Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-07

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 given bar graphs illustrate, the distribution of people who holds full driving licences in the Great Britain by their age and sex, showing the results in the percentage in years 1975/76 and 2006. Overall, the male drivers in different age group seems to dominate the numbers in licience holding than those of female drivers.

Firstly, in the year 1975/76, the numbers in men driver doubled in the age group of twenties reaching almost 80%, than that of the age group of below twenty which was around 40%. After that, there were some minor fluctuation up till fifties, after which then number began to drop steadily reaching around 37% of men holding full driving licence in their seventies and above. We can see similar pattern in the women's graph too as women's percentage also beign doubled from 20% to just over fourty in twenties. They also experienced minor flucations, however the steady declined came little bit sooner from their fourties to reaching below 5% in above seventies. As for the data of 2006, we can see the similar pattern as of 1975/76 but notable decline only came after the age of 70 for both men and women. However, it was still more that double the number for both genders.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad comparison that men had higher licence-holding rates than women, and you refer to both years and several age groups. However, the overview is too general to capture the main changes: in 2006, rates rose substantially for most older groups, while the youngest groups changed little, and men aged 21–29 actually fell from about 78% to 70%. The claim that the 2006 pattern was similar to 1975/76 overlooks these important differences. Some figures and trends are also inaccurate: the male rate for those aged 70 and over in 1975/76 was about 35%, not 37% as a decline from the fifties suggests, and the women’s rate in their twenties did not double from 20% to over 40% in the way described. Select and compare the clearest age-specific changes more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure: an introduction and overview are followed by discussion of 1975/76 and then 2006. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “After that,” and “As for the data of 2006” help signal movement through the information. However, the progression is not consistently clear because the account shifts between age groups and sexes within long sentences, and the final comparison is vague (“it was still more that double the number for both genders”). The overview is also not clearly separated from the detailed reporting. Organise the body into clearer comparisons—for example, one paragraph on the earlier figures and one on how the rates changed by 2006—and use explicit references to the age groups and years.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “percentage,” “age group,” “fluctuation,” and “declined,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “numbers in men driver,” “licience holding,” and “steady declined.” Spelling errors including “beign,” “fourty,” and “flucations” also reduce accuracy. Some expressions are imprecise for describing a chart: “doubled” is used where the figures do not support that comparison, and “dominate the numbers” is awkward. Build a more precise set of reporting phrases, such as “the proportion of male licence holders,” “rose markedly,” and “remained broadly stable,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “after which” and “however,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in agreement and verb forms appear in “people who holds” and “women’s percentage also beign doubled,” while articles and sentence construction are problematic in “in the Great Britain” and “the numbers in men driver doubled.” The opening also has an unnecessary comma after “illustrate,” and several sentences join multiple comparisons without clear grammatical control. These errors sometimes make the relationships between figures difficult to follow. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, past-tense reporting, and sentence boundaries; then use shorter, controlled sentences to present each comparison before attempting more complex structures.

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