Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-14

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 graph illustrates the ratio of Britain individuals by their age and gender who have full driving licences.

Overall, it is clear that men hold driving licence more as compared to women of age group from 50 to 69 in 2006.

Men In 2006, from 50 to 69 age group man has high percentage as 89 while percentage gradualy declined for age group of 40 to 49 that was 85. This trend is decreased step by step from 83% to 39%.Age group of 70 were about 79%. In 1975 and 1976, Age group from 40 to 70 and over has percentage that declined step by step from 81% to 38%. Whereas age group from 17% to 40 % increased between 39% and 83%.

Women in 2006, their percentage was increases from 25% to 80% between age group of 17 and 49 while remaining showed gradual decrease from 87% to 30%. In 1975 and 1976, this trend recorded upward for age group of 17 to 39 between 20% and 50% while remaing older womens have percentage that decreased step by step from 39% to 5%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the chart’s subject and attempt to compare both sexes across the two years, but the main features are not reported accurately enough. The overview claims men held licences more than women only among those aged 50–69 in 2006, although men had higher figures in every age group. Several figures and trends are also misread: for example, men aged 70 and over were about 77% in 2006, not 79% as a trend endpoint after the stated decline, and women’s 2006 figures rise to around 79% at ages 40–49 before falling, rather than reaching 80% from 17 to 49. The account is limited and under-developed. Select the clearest overall patterns, then support them with accurate age-group comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for men and women. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is grouped. However, there is no clear progression within the paragraphs, and the repeated pattern of describing figures as rising or falling “step by step” makes the account difficult to follow. Some comparisons are unclear, such as “This trend is decreased step by step from 83% to 39%,” where the age groups and year are not identifiable. Linking words such as “Whereas” and “while” are used, but they do not consistently clarify the relationships between the data. Organise each paragraph around a clear year-to-year or age-group comparison, and use precise references to guide the reader.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “age group,” “declined,” and “upward,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning hard to interpret. For instance, “ratio of Britain individuals” is not a natural way to describe the chart, and “men hold driving licence more” is imprecise. There are also spelling errors such as “gradualy” and “remaing,” alongside awkward phrases like “older womens.” Use standard terms such as “proportion of people,” “licence holders,” and “increased/decreased,” and check spelling and plural forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts some longer sentences and uses basic comparison structures, but grammatical control is inconsistent, and errors sometimes obscure the intended meaning. Examples include “men hold driving licence more as compared to women of age group,” which has problems with articles and sentence construction, and “their percentage was increases,” where the verb form is incorrect. Agreement and tense are also unreliable in “age group … man has high percentage” and “this trend recorded upward.” Punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent, including sentence fragments joined without a space. Build clearer sentences with a consistent past tense for the historical data, and check subject–verb agreement, articles, and verb forms.

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