Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-17

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)

The bar graph illustrates the proportion of people hold driving licences in Britain with different ages and genders during 1975-76 and 2006.

Overall, it can be observed clearly that the highest percentage of both gender who have licences is in 2006 as compared with 1975. However, Women contributed very less in having licences in both years. While, people of ages 30 to 40 have large proportion of licences.

Breaking down the figures, There is almost same proportion of men holding licences from age 17 to 20 in both years approximately 39%. Similary, Males have equal amount of licences in 1975 to 2006 between age 30 to 59 near to 80% and close to 85%. The folks of age over 70 have very slight percentage for holding licence in 1975 about to 25% and 78% in 2006. Consequently, People of age 21 to 29 and 60 to 69 have significantly different figure 78% and 59% in 1975 and near to 75% and 83% in 2006.

In contrast to female group, Women age group of 17to 20 and 50 to 69 have similar percentage of licence near to 20% and below than 20% in 1975. The people of age over 70 have extremely low percentage 2%. Moreover, Other age group have percentage near to 40% and 42% in 1975. The age group of 21 to 69 have same amount of licence in 2006 approximately 50% and 60%. In addition, Age group of 17 to 20 and over 70 have proportion of about 28%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to summarise the main features of the bar graph showing car driving licence holders in Great Britain by age and sex. While there is an attempt to provide an overview, it contains inaccurate generalizations, such as claiming that 'Women contributed very less', which overlooks the substantial female licence holding rates in younger and middle-age groups by 2006 (e.g., nearly 80% for 40-49 year-olds). Furthermore, the body paragraphs struggle to accurately select and report key data points, often confusing specific percentages across years and genders. The student relies heavily on listing disjointed figures rather than effectively highlighting key trends and meaningful comparisons. Consequently, the task is only partially addressed, earning a Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is divided into logical paragraphs with an introduction, an overview, and separate body paragraphs for men and women. However, the progression within paragraphs is frequently disrupted by awkward transitions and mechanical cohesive devices, such as 'While,', 'Breaking down the figures,', and 'In contrast to female group,'. The referencing is sometimes unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the flow of comparisons between 1975-76 and 2006. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion lacks flexibility and accuracy. This places the response firmly in the Band 5.0 range.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, featuring frequent reliance on words like 'proportion', 'percentage', and 'amount'. There are notable lexical inaccuracies and awkward collocations throughout the text, such as 'people hold driving licences' instead of 'people holding', 'both gender' instead of 'both genders', and 'contributed very less' instead of 'had a much lower participation rate'. Less common lexical items are attempted but handled with frequent errors in word choice and form, restricting the lexical score to Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The response exhibits a limited range of sentence structures, with frequent grammatical errors that often impede communication and strain the reader. Examples of errors include subject-verb agreement issues ('Women age group... have'), incorrect prepositions ('with different ages', 'in both years'), and faulty clause structures (e.g., 'While, people of ages 30 to 40 have large proportion of licences'). Simple sentences predominate, and attempts at more complex structures frequently result in ungrammatical formulations. Punctuation errors, such as unnecessary capitalization after commas ('There is almost same proportion'), further lower the grammatical accuracy.

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