Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-13
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 4.5)
the bar graph illustrates the information regarding the driving licence holder in the Great Britain in different years and also separates the man and women information to compare with each other's.
the bar graph also illustrate that the man holds the highest driving licence in all the graph in every year. between the age group of 50-59 has the most driving licence in the year of 2006 nearly 90% of the man have driving licence.
on the contrary in same age group the women have nearly 80% of the driving licence, also in the age group 50-59 years the ratio of man and women driving licence man holds 79% in man and in women it only holds 30% in the women. there is also age group between 40-49% it shows the slightest difference in the driving licence holder in both genders.
the lowest ratio is nearly 20% is have women in the year of [redacted phone].
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to summarize the information by mentioning specific age groups and genders, such as the 50-59 age group and the year 2006. However, the response fails to provide a comprehensive overview of the main trends shown in the charts. Data points are cited with several inaccuracies and confusion regarding the years and percentages, for example claiming that women had nearly 20% in the year 1975-1976 when the graph displays multiple years and distinct trends. Furthermore, the overview lacks clarity and fails to highlight the general pattern that licence holding increased with age up to a point and was consistently higher for men than women across all periods. The response addresses the task only partially and the data reporting is somewhat fragmented and confused, aligning best with a Band 5.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0
The text lacks proper paragraphing, presented mostly as a single block of text or broken into short, unguided sentences that do not follow a logical structure. There is a distinct lack of clear overall progression. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, with repetitive referencing such as repeatedly starting sentences with 'the bar graph also illustrate' or 'there is also age group'. The sequencing of information jumps confusingly between different age groups and time periods without clear signposting, making the progression difficult to follow. This level of organization reflects Band 4.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, relying on simple terms like 'driving licence', 'age group', 'man', and 'women'. There are noticeable word choice and morphological errors, such as using 'man' instead of 'men' and 'women' in singular/plural confusions ('the man have', 'the women have nearly 80%'). The range of vocabulary is limited and minimally adequate for conveying simple ideas, but errors in collocation and lexical forms cause some difficulty and strain for the reader at times. This corresponds to a Band 5 for lexical resource.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The text contains a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. Examples of serious grammatical inaccuracies include 'the driving licence holder in the Great Britain in different years and also separates the man and women information' and 'the lowest ratio is nearly 20% is have women'. Complex structures are attempted incorrectly, and punctuation is largely neglected, with sentences starting in lower case and lacking proper boundary markers. Frequent errors in verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, and clause structure cause considerable difficulty for the reader, placing this response firmly at Band 4.
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