Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-04

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 compare the number of people holding driving licences both by men and women in Great Britain according to their age during 1975/76 and 2006.

Overall, there was an increasing trend of having driving licences among men and women in 2006 compared to 1975/76. Men had higher percentage than women over the given period and women had their lower percentage at 17-20 and 70 and over age groups.

Men with age group 17-20 in 1975/76 and 2006 had the same proportion of holding full driving licences at almost 40%. This figure then climbed to around 80% at the age group 21-29 and slighly increased with the age. Finally, the number decreased at the last age bracket at just under 40% in 1975/76.

Women on the contrary had the lowest number in their early and elder age bracket at approximately 30% in 2006 and only about 5% in 1975/76. The percentage was around

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad comparison that licence holding was generally higher in 2006 and that men had higher rates than women, and you include some relevant figures, such as men aged 17–20 at about 40% in both years. However, the report only partially covers the chart: the women’s discussion stops mid-sentence, and several important patterns are missing or unclear. For example, men’s 2006 rates peaked around 50–59, while the 21–29 figure was lower than in 1975/76; this contrasts with your claim that the earlier figure “slightly increased with the age.” The statement that women’s lowest rates were in both the youngest and oldest groups is also inaccurate for 1975/76, when the youngest group was about 20%, not the second-lowest after the oldest. Select and compare the main age-group trends more accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, an overview and separate paragraphs for men and women. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression is uneven: the men’s paragraph moves through age groups without clearly distinguishing the two years, and the women’s paragraph ends after “The percentage was around,” leaving the comparison unfinished. Linking phrases such as “Finally” and “On the contrary” help signal relationships, but the latter does not clearly introduce the relevant contrast, and the overview repeats broad points rather than organising the key trends. Grouping the data by age pattern or by year, and completing each comparison, would make the report more coherent.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of chart-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “climbed” and “age bracket,” and the main topic remains understandable. Some word choices and collocations are imprecise, however: “the number of people” is not the right description for percentages, “increasing trend of having driving licences” is awkward, and “women had their lower percentage” is unnatural. There is also a spelling error in “slighly.” Aim for precise, natural expressions such as “the proportion of licence holders,” “the rate rose,” and “the lowest percentages were recorded.” Using these consistently would improve clarity and control while retaining the useful range already attempted.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use both simple and more developed sentence forms, including the comparison “Men had higher percentage than women” and the longer sentence beginning “This figure then climbed…”. Most of the meaning can be followed, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “Men had higher percentage” needs an article, and “Men with age group 17-20… had the same proportion” has an unclear sentence structure. In “women had their lower percentage,” the possessive construction is also not formed naturally. The final sentence is incomplete, which prevents the intended comparison from being expressed. Practise clear subject–verb structures and complete sentences, while checking articles and comparative forms.

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