Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-17

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 4.5)

The tabel compares the percentage of peopel living in different house hold familes the great britan from 1971 to 2007.The family of one person in 1971 was 6% and rose to 8% in 1981 and 11% in 1991 and 12% in 2001 and 12% also remains in 2007.

A Family of couples with no children was 19% in 1971 and rose to 20% in 1981 and 23% in 1991 and 25% in 2001 and 25% also remains in 2007.

A Household Family with dependent childern was 525 IN 1971 AND THEN reduce at 47% and 41% and 39% and in last it remains 36%.

A Family wih non-dependent childern was 10% in 1971 and it remains at 1981 and then rose to 11% in 1991 and then reduced to 9% in 2001 and it remains to 2007.

A Family with lone parent was 4% in 1971 and rose to 12% in 2007.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You report figures for all five household categories and identify several accurate changes, including the rise in one-person households from 6% to 12% and the fall in households with dependent children from 52% to 36%. However, the response mainly lists figures rather than selecting and comparing the key features, and it has no clear overview of the overall pattern. The dependent-children figure is written as “525” for 1971, which misrepresents the table, and the lone-parent category is only compared between the first and final years. To strengthen the report, add an overview highlighting the largest category’s decline and the increases in one-person, childless-couple and lone-parent households, then support it with accurate comparisons across the period.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The categories are presented in a generally understandable sequence, and repeated time markers such as “in 1971” and “in 1991” help readers follow the data. However, the response is one continuous paragraph, with no distinct introduction or overview, so the information does not develop in a clear report structure. Most sentences follow the same list-like pattern, repeatedly using “and then” or “and,” which makes the progression mechanical. Some links are also unclear, as in “it remains at 1981,” where the intended comparison is not expressed precisely. Organise the response into an introduction, an overview, and grouped detail paragraphs, and use varied, accurate comparisons to connect related trends.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant basic terms such as “percentage,” “rose,” “reduced,” and “remains,” so the reader can usually understand the trends being described. However, the vocabulary is repetitive and several word choices or spellings reduce clarity: “house hold familes” and “Family of couples” are not natural descriptions, while “525” appears to be a typing or number-format error. There are also frequent spelling problems, including “tabel,” “peopel,” “britan,” “childern,” and “wih.” Use precise table language such as “the proportion of households,” “increased,” and “declined,” and check spelling carefully. More accurate category labels would make the report clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response communicates a series of simple comparisons, but sentence structures are very repetitive and there is little evidence of a wider grammatical range. Several sentences are joined into long strings with “and,” for example the account of one-person households, rather than being controlled with clear clauses and punctuation. There are also errors in sentence formation and verb use, such as “12% also remains in 2007” and “it remains at 1981”; the latter does not form a clear grammatical comparison. The opening sentence also lacks clear sentence boundaries. Practise writing concise sentences with accurate past-tense verbs, and use structures such as “rose from … to …” or “while … declined” to express comparisons more clearly.

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