Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-20

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 4.0)

this bar graph inlustrate between men and women driving licence holding percentage by age and sex in comparison between 2006 and 1975/76 in Great Britain.

we start from age 17-20 in 1975/76, In that era womens about 20%

hold a driving license beacuse it was not that awarness for womens to hold a driving license since majority mens only drive cars but in 2006 the percentage reaches to about 30% beacuse they were getting awared about womens can also get a license and could drive a car but at the same era mens were majority in getting in license and 2006 the percentage only increase only abot 2-3% fom 35-38%.

Mens percentage from age 21-29 they have massive increase because they were working and on the other hand womens also increase their percentage for getting driving licence but in modern era 2006 womens get same abot of licences as mens as social life of womens increases their percentage for getting license kpt increasing in early era and modern era too their peak age for getting licence is 40-49 but mens in modern era raise their percentage for getting license, but only for 50-59 years old after than both sexes have down bars that shows in decrese of getting licenses.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5

The response attempts to cover the main features of the chart comparing car licence holders by age and sex in 1975/76 and 2006. However, the data interpretation contains inaccurate figures (e.g., stating men in 2006 only increased by 2-3% from 35-38%, whereas the chart shows much higher percentages like 70% to 91% across age groups). Furthermore, the explanation drifts into unsupported personal commentary (e.g., 'because they were getting awared about womens can also get a license'). While some general trends are identified, such as the peak age group of 40-49, the lack of accurate data reporting and the inclusion of irrelevant speculation keeps this criterion at band 4.5.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text lacks proper paragraphing, presented instead as one continuous block of text, which severely impacts readability and structural cohesion. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused (e.g., starting sentences with 'we start from age' or overly long, run-on sentences connected by 'and' or 'because'). There is no clear logical progression of ideas; instead, sentences jump erratically between years, age groups, and genders without clear transitions. This results in a disjointed flow that heavily disrupts communication, corresponding to band 4.0 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

Vocabulary is very limited and repetitive, relying heavily on basic terms like 'percentage', 'getting', 'licence', and 'women'. There are numerous word choice and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'inlustrate' instead of 'illustrate', 'awarness' instead of 'awareness', 'abot' instead of 'about', and 'decrese' instead of 'decrease'. Less common lexical items are attempted but usually used incorrectly or with severe spelling interference, constraining communication at band 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The text displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting mainly of long, poorly punctuated run-on sentences joined by conjunctions. There is a complete lack of proper punctuation, with no full stops to separate independent clauses. Frequent basic grammatical errors occur, including subject-verb agreement issues (e.g., 'womens about 20% hold') and tense confusion. These persistent errors and lack of structural variety restrict the score to band 4.0.

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