Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-23

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graph below shows the perceived danger and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Perceived and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime: by crime type

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The bar chart gives information about an intended danger and the potentials of offenders being exposed to crime.

Overall, Car crime had the most popular percentage of victims who commited offenses in all categories while burglary and violet crimes had a similar trend.

To begin with, car crimes had the highest proportion of percieved offenses in 2009/10 with a percentage of above 20, followed by perceived crimes in 2010/11. The actual number of crimes in 2009/10 and 2010/11 were below 5%.

On the other hand, the percieved percentage for burglary in 2009/10 was slightly above 15 while the percieved crimes in 2010/11 dropped to less than 15%. Furthermore, actual offense in 2009/10 and 2010/11 declined to about 3.5% and less than 3% respectively. By contrast, percieved crimes 2010/11in violet crimes showed a slight increase of above 13% and the actual crimes recorded a similar trend. Basically, burgary and vilot offenses experienced same trend with liitle d

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising the main features of the bar chart, noting that car crime had the highest perceived and actual levels compared to burglary and violent crime. However, the response contains several inaccuracies in data reporting. For instance, the student states that the actual number of crimes in 2009/10 and 2010/11 were below 5%, which is generally true for car crime (4.5%), but misses key details and misinterprets categories. Furthermore, the text cuts off abruptly at the end ('with liitle d'), leaving the response incomplete in its final comparison. The overview is also somewhat confused regarding victims and offenses. Therefore, the task is only partially addressed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response is organised into multiple paragraphs, including an introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. However, logical progression is hindered by confusing phrasing and abrupt shifts in topic. Cohesive devices are attempted (e.g., 'To begin with', 'On the other hand', 'By contrast'), but they are sometimes used mechanically or inaccurately given the data being compared. Paragraphing is present, but the final paragraph is incomplete, breaking off mid-sentence. Overall organisation shows some basic structure, but cohesion is faulty.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for a basic summary, featuring words such as 'proportion', 'percieved', and 'decline'. However, there are notable spelling errors ('percieved' instead of perceived, 'burgary' instead of burglary, 'vilot' instead of violent) and strange word choices or collocations ('potentials of offenders being exposed', 'most popular percentage of victims who commited offenses'). The lexical range is limited and repetition occurs, though basic meaning is usually conveyed despite the errors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control is inconsistent. There are several grammatical errors and awkward constructions, such as 'car crime had the most popular percentage of victims who commited offenses' and 'percieved crimes 2010/11in violet crimes showed a slight increase'. Punctuation and sentence boundaries are generally maintained until the end of the text, where the response cuts off mid-word. Frequent errors in grammar and word form reduce the accuracy of the writing.

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