Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-15

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 given table describe changes in household types in Great Britain. One person household was gradually increasing at that time in Britain. Peoples are getting less interested in having child according to the table. It shows that family with no children increased from 19 percent to 25 percent. Besides that the percentage of dependent and non-dependent children decreased. The percentage of dependent children dropped sharply. In 1971 there was 52% dependent children which currently is at 36%. Although the ratio of non-dependent children fluctuated a bit but it also decreased by 1% over the last 38 years which is not that significant enoug. As the people of Great Britatin were loosing the interest of having children and the percentage of family with no children increased, as a result of this the percentage of lone parent also increased. It was 4% in 1971 and now stands at 12%. Which is a great jump if we consider other household type.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several relevant changes, including the rise in one-person households, the increase in couples without children, and the fall in households with dependent children. The figures of 19% to 25%, 52% to 36%, and 4% to 12% are accurate. However, the response does not give a clear, balanced overview of the table’s main pattern, and it omits the one-person figures and the non-dependent category’s actual values. The claim that people are “less interested in having child” is an unsupported explanation: the table reports household percentages, not people’s motivations. Also, non-dependent households fell from 10% to 9% overall, after briefly reaching 11%, rather than simply decreasing throughout. Select the main trends, report them neutrally, and avoid causal claims.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response moves through several relevant categories, and linking expressions such as “Besides that” and “Although” help show relationships between points. However, the ideas are presented as one continuous paragraph, with no clear separation between an overview and supporting details. The progression is also weakened by repeated explanations about people losing interest in having children, and the final sentence beginning “Which is a great jump” is disconnected from the preceding sentence. Organise the response into a brief introduction, an overview of the main trends, and a details paragraph comparing figures. Use linking words to clarify comparisons rather than to repeat the same explanation.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing data, including “increased,” “decreased,” “dropped sharply,” “percentage,” and “fluctuated.” This gives the response a basic range suited to the task. However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural, such as “having child,” “ratio of non-dependent children,” and “great jump,” while “currently” is not a precise way to refer to the final year in a historical table. There are also spelling errors in “enoug,” “Britatin,” and “loosing,” which make the writing less polished. Build a more accurate set of terms for household categories and trends, and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response includes both simple statements and attempts at longer sentences, for example the sentence beginning “Although the ratio of non-dependent children fluctuated…” However, errors are frequent, and some sentence structures are incomplete or difficult to follow. “The given table describe” has subject–verb disagreement, while “In 1971 there was 52% dependent children” uses an unsuitable structure for reporting a percentage. The final “Which is a great jump…” is a sentence fragment, and the long sentence beginning “As the people…” is awkwardly joined and repeats “as a result.” Practise accurate reporting patterns such as “the proportion rose from…to…” and check agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries.

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