Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-15
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 two graphs illustrates the percentage of people holding driving licences according to their age and sex in Great Britianfrom the period 1975 to 2006.
Overall, the graph A, demonstrates that over the period the percentage of men holding driving licence has increased considerably. In contrast, the number of women surged from 20 to 80 between 1975/76 to 2006.
Initally, the figures in graph A shows minor fluctuation. Considerably, men between the age of 50-59 have highest proportion aroun 95% in 2006 and
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The response is severely underdeveloped and incomplete, abruptly stopping after 83 words, which falls well short of the 150-word minimum requirement. Because the response is unfinished, it fails to present a fully developed overview or report the main features and comparisons required by the prompt. While the student attempts an introductory statement and touches upon general trends, the lack of completion heavily impacts the score under the task achievement descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5
The text begins with a standard introductory sentence and an overall summary attempt ('Overall, the graph A...'). However, because the response breaks off mid-sentence in the third paragraph, logical organisation and progression cannot be properly established. Paragraphing is attempted, but the text is far too brief to demonstrate effective cohesive devices or logical sequencing across a complete essay structure.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses some appropriate vocabulary relevant to the visual data, such as 'percentage', 'holding driving licences', and 'surged'. However, there are spelling and typographical errors such as 'illstrates' (illustrates), 'Britian' (Britain), and 'Initally' (Initially). The limited output makes it difficult to assess a wider lexical range, but the vocabulary attempted is generally simple and repetitive.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as in the opening sentence ('The two graphs illustrates...'). There is a clear subject-verb agreement error ('graphs illustrates'). Due to the very short length of the text, the grammatical range is extremely limited, and the unfinished nature of the writing restricts full evaluation of sentence variety and control.
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