Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graphs below show the percentage of people holding full driving licences in Great Britain by age and sex.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Full car driving licence holders: by sex and age

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The graphs illustrate the proportion of people holding full driving licences in Great Britain by age and sex between 1975/76 to 2006.

Overall, it is clearly shown that men take more licences than women and most of the men take licences at middle age where women mostly hold in at younger age and it is continuously increasing over the decade.

In 1975/76, men mostly hold licences at the age 30-39 by 82% but over the period men who are 50-59 , take most licences by 90%. At the age 17-20, men were less licences holder in 1975/76 and is follow its trends in 2006 by 38%.Although in 1975/76 ,elder people were not licences holder by only 25% but over the time in 2006, men showed significant change by 78%.

In 2006 , women experienced considerably higher percentage throughout the period. From all age group women increase their interest but at the age 30-39 and 40-49 , most womer were licences holder. Additionally, at the age 70 and over and 17-20 , women maintained the same level by 15%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad pattern that men had higher licence-holding rates and include comparisons across the two years, so the response is relevant to the chart. However, the overview is unclear and some key claims are inaccurate: women did not mostly hold licences at younger ages, since their highest 2006 figures were among 30–49-year-olds. Several figures are also misreported: men aged 50–59 reached about 92% in 2006, not 90% as the highest figure; men aged 70 and over were about 35% in 1975/76, not 25%; and women aged 70+ and 17–20 did not share a level of 15%. Select the main age-group patterns accurately and distinguish the two years more clearly. The response meets the required length; 13 words copied from the prompt were excluded from the count.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two detail paragraphs. This gives the reader a coherent overall arrangement, and phrases such as “In 1975/76” and “In 2006” help signal time. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow because comparisons shift between age groups and years without a consistent pattern. The overview’s claim about women and younger ages is also unclear, while “Although” begins a sentence without a clear contrasting clause. Organise the details by a consistent comparison—for example, men first and women second, with both years compared within each group—and use linking words only where the relationship between ideas is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “age group,” and “significant change,” which helps communicate the topic. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive, and this sometimes makes the intended meaning difficult to interpret. For example, “men take more licences” and “women mostly hold in at younger age” are not natural ways to describe the data; “womer” is also misspelled. The repeated use of “hold” and “take” limits precision. Use standard expressions such as “the proportion of licence holders,” “the rate rose,” and “the highest figure was recorded among…” Check spelling and choose vocabulary that describes percentages rather than suggesting people acquire licences during the period.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “Although” and time clauses such as “over the period.” However, errors are frequent, and some sentence structures are faulty enough to obscure meaning. Examples include “men take more licences than women,” “most of the men take licences at middle age,” and “men who are 50-59, take most licences.” Tense and agreement are inconsistent in “women increase their interest” and “men were less licences holder.” Punctuation also needs attention, with missing spaces after full stops and unnecessary spaces before commas. Practise accurate comparative sentence patterns and maintain consistent past-tense reporting, while checking articles, plurals and sentence boundaries.

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