Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-08

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 tabular data corroborates and compares the change in some household type in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007. The data has been calibrated in percentage.

At the first glance of chart, It is crystal clear that the proportion of people living in household with dependent children was at 52% in 1971 and it fell to 47% in next decade. And it keep decreased to 36 percent in 2007. Simmilarly, People living with no dependent-children was 10% in 1971 and remained same for the next decade, Which increased by 1% in 1991 and fell again by 2% and remained same for next two decade.

However, Couples with no children was at 19% followed by Lone parent at 4% in 1971, which rose to 20% and 6% in 1981 respectively. couple with no children urged to 25% and Lone parent rose to 12% in 2001 and remained same in 2001. While singlle living person was at 6% in 1971, and abrupt to 12% in 2007.

overally, people with dependable children drop

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify several important patterns, especially the decline in households with dependent children from 52% to 36%, and the rise in one-person and lone-parent households. However, the response only partly covers the table: it gives little attention to the overall comparison among categories and ends with the incomplete overview, “overally, people with dependable children drop.” Some figures or time references are unclear or inaccurate. For example, non-dependent children rose from 10% to 11% in 1991, then fell to 9% by 2001 and stayed there in 2007; your account says the figure remained the same for the next two decades after falling. The statement that the lone-parent figure remained the same “in 2001” also misidentifies the final year. A clear overview and precise comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the response first discusses households with children, then turns to couples, lone parents and people living alone. Linking expressions such as “Similarly,” “However” and “While” show an attempt to connect information. However, the progression is not consistently clear, and the final sentence is incomplete, so the report lacks a finished summary. Several long sentences combine multiple years and categories, making comparisons difficult to follow; for instance, the sentence about non-dependent children contains a sequence of changes without clearly identifying each year. Some connectors are also used awkwardly, and capitalisation after full stops is inconsistent. Grouping the trends into clearer paragraphs and using one sentence per category or comparison would make the information easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “proportion,” “remained,” “increased” and “rose,” and you attempt more formal phrasing. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural, as in “the data has been calibrated in percentage,” “urged to 25%” and “abrupt to 12%.” Spelling errors such as “Simmilarly,” “singlle” and “overally” are noticeable, while “dependable children” changes the intended meaning of dependent children. Repetition of “rose” and “remained” also limits precision. Choose standard chart-reporting expressions such as “is expressed as a percentage,” “increased to” and “the proportion of people living alone,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple statements and longer sentences with clauses, but the longer structures are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some comparisons harder to understand. Examples include “it keep decreased,” where the verb form is incorrect, and “Couples with no children was,” where subject–verb agreement is missing. Tense and sentence construction are also inconsistent in “which rose to 20% and 6% in 1981 respectively” and “remained same in 2001.” Capital letters are used inconsistently after sentence boundaries, and some sentences run together several ideas. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and agreement, and use shorter, complete sentences before attempting more complex comparisons.

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