Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-26

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 graph indicates the percentages of household in different years from 1971 to 2007.Thats point out the different types of families including one person,couple,no child or dependent child families.

Overall,The top of the household family was dependent child family from 1971 to 2007 and minimum percentage of lone parents.Which mean the family with dependent childs was huge in the percentage and lone parents was at below and somehow increase from 1971 to 2007.

First of the one person family percentage was 6% in1971,8% in 1981,11% in 1991,12%in 2001 and at last 12% in 2007 which mean its goes up with years.Second and third one is one-family households and couple for which no any information is given.Next is no children it was 19% in 1971,20% in 1981,23% in 1991,25% in 2001 and 25% in 2007.Further more is dependent child means who depends on their parents has maxiumum value for all years it is 52% in 1971,47% in 1981,41% in 1991,39% in 2001 and 36% in 2007.Non-dependent children was 10% in 1971,10% in 1981,11% in 1991,9% in 2001 and also 95 in 2007.The last one is lone parents who has no child was 4% in 1971,6% in 1981,10% in 1991 and 12% form 2001 to 2007.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You report most of the table’s categories and give several accurate figures, including the rise in one-person households from 6% to 12% and the fall in dependent-child households from 52% to 36%. Your overview also identifies these as the largest category and notes growth in lone-parent households. However, the overview is imprecise: lone-parent households were not the minimum in every year, since non-dependent children were lower in 2001 and 2007. The statement that there is “no any information” for one-family households and couples is confusing; the table gives figures for the listed family subtypes. There is also a data error in “95” for non-dependent children in 2007, which should be 9%. Select the main trends accurately and compare them more clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic sequence: an introduction, an overview, and then a description of the categories. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Overall,” “Next,” and “The last one” signal movement through the data. However, progression is often mechanical and the long final paragraph places nearly every figure in one block. The sentence about missing information interrupts the description rather than helping it develop, while “First,” “Second and third,” and “Next” do not establish clear comparisons. Use separate paragraphs to group rising categories and falling or stable categories, and connect them through meaningful comparisons rather than simply listing each row.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant basic terms such as “percentages,” “dependent children,” “one person,” and “lone parents,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the vocabulary range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, including “the top of the household family,” “minimum percentage,” and “huge in the percentage.” “Graph” is also not the best label for this table. Spelling and word-form errors, such as “maxiumum” and “childs,” further reduce precision. Aim for a small set of accurate reporting expressions, such as “accounted for,” “rose,” “declined,” and “remained stable,” and use the table’s category labels consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the reader can usually identify the figures being described. However, sentence structures are limited, and longer attempts often contain several errors. For example, “Overall,The top … was dependent child family” has faulty punctuation and an incomplete or awkwardly formed comparison, while “which mean its goes up” has errors in agreement and verb form. Articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries are also inconsistent, as in “percentage of household” and the run-on sequence beginning “Further more is dependent child.” Use complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, check singular and plural forms, and separate each trend into manageable sentences.

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