Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The table chart illustrate some diffirenties in great britian about household category between 1971 to 2007 .

Overall ,the table provides a key information about how people in household,as we see the highest ranking was and remaind by dependent children from 1971 to 2007. Also the two types couple and one-family household also remaind the same .

Dependent children was the highest by 52% in 1971 and it witnessed a fall down for all thoso years to became 36% and remaind the firs from other types, Moreover Family with no children was the second by 19 % and it increased to 25% in 2007.Eventhough Lone parent was 1971 by 4% and it rosed slightly for 36 years to bacame 12% .Unlikely one-family houehold and couple always remiand the same with 0% from 1971 to 2007 .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the dominant category and several broad changes, including dependent-child households falling from 52% to 36%, couples without children rising from 19% to 25%, and lone-parent households increasing from 4% to 12%. However, the overview is partly inaccurate: the table does not show that “one-family household” and “couple” stayed the same, and the claim that they remained at 0% is incorrect. One-person households and non-dependent-child households are omitted, while the comparison of categories is not consistently clear. The response also falls 14 words short of the required minimum. To make the summary more complete, give an accurate overview of the main rises and falls and include the one-person trend, which rose from 6% to 12%.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: you begin with an introduction, provide an overview, and then describe selected figures. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Moreover,” and “Even though” show an attempt to connect ideas. However, progression is limited because several trends are crowded into one paragraph, and the final sentence introduces an inaccurate comparison without a clear link to the preceding information. Some connectors do not express the intended relationship, and punctuation spacing makes the text harder to follow. Use separate overview and detail paragraphs, group increases together and decreases together, and connect each figure directly to the household type it describes. This would give the reader a clearer route through the information.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “dependent children,” “lone parent,” “increased,” and “fall,” so the main subject is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or spellings make the report less clear, such as “diffirenties,” “remaind,” “ro sed,” and “bacame.” Phrases including “table chart,” “highest ranking,” and “fall down” are not natural choices for describing this data. Use precise terms such as “percentage,” “proportion,” “rose,” and “declined,” and name each category consistently. Careful spelling and more accurate collocations would make the comparisons easier to understand and more appropriate to an academic summary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a sentence beginning “Even though,” and the reader can understand some of the intended comparisons. However, the longer structures are often faulty, and errors in agreement, tense, articles, and sentence construction recur. For example, “Dependent children was” should use a plural verb, while “it witnessed a fall down … to became” combines verb forms incorrectly. The opening also lacks a well-formed verb phrase, and punctuation is inconsistent, with spaces before commas and full stops. Build accurate simple sentences first, then add subordinate clauses only when their grammar is secure. Check subject–verb agreement and use consistent past-tense forms when reporting changes over time.

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