Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-28

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)

Going to summarise about driving licence in great Britain as man vs women . the chart graph as given the graph that shows man with age 70 over is much as compared to women at age of 70 because mans are physically strong from womens . At the age of 60-69 mans are higher as compared to womens , at the age of 50-59 mans are more to drive as compared to womens . at the age of 40-49 maximum mens and womens are equal , at the age of 30-39 are also as the 40-49 age they are comparing and competitive with each other at this age. on the age of 21-29 as the age of teenagers they are also competitive but more girls are there for driving licence . At the age of 17-20 almost they are equal. at this age they are thinking about driving class to drive.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The student attempts to summarise the visual data, but the response falls significantly short of a well-structured Academic Task 1 report. The text lacks an overall summary or overview, and the selection of data points is erratic and often inaccurate. For instance, the claim that 'at the age of 40-49 maximum mens and womens are equal' contradicts the chart, where men consistently show a higher percentage of licence holders than women across almost all categories in both years. Furthermore, the writer includes personal assumptions and subjective commentary rather than objective reporting, such as 'because mans are physically strong from womens'. This results in an incomplete and flawed treatment of the task prompt, corresponding to a Band 4.0 descriptor.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The response is written as a single, dense block of text without proper paragraphing. Cohesive devices are extremely basic and repetitive, relying on constant strings of 'at the age of...' to link clauses and sentences. There is a lack of clear progression, and the logical flow is disrupted by fragmented comparisons and informal conversational transitions. While sentences follow a sequential order through the age groups, the structural framework is inadequate for an academic report, fitting the Band 4.0 profile where information and ideas are not arranged coherently.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, highly repetitive, and restricted to simple terms related to age, gender, and driving. There are persistent spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'man vs women', 'mans', 'womens', and 'teenagers' applied incorrectly to age brackets. Less common lexical items are entirely absent, and the language lacks the precision required for data interpretation. Although the intended meaning can occasionally be discerned through context, the overall lexical range is limited and strains the reader, aligning with a Band 4.0 score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammatical structure of the text is severely limited. Sentences are prone to run-on structures, comma splices, and basic syntactic errors. There is a near-total absence of complex sentence forms used accurately, and basic subject-verb agreement is frequently violated (e.g., 'mans are physically strong', 'mens and womens are equal'). Punctuation is faulty, with lowercase beginnings to sentences and incorrect spacing around commas and periods. Frequent errors distort meaning and cause significant difficulty for the reader, reflecting the Band 4.0 descriptors.

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