and increased up to 20% in the year 1981 and then increased to 25% in the year 2001 and was the same till 2007 as well.

While there is no significant record for one family or couple household. About the family which had dependent children were about 52% strictly in 1971 but its percentage has fell down to 47% in 1981 and was keep decreasing over the time and went to 36% in 2007. The next house hold type is of non dependent children and its percentage was almost the same over the past years which was 10 to 11 percent from 1971 to 1981 and then went to 9% in 2007.

Lone parents were of 12 % in 2007

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify several relevant trends, including the rise in one-person households from 6% to 12%, the increase in couples without children, and the decline in households with dependent children from 52% to 36%. However, the response only partially summarises the table: it gives no clear overview of the main pattern across all categories, and the statement that there is “no significant record for one family or couple household” is inaccurate or unclear, since the table provides figures for these groups. The lone-parent category is mentioned only at its 2007 value, omitting its substantial rise from 4% to 12%. Select the most important overall contrasts and report the key changes more completely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has some organisation: it begins with an introduction and separates discussion into paragraphs, while phrases such as “Overall,” “However,” and “While” attempt to connect ideas. Nevertheless, there is no clear progression from a concise overview to systematically grouped details. The second paragraph moves between one-person and childless households, and the final paragraph shifts among family categories without a consistent comparison. Some linking is also awkward or repetitive, as in “However, it went till 12%” and “while it has been remain the same.” Group the rising categories together and contrast them with the declining dependent-children figure; use clear references and transitions to guide the reader.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main categories, including “dependent children,” “non dependent children,” and “lone parents.” However, the range is limited and several choices are imprecise or unnatural, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “one person as a type of household lived 6%” does not clearly describe a percentage, and “hardly 19%” is not an appropriate way to report this figure. “No significant record” is also unclear in this context. Use precise reporting language such as “accounted for,” “stood at,” and “increased/decreased,” and keep category labels consistent with the table.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and longer sentences, but complex constructions are often faulty and errors occur frequently. Examples include “it has been remain the same,” “If we look at to,” “its percentage has fell down,” and “was keep decreasing”; these problems affect verb forms and sentence structure. There are also awkward or incomplete constructions, such as “Lone parents were of 12% in 2007,” and inconsistent punctuation and spacing around percentages. These errors can make relationships between figures unclear. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build sentences around clear subjects and verbs, for example: “The proportion rose to 12% by 2001 and remained unchanged in 2007.”

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