Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-17

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 bar graphs demonstrate the percentage of people holding full driving licences in Great Britain by different ages and sex.

In general, in 2006 men hold highest figure for driving licence, while women in 1975 to 1976 comprised of least numbers for having driving licence.

Looking in the detail, it is clear that proportion of men of aged 17-20 in 1975 to 1976 accounted for 39% with increase of 80% of aged 30-39, while from age 40 to 69 the percentage in 2006 showed a dramatic increase of around 88%.

Comparatively, the figure of holding licence by women of aged 17 to 39 in 2006 was around 20% with an increase of 80%. Whereas women of aged 40 to 70 and over in 2006 started from 78% and moved toward a significant decline, while reached around 2%. Furthermore, in 1975 and 1976 the proportion of having driving licence by women of all ages experienced the considerable fluctuations throughout the period.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

The response identifies the broad contrast that men had the highest participation and women’s figures were lower in 1975/76, but the overview is too vague and several key comparisons are inaccurate or unclear. For example, men aged 17–20 were about 36% in 1975/76, not 39%, and the claim that this rose to 80% for men aged 30–39 confuses age groups and years. Women aged 17–39 in 2006 did not start at around 20% and increase to 80%; the figures range from roughly 33% to 78%. The description of women aged 40 and over also reverses the trend. The response is 148 words, below the 150-word minimum. Select accurate comparisons and report the main age patterns clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic structure: an introduction, a general statement, and further detail, with linking expressions such as “In general,” “Looking in the detail,” and “Comparatively.” This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, the response does not develop a clear progression through the chart: it shifts between age groups, sexes, and years, and some comparisons are difficult to follow. The sentence beginning “Comparatively” combines several claims without making the relationships between them clear, while “Whereas” introduces a fragment-like continuation. The final reference to “fluctuations throughout the period” is also confusing because the chart compares two years rather than showing change over a continuous period. Group the information by sex or by year and use links to show precise comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response uses some relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “dramatic increase,” and “significant decline,” and the topic remains understandable. There is also some attempt to vary wording rather than repeat “figure” throughout. However, several word combinations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “comprised of least numbers,” “of aged 17-20,” and “the proportion of having driving licence.” “Fluctuations” is not an appropriate description of values shown at only two points in time, and “increase” is used where the figures do not support that trend. Aim for accurate collocations such as “the proportion of licence holders” and “rose from … to …,” and choose trend vocabulary only when it matches the data.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including clauses introduced by “while” and “whereas.” However, control is uneven, and errors in sentence construction and verb forms sometimes make the comparisons hard to interpret. For example, “in 2006 men hold highest figure” has a tense error and lacks an article, while “women in 1975 to 1976 comprised of least numbers” is not formed correctly. The sentence beginning “Whereas women…” does not connect smoothly to the preceding sentence, and “while reached around 2%” lacks a clear subject. Use past tense consistently for the historical data, check articles and agreement, and make sure each clause has a clear subject and verb.

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