Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

below shows the value of one country’s exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The data compare the value of earnings for different five export products of one particular country, measured in percentage, during 2015 and 2016.

Overall, it can be seen that earning value is increased in all the four categories except in gems and jewellery. And textiles experienced the highest growth in export earning in 2016.

The export earning from petroleum products was about 6% billions in 2015 which increased 3% in the next year. The second highest increase can be seen in engineered goods which increased 8.5%, from the below 6% in 2015 to approximately just below 7%. Agricultural products earning increased a very little amount.

Textiles show an incredible change from be

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the broad pattern that most categories rose and that textiles had the strongest growth, which is relevant to the task. However, the report is incomplete and several figures are misread: the chart is in billions of dollars, not percentages, and petroleum earnings were about $61 billion, not “6% billions.” The statement that engineered goods rose “from the below 6%” also confuses values with percentage changes. The overview says four categories increased, but does not clearly distinguish the near-stable agricultural figure from the larger rises. The response also stops mid-sentence (“from be…”) and is 38 words below the required minimum, leaving key comparisons and the textiles figure unreported. Add a complete account of the main values and changes.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt at organisation: an opening statement is followed by an overview and then some category details. The overview’s contrast between general increases and the decline in gems and jewellery gives the reader a starting point. However, progression is limited because the body ends abruptly at “Textiles show an incredible change from be,” and the remaining categories are not fully compared. Some links are awkward or unclear, particularly the sentence beginning “And textiles,” while “The second highest increase” does not clearly distinguish a percentage increase from an earnings value. Use complete paragraphs and organise the details consistently—for example, compare the largest categories first, then the smaller ones, while clearly linking each value to its year.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “export products,” “categories,” “increased,” and “highest growth,” so the topic is generally recognisable. There is also an attempt to vary wording with “experienced” and “approximately.” However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural: “earning value” and “export earning” are repeated, “incredible change” is too informal and vague for a data report, and “a very little amount” is not a natural collocation. “Measured in percentage” also mislabels the chart’s unit. Aim for precise terms such as “export earnings,” “value,” “rose by,” and “remained almost unchanged.” This would make comparisons clearer and reduce the effort needed to interpret the figures.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response includes some simple sentence forms and attempts a more complex comparison, as in “Overall, it can be seen that…,” but control is uneven. Errors include the awkward construction “different five export products,” the missing article in “in the next year,” and the incorrect form “earning value is increased.” The sentence “And textiles experienced…” is not well integrated with the preceding overview, and the final sentence is incomplete, so its grammatical structure cannot be followed. Most sentences communicate a general idea, but these recurring problems and the limited range make some relationships between figures unclear. Practise complete, controlled comparison sentences, such as “Earnings from petroleum products rose from about $61 billion in 2015 to $63 billion in 2016.”

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