Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-27
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 5.5)
The bar graph illustrates the ratio of individuals who have complete permit of driving in the Great Britain by age group and gender.
Overall, the highest numbers of licence holder were men at the age of 50 to 59 and 60 to 69. Meanwhile, womens' average age of higest numbers of certificate holders were 40 to 49. In contrast, the less driving certificate holders were the age of 70 and above in both genders.
In 1975/76, mens' driving lincence were recorded highest in age of 30 to 39. While the least amount were at age 17- 20 and 70 above. In 2006, the numbers were moderately increased at the age of 50 to 59 and 60 to 69 and age group of 70 and above experienced dramatic increase in numbers.
The women drivers were highest in the age of 30 to 39 in 1975/76 and age group of 70 above were recorded less. However, in 2006 the numbers increased at th age of 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 while the lowest licence holders were recorded at the age of 17 to 20 and 70 and over among the other age gropus.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The response covers the main features of the charts by discussing age and gender distributions in both 1975/76 and 2006. However, some of the specific data points are inaccurate or misreported. For instance, the student states that in 1975/76 men's driving licences were recorded highest in the age of 30 to 39, whereas the graph shows the 40-49 and 50-59 brackets were higher. Additionally, the overview contains some confusion regarding peak ages, stating that women's highest numbers were 40 to 49 while the data shows 40-49 and 50-59 reaching higher percentages in 2006. While all parts of the prompt are addressed, the inaccuracies in data interpretation place this response in Band 5.5.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The essay is organised into paragraphs, beginning with an introduction, followed by an overview, and then body paragraphs detailing the data for men and women respectively. However, the logical progression is at times hindered by awkward transitions and confusing sentence structures, such as starting the second paragraph with 'Meanwhile, womens' average age of higest numbers of certificate holders were 40 to 49.' Cohesive devices are basic and sometimes repetitive or misused, such as 'In contrast' where a direct comparison rather than a contrast was intended. Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion requires better control.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate to communicate the general topic, attempting less common phrases like 'ratio of individuals' and 'certificate holders'. However, there are numerous lexical inaccuracies and awkward collocations throughout the text, such as 'complete permit of driving', 'less driving certificate holders', and 'gropus'. Spelling errors also occur, including 'higest' and 'lincence'. These errors do not completely block communication, but they restrict the lexical score to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but grammatical accuracy is weak throughout the response. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement and article usage, such as 'in the Great Britain', 'mens' driving lincence were recorded highest', and 'the numbers were moderately increased'. Furthermore, punctuation and sentence boundary issues occasionally strain the reader. Complex structures tend to be faulty, meaning the performance fits the Band 5.0 descriptors.
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