Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-28

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 given graph illustrate the percentage of people holding complete driving licences in great britain bt their age and sex.

Overall, Men have the highest percentage of having a full driving licences comparetively to women of great britain. The highest percentage of men having full driving licences at the age between 50 to 59 is roughly about 90% on the year 2006. On the other hand, women with highest percentage of having full driving licences is almost 80% on the same year.

The lowest pecentage of people with full driving licences were women between the age of 17 to 20 with 20% on the year 1975. In 2006 , men with ages between 17 to 59 have faced a drastic rise on population with full car driving licences. Comperatively , women have also faced a certain rise between the age of 17 to 49 .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad comparison that men generally had higher licence-holding rates than women, and you include a few relevant figures, such as women aged 17–20 at about 20% in 1975/76 and women’s peak near 80% in 2006. However, the response only partially summarises the chart: it gives no clear account of how rates changed across the age groups, and the claim that men aged 17–59 saw a “drastic rise” is inaccurate, since the 2006 figure for men aged 21–29 was lower than in 1975/76, while the youngest group changed little. The overview also misses the broad rise among older women and the age-related pattern. The response is five words below the required minimum. Add a fuller, accurate overview and select key comparisons across both years.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview beginning “Overall,” and a final paragraph with further details. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, the progression is limited because the final paragraph moves from the lowest figure to a broad claim about changes without organising the data by year, sex, or age group. Linking phrases such as “On the other hand” and “Comparatively” are attempted, but the contrast they signal is not always clearly developed. For example, the comparison between women’s peak and men’s peak could be tied directly to the same age group and year. Grouping the main trends into two clear body paragraphs and using precise references such as “by contrast” or “in the older age groups” would make the relationships easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “highest,” “lowest,” and “driving licences,” so the topic remains understandable. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “drastic rise.” However, the range is limited and several word-choice, spelling, and collocation problems reduce precision: “complete driving licences” is less suitable than “full driving licences,” “having a full driving licences” is awkward, and “population with full car driving licences” does not clearly describe the proportion of licence holders. Spelling errors such as “pecentage,” “Comperatively,” and “great britain” are noticeable. Use accurate terms such as “proportion,” “licence holders,” and “increased,” and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including a contrast introduced by “On the other hand.” The main meaning is generally recoverable, but errors in agreement, articles, plurals, and sentence construction occur repeatedly. For example, “The given graph illustrate” should use a plural subject with “illustrate” or a singular subject with “illustrates”; “Men have the highest percentage … comparetively to women” has an incomplete comparison structure; and “a full driving licences” mismatches the article and plural noun. The sentence about men aged 17 to 59 also uses an unclear construction, “have faced a drastic rise on population.” Practise accurate comparative sentences and consistent past-tense descriptions of the 1975/76 data, while checking subject–verb agreement and singular/plural forms.

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