Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-16

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 graph below illustrate the percentaage of population have full driving liciences in Great Britain by age and sex.

Overall, it comapres between gender which is men and women and also age staring from 17-70 which is bifurcated in 8 different groups. However it compares between 1975/6 till 2006.

Firstly, people who were 17-20 years older consist 20 % and 36% approximately and it shows a gradual increase of 10-20 more in year 2006 for both female and male respectively. Moreover, the maximum lisence holder were 30-69 older. population between this age group were close enough in therms of percentage which is approx 60-80 iof both the gender.

Secondly, the least age group who holds the licence were of 70 and over whether it may be female or male they consist near about 5-25 percent in the year 1975/56. Furthermore, it shows a sgnificant growth in 2006 by hige percentage.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s subject and make relevant comparisons between age groups, sexes and the two years. Your comments that licence holding rose among older people by 2006 and that the youngest and oldest groups were relatively low are broadly grounded in the data. However, the overview is not sufficiently clear, and several details are inaccurate or too vague: the chart has seven age groups, not eight, and the claim that 30–69-year-olds were all around 60–80% overlooks the much higher 2006 figures for men and the lower 1975/76 figures for women. The 17–20 figures are also presented unclearly. Select the main trends accurately and support them with specific comparisons, especially the rise among women and the contrasting pattern for young men.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview, and two body paragraphs. Sequencing words such as “Firstly” and “Secondly” help signal the order of points. However, the progression is not consistently clear because the overview mostly describes what the chart compares rather than summarising its main findings, and the body paragraphs group information in a way that makes comparisons difficult to follow. For example, the sentence about 17–20-year-olds combines both sexes and years without clearly matching each figure to its group. Some linking phrases, including “Moreover” and “Furthermore,” connect sentences mechanically rather than showing a precise relationship. Organise the report around clear trends, and use explicit references to sex, age and year so readers can follow each comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “age group,” “gender,” “growth” and “licence holder,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to interpret. Examples include “age staring from 17-70,” “bifurcated in 8 different groups,” “maximum lisence holder,” and “significant growth … by hige percentage.” There are also frequent spelling errors, such as “percentaage,” “comapres,” “liciences” and “sgnificant.” Use standard terms such as “age bands,” “proportion of licence holders,” and “increased substantially,” and check spelling carefully. More precise vocabulary would help distinguish increases, decreases and comparisons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including clauses introduced by “which” and “whether,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in sentence structure and agreement appear in examples such as “The graph below illustrate” and “people who were 17-20 years older consist,” while “it compares between gender” uses an incomplete grammatical pattern. Articles, plurals and verb forms are also often missing or inaccurate, as in “the maximum lisence holder were” and “the least age group who holds the licence were.” These problems can make relationships between figures unclear. Build reliable simple sentences first, then add subordinate clauses only when their structure is secure. Check subject–verb agreement, tense, articles and punctuation when revising.

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