Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-21
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 graph illustrate the value of one country’s exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table represent the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.
Petroleum products had 70 billion dollar earned in 2015 ,after a year it rose by 3% and reached approximately 72%. Engineer goods earned about
65 billion in 2015, after a year it sharply inclined with 8.5% followed by gems and jewellery with 52 billion dollar in 2015 and it declined by 5.18% reached at approximately 49 billion dollar, agriculture products 40 billion dollar in 2015, after a year slightly increased with 0.81% in 2016 , textiles with 35 billion dollar in 2015 after that sharply rose with 15.24% and reached at 41 billion dollar in 2016.
Overall , petroleum products were the largest proportion and textile were smallest proportion in both year . Textiles had highly increased in value, while agricultural products had the smallest inclined where all products value inclined the only one gems and jewellery had decreased .
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising data from both the bar chart and the table regarding export earnings in 2015 and 2016. However, there are significant inaccuracies in data reporting. For instance, the student states that petroleum products earned 70 billion dollars in 2015 and reached 72%, which misinterprets the actual figure (61 billion) and confuses monetary units with percentages. Similarly, the figures cited for engineered goods, gems, and textiles deviate considerably from the source data (e.g., stating textiles started at 35 billion instead of 26 billion). While an overview is attempted in the final paragraph, the widespread misreading of data prevents the response from fully satisfying the requirements of Task Achievement, leading to a Band 5.0 score.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is organised into three distinct paragraphs, including an introduction, a body paragraph containing data points, and a concluding summary. Cohesive devices are used to link clauses and ideas, such as 'after a year', 'followed by', and 'while'. However, the progression within the body paragraph is weak because it crams almost all data into one enormous, run-on sentence separated only by commas ('...engineer goods earned about 65 billion in 2015, after a year it sharply inclined...'). This lack of proper sentence boundaries and structural flow detracts from overall coherence, placing the response firmly at Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, with frequent reliance on simple terms like 'earned', 'increased', and 'decreased'. The student attempts some less common vocabulary items such as 'proportion', 'inclined', and 'sharply rose', but these are often used with lexical inaccuracies or awkward collocations (e.g., 'smallest inclined', 'products value inclined'). Additionally, spelling and word-form errors occur, such as 'illustrate' instead of 'illustrates' and 'represent' instead of 'represents'. These limitations and errors restrict the lexical score to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures. The writing relies heavily on simple sentences and massive run-on compound structures joined incorrectly by commas rather than conjunctions or semicolons (e.g., 'agriculture products 40 billion dollar in 2015, after a year slightly increased with 0.81% in 2016 , textiles with 35 billion dollar in 2015 after that sharply rose...'). There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement ('The graph illustrate', 'The table represent'), missing verbs, and incorrect prepositions. These pervasive structural errors frequently impede communication and cause difficulty for the reader, matching the Band 5.0 descriptors.
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