Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-25

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 graphs illustrate the proportion of men and women each holding driver's licence in Great Britain with their respective age and sex.

Overall, the graph shows that the number of men capable of achieving licence is higher than that of women. Also, there is contrast with the age differences between men and women who obtained their licence.

First in the graph, men of about age 17 to 20 is almost equal to get their licence as compared to women's graph. Men of age 30 to 69 tend to hold their driver's licence higher crossing the limit of 80 in year 2006. In comparison between year 1975/76 to 2006, the middle aged men has obtained driver's license almost equal to each others.

The second graph potray the women's involved in getting their driving licence , which is slightly lower then that of men's. There is progress seen from the graph as compared to year 1975/76, women gold driver's licence in. year 2006 is drastically increased.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You provide an overview and identify the broad contrast that men generally had higher licence-holding rates, while women’s figures rose by 2006. However, the key trends are only partly reported, and some comparisons are unclear or inaccurate. For example, men aged 30–69 were not all above 80% in 2006: the 50–59 and 60–69 groups were above 90%, while 30–39 and 40–49 were in the high 80s. The claim that middle-aged men were “almost equal” across the two years also misses the substantial increases among older groups. Include a few precise comparisons, especially the sharp rise for women and the contrasting pattern among younger men, to make the main features clearer and better supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for men and women. This gives the reader a basic route through the information, and phrases such as “Overall” and “In comparison” signal relationships between ideas. However, progression within the body paragraphs is uneven. The men’s paragraph moves from the youngest group to ages 30–69 without a clear organising principle, while the women’s paragraph gives little detail after introducing the comparison. Some linking is also mechanical or unclear, as in “First in the graph” and “The second graph.” Organise each paragraph around a clear trend, and use comparisons to connect the data rather than relying mainly on labels for the graphs.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “age differences,” “middle aged,” and “increased,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning difficult to follow. For instance, “men capable of achieving licence” is not a natural way to describe licence holders, and “women gold driver's licence” appears to obscure the intended meaning. There are also spelling errors such as “potray,” alongside inconsistent forms of “licence/license.” Aim for precise chart language such as “held a full driving licence,” “the proportion rose,” and “licence-holding rates,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a comparison introduced by “In comparison between year 1975/76 to 2006.” However, control is inconsistent, and errors in agreement, articles, tense, and sentence construction sometimes make the message hard to interpret. Examples include “men of about age 17 to 20 is,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “the middle aged men has obtained,” which has incorrect agreement and an unsuitable verb form. The sentence beginning “There is progress seen” is also awkwardly constructed, and punctuation in “in. year 2006” disrupts the meaning. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and straightforward comparison structures before adding more complex clauses.

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