Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-01

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 bar graphs illustrates the percentage of people having full driving licences in Great Britain by divide in to two categories age and sex.

Overall, full car driving licence are significantly amount is holding by men in 2006, age around 50-59 years old and the percenatge is around 95%. The lowest amount were recorded is women in 1975 still 1976. Age is around 70 plus and nearly 10%. Although, the women percentage is signficantly lower than men in 1975/76 and slightly rose in 2006.

In 1975, Men's around age of 17-20 were lowerst in both years and almost same around 38% but slightly different in 1976 which approx 36%. Then, the age around 21 up till 49 it was significantly rose and reaches up to 88% in 2006. in 1975 it was fluctuate.

However, the highest value were recorded in 2006 which around 98% in the age of 50-59. But, in 1975 40-49 age was the higest in men but decreses afterwards.

Women's were lowest in 1975 but increased in 2006 and the highest amount was recorded at thhe the 40-49 which is around 80%. But aftarward with the age the percentages were significantly decreased.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad comparison between men and women and note that women’s licence-holding rose by 2006. However, the overview is not consistently accurate: the highest male figure is about 92% for ages 50–59, not 95% or 98%, and the lowest is women aged 70 and over in 1975/76, at about 3%, rather than nearly 10%. Some comparisons are also unclear or incorrect: men aged 17–20 were not the lowest group in both years, since men aged 70 and over were lower in 1975/76. The response includes relevant age and sex details, but several key trends are misreported or insufficiently explained. A clearer overview and more carefully selected, accurate comparisons would make the summary more complete and reliable.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate discussion of men and women. This gives the reader some organisation, and linking words such as “Overall,” “However,” and “But” show attempts to connect ideas. Nevertheless, progression within paragraphs is often difficult to follow. The male discussion moves between age groups and years without a clear sequence, and phrases such as “In 1975, Men's around age of 17-20 were lowerst in both years” make the comparison hard to interpret. The final paragraph gives a useful female trend but does not clearly compare the two years across age groups. Grouping the data consistently by sex and describing age patterns in a logical order would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “percentage,” “increased,” “decreased,” “highest,” and “lowest,” so the main subject is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes obscuring the intended meaning. For example, “significantly amount is holding by men” is not a natural way to describe the figures, while “it was fluctuate” and “the highest amount was recorded” are imprecise. Spelling errors such as “percenatge,” “signficantly,” “lowerst,” and “decreses” are also noticeable. Practise standard chart language such as “the proportion of licence holders,” “peaked at,” and “declined,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to use longer sentences and contrast, for example, “Although, the women percentage is signficantly lower than men in 1975/76 and slightly rose in 2006.” However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and complex attempts often contain errors that make relationships between ideas unclear. Examples include “The bar graphs illustrates,” “full car driving licence are,” and “the highest value were recorded,” where subject–verb agreement is faulty. Sentence construction is also problematic in “Then, the age around 21 up till 49 it was significantly rose,” and punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent, as in “in 2006.” Use simpler, complete sentence patterns accurately first, then add controlled comparisons and subordinate clauses.

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