Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-24

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 graph illustrates the perceived danger and actual possibilities of being a prey of crime.

Overall, there are three distinct categories of crime: burglary, car crime, violent crime. The perceived car crime shows a siginificant increase throughtout the period. While likelihood of actual crime in burglary and violent crime remained unchanged.

In 2009, the perceived burglary crime was more than perceived actual in 2010, 15% and 12% respectively. The number of actual crime in both years was approximately 3%. In 2009, the percieved danger of car crime was above 20%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the chart’s three crime categories and make an attempt at an overview, but the response reports only a small part of the information and does not adequately summarise the main comparisons. The overview says perceived car crime increased, whereas the chart shows perceived figures fell from 2009/10 to 2010/11 for all three categories. The statement that actual burglary and violent crime remained unchanged is also inaccurate: both rise slightly. Your comparison of perceived burglary in 2009 with actual burglary in 2010/11 mixes different series and years. The response is also 59 words below the required minimum. To improve, give a clear overview of the broad pattern, then compare both years and perceived versus actual figures accurately, using selected data.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic sequence: an introduction, an overview, and then a few details. The opening sentence makes the subject clear, and “Overall” signals an attempt to summarise the main picture. However, the progression is limited because the final paragraph gives only isolated figures and stops before covering the chart’s other key comparisons. The sentence beginning “While likelihood…” is a fragment, and the link between the burglary comparison and the following actual-crime statement is not sufficiently clear. Organise the report into a concise overview followed by a paragraph comparing perceived and actual figures across the categories. Use linking expressions to show contrasts and changes, rather than presenting disconnected observations.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “perceived,” “actual,” “categories,” and “approximately,” so the topic is generally understandable. There is also an attempt to vary wording with “danger” and “likelihood.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for this task: “being a prey of crime” is not idiomatic, and “perceived burglary crime” and “actual crime in both years” are imprecise. Spelling errors such as “siginificant,” “throughtout,” and “percieved” reduce accuracy. Aim for standard report language and precise terms such as “perceived risk,” “actual victimisation rate,” and “the proportion who believed they were at risk.” Proofread carefully, especially for repeated chart terms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

Your response includes some straightforward sentence forms, and the opening sentence is grammatically complete. There is also an attempt to use a contrast structure in “While likelihood of actual crime…,” but this clause is incomplete because it has no main clause. Other issues include missing articles in “the perceived actual” comparison and awkward sentence construction in “The number of actual crime…”. The tense and time references are not consistently expressed, which makes comparisons harder to follow. Use complete sentences and check article use, countable and uncountable nouns, and the structure of clauses beginning with “while.” A wider mix of accurate simple and complex sentences would make the report clearer.

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