Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The bar charts depict the proportion of people having full licences of driving in Great Britain by age and gender.

Overall, it can be seen that men and women shown a large number of licences in the middle ages while less licence in early and older ages.

Men having an age range of 30 to 69 hold majority of licence percentage of around 85% to 95%. This can be seen that men reached a peak number of licences in 2006 at the age range from 50 to 59. Men having age of 70 or over have lower number of licences in 1975 and 1976 of above 30% and around 78% in 2006.

Women having majority of licences in 2006 as compared to 1975 and 1976. Females having an age of 30 to 39 show a similar pattern in 2006 approximately around 80%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and provide an overview that licence holding was generally higher among middle-aged people, which is a relevant main feature. You also correctly note the high figures for men aged 30–69 in 2006 and the rise among women, including the approximate figure for women aged 30–39. However, the response only partially reports the data: it gives few precise comparisons between the two years or between sexes, and it omits important patterns such as the especially low figures for younger women and the marked increase among older women. The claim that both sexes had fewer licences at older ages is too broad, given the 2006 male figures. The response is also 8 words below the required minimum. Develop the overview and support it with several accurate comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs about men and women. This makes the topic and broad organisation easy to follow. However, progression within the body is limited, and the comparisons are not consistently connected. For example, the paragraph about men moves from ages 30–69 to the 70-and-over group without explaining how the figures compare across the two years, while the final paragraph gives only one specific female age group. Some linking phrases, such as “This can be seen that,” are awkward and do not clearly show the relationship between the evidence and the point. Organise the details around clear comparisons—such as changes over time and differences by age—and use concise, accurate transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “age range,” “peak,” and “approximately,” and the reader can generally understand the topic. However, the range is limited and several word combinations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “full licences of driving,” “a large number of licences,” and “majority of licence percentage.” Repetition of “licences” and “having” also makes the description less fluent. In this chart, it is more precise to describe the percentage of people who held a full driving licence, rather than a number of licences. Build a small set of accurate reporting phrases and vary them appropriately, for example “the proportion of licence holders,” “accounted for,” and “rose to.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of sentence forms, including an overview sentence and longer sentences with age groups and figures. Nevertheless, errors are frequent, and some structures are difficult to follow. For example, “men and women shown a large number” has an incorrect verb form and agreement; “Men having an age range … hold” uses an unsuitable participle and tense; and “This can be seen that” is not a well-formed reporting construction. Articles and number are also inconsistent in phrases such as “the age of 70 or over” and “lower number of licences.” These problems sometimes obscure the intended comparison. Practise reliable patterns such as “The proportion of men aged … was …” and “In 2006, this figure rose to …,” checking subject–verb agreement and tense.

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