Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-30

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 given graph illustrates the percentage of people who held full car driving licence in Great Britain, catagorized by age group and gender in the year 1975/76 and 2006.

Overall, driving car ownership was much higher among men than women in the past period. However, in 2006, the percentage of women holding licence increase significently across most age catagories. In 1975/76 men had high rate of driving license holders, as in middle-ages groups were reached aproximately 80%. For young men aged 17-29 and older men reach at the percentage of 60%.

For women, licence holding in 1975/76 started lower, with one small amount of holding licencein the older age catagories. While young women had around 30% to 40% in 2006.

women ownership grew in the middle age of 40-49% in the year of 2006. after that the age of 50-59 women license will become low to 60%. The senior citizen women at the age of 70 and above show less percentage of holding licence as compare to young wowen.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s subject and make a relevant overall comparison: men had higher licence-holding rates in 1975/76, while women’s rates rose by 2006. You also mention age differences, so the response is on task. However, several key comparisons are unclear or inaccurate. For example, “young men aged 17-29” combines groups with very different 2006 figures (37% for ages 17–20 and 70% for 21–29), and the claim that older men reached “60%” does not distinguish the age groups or years. The description of women’s figures is especially difficult to follow: the 50–59 group did not “become low to 60%” but rose to about 74% in 2006. Select a few clear age-group comparisons and report the direction and approximate figures accurately to make the main features more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure, with an introduction, an overview and separate discussion of men and women. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is grouped. However, progression within the paragraphs is weak, and several links between ideas are unclear. The shift from “young women” to “middle age” and then “after that” does not clearly identify which year or age group is being compared. The sentence beginning “For women” also runs into “While young women” without a clear transition, and the final sentence repeats the point about older women without connecting it to the earlier figures. Use a consistent order, such as moving from the youngest to oldest groups, and make comparisons between the two years explicit. More precise linking and reference would make the organisation easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing the chart, including “percentage,” “age group,” “categorized,” and “across most age categories.” This shows an attempt to use task-specific language. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning hard to interpret. “Driving car ownership” is not the same as holding a driving licence, while “one small amount of holding licence” is unnatural and unclear. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “catagorized,” “significently,” “aproximately,” and “wowen.” Use the chart’s key terms consistently—such as “licence holders” and “proportion”—and check spelling. More precise vocabulary for increases, decreases and comparisons would help you describe the data clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast introduced by “However” and a clause beginning “While.” Nevertheless, grammatical errors are frequent, and some sentences are difficult to understand. For example, “in middle-ages groups were reached approximately 80%” has an unclear subject and incorrect verb construction; “the percentage of women holding licence increase” has a tense and agreement error; and “the age of 50-59 women license will become low” uses an unsuitable future form for past chart data. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “holding licencein” and the lowercase “women” after a full stop. Practise forming complete sentences with clear subjects and past-tense reporting verbs, and proofread punctuation and agreement.

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