Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-20

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 4.0)

The bar chart illustrate the percentages of men and women as well as their ages having full car licences in Great Britain during 1976 and 2006.

Overall,the percentage of full license holder women and men in 2006 is greater than in 1975\76.While men aging 39 to 69 were more

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the chart’s subject and attempts an overview, noting that figures for both sexes were generally higher in 2006. However, it stops before completing the comparison (“While men aging 39 to 69 were more…”) and gives no supporting age-group figures or clear account of the main patterns. The overview is also too broad: it does not mention that men generally had higher licence-holding rates, or that the largest increases were among older women. The response is substantially under the required 150 words, leaving the task only minimally addressed. To improve, complete the overview and report several accurate comparisons across age groups and years, including relevant approximate percentages.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response, beginning with an introduction and then moving to an overview. The use of “Overall” signals a shift to the main features, and “While” appears intended to introduce a contrast. However, the response ends in the middle of that contrast, so there is no completed progression or developed paragraph structure. The relationship between the two sentences is therefore unclear, and the reader cannot follow a comparison through to its conclusion. Build a clear sequence: introduce the chart, summarise the main trends, then group detailed comparisons by age or sex. Complete each sentence and use linking expressions only where they clarify the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a small set of relevant terms, including “percentages,” “men and women,” “full car licences,” and “Overall,” so the topic is recognisable. However, the vocabulary is limited and some choices are imprecise or awkward, such as “men aging 39 to 69” and “full license holder women and men.” The spelling “license” is also inconsistent with the British-English context of the chart, where “licence” is appropriate as a noun. Because the response is so brief, it does not demonstrate much range in describing increases, differences, or age groups. Use precise chart language such as “licence holders,” “the proportion of,” and “rose markedly,” and check collocations and spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts both a simple introductory sentence and a more complex overview beginning with “While,” showing some effort to vary sentence structure. However, errors are frequent in this short sample. In “The bar chart illustrate,” the singular subject requires “illustrates”; “the percentage … is greater” also does not agree naturally with the plural groups being compared. The second sentence is incomplete, ending with “were more,” and the punctuation is faulty: there is no space after “Overall,” and the sentences run together after “2006.” The age comparison also needs a grammatical form such as “men aged 39 to 69.” Focus on complete sentences, subject–verb agreement, and accurate punctuation before attempting longer comparisons.

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