Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-24

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 chart highlights the percentage of people having full driving licence in great britain bye age and sex.

The age of male or female split into 7 groups and also diffrence between 1975/76 and 2006.

peoples whoes age between 17-20 men have 35% in 1975/76 and almost 38% in 2006 on other side women have only 20% licence in 1975/76 in 2006 near 33%.

The next candidatesis men whoes between 21-29 almost 80% in1975/76 and 70% in 2006 the ladies in 1975/76 42% and 62% in 2006 have driving licence.

another group between 30-39 in boys 83 and 85% in two years and the women have 50% licence in 1975/76 and almost 80% in 2006

the men 40-49 year old have the highest percentage of having licence 65% in 1975/76 and in 2006 it is 90% the women have 25% only in 1975/76 and 85% in 2006 on second last group 60-69 ages of men have almost 60% in 11975/76 90% in2006 women 15% in 1975 and 65% in 2006 on last number men 70 and over have 35% and 75% in 20006 and 1975/76 on women side only 5% in1975/76 and 30% in 2006

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the chart’s subject and compare both sexes across several age groups and years, including the broad rise among women and older men. However, the response has no clear overview of the main patterns, and several figures are inaccurate or confusing. For example, men aged 40–49 are reported as 65% in 1975/76, whereas the chart shows about 81%; women in this group are given as 25%, rather than about 37%. The 30–39 male figures are also misstated, and the 17–20 male figure for 1975/76 is given as 35% instead of about 36%. Some comparisons are omitted, and the final sentence’s year order is unclear. Add a concise overview and check key figures against the chart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response follows a broadly understandable age-group sequence, moving from the youngest group towards older people, and it usually compares men and women within each group. This gives the reader some structure. However, the information is presented as one long paragraph, with little overall progression from an overview to supporting details. Linking phrases such as “the next” and “on the other side” are repetitive or awkward, while missing punctuation makes several comparisons run together. The final clause is particularly difficult to follow because the years appear in an unclear order. Use separate paragraphs for an overview and grouped details, and connect comparisons with clear expressions such as “by contrast” and “whereas”.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “age,” “sex,” and “driving licence,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning less clear. Examples include “candidates” for age groups, “boys” for adult men, and “ladies” for women; these are not suitable or precise in this context. There are also noticeable spelling errors, such as “diffrence,” “great britain,” and “licence” used without an article in places. Aim for consistent, neutral terms such as “men,” “women,” “age group,” and “licence holders,” and use accurate phrases for reporting proportions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response communicates many basic comparisons, but sentence structures are limited and errors are frequent enough to make parts difficult to interpret. Several sentences lack a clear subject or verb, as in “The age of male or female split into 7 groups,” and clauses are joined without appropriate punctuation. Articles and agreement are often missing or incorrect, for example “men have 35%” and “women have only 20% licence.” Tense and sentence boundaries are also inconsistent, particularly in the long final sequence of comparisons. Practise writing complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use controlled comparative structures such as “The proportion of men aged … was …, compared with … for women.”

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