Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-27

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 graph compares the number of people by age and sex got driving liceneces in Great britain.

Overall men hold the largest propotions of licences holding while women ratio of driving licences increased dramatically.

In 1975/76 men age between 17-20 were holding approximately 38 % While age 21-29 it increased closely 80%

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the chart’s subject and attempts an overview, noting that men had higher licence-holding proportions and that women’s figures rose. It also gives one relevant comparison for young men in 1975/76, although the increase from the 17–20 group to ages 21–29 is only broadly described. However, the report is far too incomplete to summarise the main features: it omits nearly all figures for women, the 2006 results, and the contrasting patterns across older age groups. The overview is also imprecise, since men did not have the highest proportion in every age group in 2006. The response is 53 words, below the required 150. Include a fuller overview and select key comparisons from both years and sexes.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The ideas appear in a basic sequence: an introduction, an overall statement, and then a specific detail about men in 1975/76. This gives the reader a simple starting structure, and the reference to “In 1975/76” signals a move to data. However, the response ends before developing that comparison or moving through the chart, so there is little progression between the main features. The overview and detail are not clearly connected, and the use of “while” in the overview does not establish a precise contrast. Organise the report into a clear overview followed by paragraphs comparing the two years and sexes, using linking phrases such as “By contrast” and “In 2006” to guide the reader.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant chart vocabulary, including “age,” “sex,” “licences,” “increased,” and “approximately,” so its general topic is understandable. However, the range is narrow and several word choices or forms are inaccurate: “number” is unsuitable for percentages, “largest propotions” is unclear, and “women ratio of driving licences” is not a natural way to describe the data. There are also spelling errors in “liceneces,” “proportions,” and “Great britain.” These issues make the description less precise, particularly when reporting comparisons. Use terms such as “percentage,” “proportion of licence holders,” and “rose” or “increased” accurately, and check spelling and capitalisation before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response communicates a few basic ideas through simple sentence forms, but the grammatical range is very limited and control is uneven. In “The Bar graph compares the number of people by age and sex got driving liceneces,” the clause after “sex” is not grammatically connected to the sentence. “Overall men hold the largest propotions of licences holding” also has an unclear structure, while “In 1975/76 men age between 17-20 were holding” uses an awkward tense and omits a clear grammatical construction for the age group. Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, including the capitalised “While” after a comma. Build complete sentences with patterns such as “The chart shows the percentage of men and women who held licences,” and use past tense consistently for the historical data.

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