Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

The line chart illustrates the comparison of holding driving liscence man and women in Great Britain in 1975 and 2006.

Overall, chart contain the number of percentage of man and women of their age who holds the driving liscence and also illustrstes the ratio of comparison.

To begin with womens who holds the full car driving liscence in Great Britain in 1975 and 2006 comparing their age, between 17-20 years old womens who contain driving liscnce such as 20 in 1975 and 33 in 2006 while mens reach 37 in both couple of years in this age. Moreover,

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

The response identifies the chart’s subject and makes a relevant comparison for the youngest age group, reporting women’s figures of 20% and 33% and men’s figure of about 37% in both years. However, it does not provide a meaningful overview of the main trends, and the comparison is left unfinished after “Moreover,”. Most age groups and the important overall pattern—higher licence-holding among men in 1975/76, followed by substantial increases among women by 2006—are not covered. The response is also below the required 150 words, which leaves the task only minimally addressed. To improve, give a clear overview and compare several key age groups, including the contrasting changes for men and women.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence is followed by an overview paragraph and a body paragraph beginning “To begin with”. This gives the reader some indication of the intended structure. However, progression is limited because the overview repeats the task rather than summarising the chart, and the body paragraph covers only one age group before stopping at “Moreover,”. The unfinished transition disrupts the flow, while “while” is doing most of the comparison work. Develop complete paragraphs that group related age ranges or compare the two years, and use linking expressions to show clear relationships between the figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-relevant vocabulary, including “full car driving licence”, “age”, “percentage” and “comparing”, so the general topic is recognisable. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make the writing less clear, such as “liscence”, “liscnce” and “illustrstes”. Phrases such as “the number of percentage” and “mens reach 37 in both couple of years” are not natural ways to describe chart data. Use accurate terms such as “proportion”, “licence holders” and “remained at approximately 37%”, and check spelling carefully. More varied language for increases, decreases and comparisons would also help describe the chart precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a sentence beginning “To begin with” and a comparison using “while”. However, grammatical control is inconsistent. For example, “chart contain” lacks subject–verb agreement and an article, while “women who holds” has incorrect agreement. The phrase “between 17-20 years old womens who contain driving liscnce such as 20 in 1975 and 33 in 2006” is difficult to follow because the sentence structure and relationships between clauses are unclear. The final “Moreover,” also leaves the sentence incomplete. Practise complete, controlled sentences with accurate agreement and clear comparisons, such as stating the age group first and then giving each year’s figure.

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