Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-03

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 provided table displays the change between different households of United kingdom in the time period of 1971 to 2007.

Overall, it is clear that percentage of households of dependent children were decreased by the end of the period while Non-dependent children stayed relatively static throughout the period. Single person proportion increased slightly just as the lone parent. In addition, couple with no children rose to qaurter of the total percentage.

One person household accounted for 6% at the begning and then increased slightly to 12% in 2007. Huband and wife made up of 19% in 1971 which reached to quarter of total percentage. Dependent children was at the highest making up of half of the percent in 1971 which then decreased to 36% in 2007.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several important trends: the share of one-person households rose from 6% to 12%, couples without children increased from 19% to 25%, and households with dependent children fell from 52% to 36%. The overview also notes the relative stability of non-dependent children, although this category fluctuated slightly rather than remaining completely unchanged. However, the response is under-developed: it omits the figures and trend for lone-parent households and gives little comparison across the five years. The phrase “quarter of the total percentage” is also imprecise; 25% is a quarter of all households. The response is 24 words below the required minimum, which limits the detail available. Include the missing category and support the overview with a few more key figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear basic structure: an introduction, an overview, and a final paragraph with selected figures. This gives the reader a sensible route through the information, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “while,” and “In addition” help signal relationships between trends. However, the final paragraph covers only three categories, so the progression through the table feels incomplete, and the overview’s points are not all developed with supporting data. Some connections are also awkward, particularly “increased slightly just as the lone parent,” which does not clearly explain the comparison. Organise the details into a fuller comparison of rising and falling household types, and use clear references such as “this figure” only when the category is unmistakable.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “households,” “dependent children,” “increased,” and “decreased,” so the main trends can be understood. There is some variety in how you describe change, but several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “the change between different households,” “made up of 19%,” and “reached to quarter” do not express the data fluently. Spelling errors such as “begning,” “qaurter,” and “Huband” are noticeable and reduce precision. Use standard terms consistently, for example “the proportion of households,” “accounted for,” and “rose to 25%.” More precise vocabulary would also help distinguish household categories, especially couples without children and lone-parent households.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast in “the percentage … decreased … while … stayed relatively static” and a time clause beginning “which then decreased.” The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors make the sentences less controlled. For example, “percentage of households … were decreased” has an article and verb-form problem; “Dependent children was” has subject–verb disagreement; and “which reached to quarter” uses an incorrect verb pattern. The sentence “Single person proportion increased slightly just as the lone parent” is also structurally unclear. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and patterns such as “the proportion fell” and “rose to 25%.” A wider range of well-controlled sentence structures would improve clarity.

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