Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-22
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 shows the comparisons of people holding driving license between both sexes and with their age.
In 1975, the percentage of women is 20 holding their driving license in the age of 20 whereas from early 20s the percentage rose from 20 to approximately 30, comparing it with Men graph the percentage is nearly 40 which then again rose in early 20s of people in the age of 17.
Coming toward second mark there is bit more than 40 percent of women in 1975 at the age of 29 then the percentage increased with the time, in 2006 its now bit more than 60 percentage, whereas men having nearly 80 percentage before and with time it fell to 70 with the age of 21.
As the women graph leads in increasing the percentage till the age of 49 in 2006 after that it fell ,same situation in their 1975 era too.
On the other hand, men percentage kept increasing till 50 age in 2006 then it also fell, in 1975 its increasing till 30 age then again decreased.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
You make relevant comparisons between women and men and refer to changes across both years, including the rise in women’s licence holding by 2006 and the decline among younger men. However, the response only partially reports the chart’s main features: it has no clear overview of the broad pattern, and several descriptions are inaccurate or unclear. For example, women aged 70 and over rose from about 3% to 29%, not from 20% to approximately 30%; the 20% figure applies to women aged 17–20 in 1975/76. The claim that women’s figures increased “till the age of 49” also overlooks the peak among 30–39-year-olds in 2006. Select the most important trends accurately and summarise them before giving details.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some organisation: the response moves from earlier figures to 2006 and uses phrases such as “On the other hand” to signal a comparison. However, the progression is difficult to follow because age groups, years and sexes are mixed within long sentences. Expressions such as “second mark” and “with the time” do not make the sequence of information clear, and the reader must infer which chart or age group is being discussed. The final paragraph repeats a general trend rather than bringing the comparisons together. A clearer structure would be an overview followed by one paragraph comparing women’s figures and another comparing men’s, with age groups and years stated explicitly.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “increased,” “fell” and “comparing,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning awkward, such as “the graph leads in increasing the percentage,” “second mark” and “with the time.” Repetition of “percentage” and “age” also reduces precision. Use standard terms for describing data, such as “proportion,” “rose,” “declined,” “peaked” and “age group,” and name the year or group rather than relying on vague phrases. Check spelling and forms too: “licence” is the noun spelling used in British English, while “license” is generally the verb spelling.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences, but these complex structures are often faulty, and frequent errors sometimes make the comparisons hard to interpret. For example, “the percentage of women is 20 holding their driving license” has an unclear sentence structure, while “in 2006 its now bit more than 60 percentage” has problems with tense, pronoun form and article use. There are also inconsistent tense choices (“rose,” “fell,” and “is now”) and missing punctuation between clauses, as in “after that it fell ,same situation.” Practise writing shorter, complete comparison sentences first, then combine them with accurate clauses such as “whereas” or “while.”
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