Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-30

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 5.5)

The table depicts the modification of some household types in Great Britain spanning from 1971 to 2007.

Overall, it can be clearly seen that, one person and lone parent showed an increasing rate of changing from 1971 to 1991 and percentages remained constant in year 2001 and 2007. Whereas one-family households and couple had no variations throughout period.

In type of one person, No children and lone parent , proportion rate increased consistantly from 1971 to 1991 and had become stable in the year of 2001 and 2007. Whereas in case of dependant children there was a slightly up and down in the percentages from 1971 to 2007. But in type of non-dependant children, In 1971 and 1981, ratio was same and then increased to some extent at 11% in the year of 1991 and then decreased to 9% and remained stable in the year of 2001 and 2007. One-family households and Couple showed no data throughout the year.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several relevant trends, including the rise in one-person households and lone-parent households and the fall in households with dependent children. However, the overview contains major misreadings: one-family households and couples did not remain unchanged, and “one-family households” is a category rather than a separate series with no data. The figures show that couples with no children rose from 19% to 25%, while those with dependent children fell from 52% to 36%. The body also confuses categories by saying “In type of one person, No children and lone parent,” and describes dependent-child figures as fluctuating rather than steadily declining. Select the main categories accurately and compare their starting and ending values to make the summary more informative.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an identifiable opening, overview and body, and it uses linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Whereas” and “then” to signal relationships. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, progression is weakened by unclear grouping: the sentence beginning “In type of one person” combines one-person households with “No children” and lone-parent households, which are separate categories. “One-family households and Couple showed no data” also ends the response without a useful comparison. Several contrast markers, especially “Whereas,” are used as sentence fragments rather than integrated into complete sentences. Organise the body by comparing the rising categories with the declining one, and use clear references to each table row.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentages,” “increased” and “decreased,” and the reader can generally understand the trends you intend to describe. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive. “Modification” is not a natural way to describe changes in figures, while “increasing rate of changing” and “proportion rate” are awkward. “No variations” and “no data” also misrepresent the table’s information. Spelling errors such as “consistantly,” “dependant” and “non-dependant” reduce accuracy. Build a more precise set of expressions for describing proportions and trends, and check spelling and collocations before finishing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

There are attempts to use both simple and more complex structures, for example “it can be clearly seen that…” and the sentence describing the non-dependent-children figures over time. Meaning is often recoverable, but errors in sentence construction and punctuation are noticeable. The opening overview has an unnecessary comma after “that,” and “Whereas one-family households…” is a dependent clause presented as a sentence. The phrase “remained constant in year 2001 and 2007” is missing articles, while “there was a slightly up and down” has an incorrect grammatical form. Capitalisation is inconsistent in “No children” and “In 1971.” Practise complete sentences with accurate articles and clause structure, and proofread punctuation and capital letters.

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