Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-08-04

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 5.0)

Given graph shows the percentage of driving license holders in Great Britain also with gender and age.

According to the graph full car driving license holder with age 70 or over 70 is 30% in 1975/1976 of men and only 5% women on other hand its reached to 78% of men and 30% women in 2006. The age 60-69 almost 90% men are license holder in 2006 and 58% in 1975/76 on other side women is only 15% and reached to 65% in 2006. The percentage of men of age 50 to 59 in 1975/76 is 75% and reached to 90% in 2006 on other side women is on 25% in 1975/76 and with great change its reach to 75% in 2006. The license holder with the age of 40-49 is about 82% of men and 38% of women in 1975/76 and goes to 85% men and 79% women in 2006. The age 30-39 men is almost similar in both 1975/76 and 2006 which is about 85% and women are on 50% in 1975/76 and reach to 78% in 2006. the license holders age of 21 to 29 men are 78% in 1975//76 and 70% in 2006 but where men faces downfall women can't face their's percentage in 1975/76 is 42% and reached to 62% in 2006. At the last of graph teenagers age 17-20 35% men license holders in 1975/76 and 38% in 2006 but women are 20% in 1975/76 and goes to 35% in 2006.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response covers all age groups and both genders, providing data for both 1975/76 and 2006. However, it lacks an overview of the main trends, such as the overall increase in license holders across most age groups and the narrowing gender gap. The response is essentially a list of figures rather than a summary of main features. To improve, you should group the data by trends rather than listing every single percentage point, which makes the report repetitive and difficult to follow.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is written as a single, dense paragraph, which lacks logical structure and paragraphing. While there is a chronological attempt to move through age groups, the lack of clear transitions and the repetitive sentence structure (e.g., 'The age 60-69...', 'The percentage of men...', 'The license holder...') make the flow mechanical. There is a lack of cohesive devices to link ideas, and the text would benefit significantly from being divided into an introduction, an overview, and two clear body paragraphs.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary is quite limited and repetitive, relying heavily on basic phrases like 'is', 'reached to', and 'license holder'. There is little attempt to use varied or sophisticated vocabulary to describe trends (e.g., 'increased', 'declined', 'remained stable', 'narrowed'). Some phrasing is unnatural, such as 'where men faces downfall women can't face their's', which hinders clarity. To reach a higher band, you need to use a wider range of verbs and nouns to describe statistical changes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response contains frequent grammatical errors, particularly with subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'men faces downfall'), article usage, and sentence structure. Many sentences are run-on or lack necessary prepositions. There is a lack of complex sentence structures; most sentences are simple or poorly constructed compound sentences. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with missing commas and incorrect use of slashes. These errors occur throughout the text and occasionally cause confusion for the reader.

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