Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-26
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 4.5)
The provided bar graphs illustrate the proportion of holding full driving licences in Great Britain by age and sex.
Overall, the highest proportion of 40 to 49 ages men and women are get full driving licence hoders.the least ages of people get their full driving licences in 17 to 20 years old men and women.
More specifically, 70 and over age men are get 80% driving holdings and women get 30% in the same time. 60 to 69 years old men are get their driving licence in 85% and women get 70% in the same time.50 to 59 years old men get their driving licence 90% and women get their driving licence 75% in the same time.similarly 40 to 49 years old men get their driving licence in 85% and women get their driving licence 80% in the same time.30 to 39 years old men get their driving licence 85% and women get their driving licence 80%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 3.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5
The response identifies the general subject and attempts an overview, but the overview is inaccurate: the highest figures are not for people aged 40–49 across both sexes, and the lowest figures are not for 17–20-year-olds in both years. It also gives figures mainly for 2006 without identifying the two years or comparing changes over time, and it omits the 21–29 and 17–20 groups from the detailed account. Some reported values are approximate, but the main issue is incomplete and sometimes misleading selection of features. The response is 146 words, below the required 150; the 11 words copied from the task prompt were excluded from the count. Include a clear overview and compare key age groups across both years.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a basic paragraph structure, with an introduction, an overview, and a detail paragraph, so the reader can recognise an attempt to organise the report. However, progression is limited: the detail paragraph lists age groups in sequence, repeatedly using “in the same time,” rather than grouping comparisons or showing changes between 1975/76 and 2006. Missing punctuation between several sentences, such as after “75% in the same time,” also makes the paragraph harder to follow. Use clearer links and organise the data into meaningful comparisons—for example, older versus younger groups or men versus women—while ensuring each sentence is separated and connected appropriately.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The response uses some relevant task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “full driving licences,” “age,” and “sex,” and the reader can generally identify the topic. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, including “proportion of holding,” “driving holdings,” and “licence hoders.” Repeated phrases such as “get their driving licence” and “in the same time” also make the description sound unnatural and imprecise. Use standard chart-reporting language such as “the percentage of licence holders,” “stood at,” and “compared with.” Check spelling and choose terms that describe the measured proportion rather than the act of obtaining a licence.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The response attempts an overview and several comparisons, but sentence structures are mostly repetitive and grammatical errors occur throughout. For example, “the highest proportion of 40 to 49 ages men and women are get” has problems with noun phrasing, agreement, and verb construction; “70 and over age men are get 80%” shows a similar pattern. The report also relies on simple clauses joined by repeated wording, with little variety in sentence forms. These errors sometimes make the intended comparison difficult to interpret. Practise accurate patterns such as “Among men aged 70 and over, the figure was about 77%, compared with 29% for women,” and use past-tense reporting consistently.
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