Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-09

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 bar chart illustrates the export earnings of a country in numerous categories between 2015 and 2016. These exports categories include engine goods, gems and jewellery, taxtiles, agricultural and petroleum products.

Overall, Taxtiles exports show remarkable rise of about 15% during [redacted phone]. However, the proportions of petroleum products and engine goods has also been increased by 3% and 8.5%. Agricultural prducts share minor shares of about 0.81%. Gems and jewellery related products has show noticeable decline in proportion which is about 5.18%.

In 2015, petroleum products and engine goods show almost equal distribution. Gems and jewellery show moderate shares of earnings. Whereas taxtiles show least proportion and agricultural products show almost equal percentage as in 2016.

In 2016, petroleum products and engines goods show quite high earnings as comapred to 2015. Gems and jewellery distributed low percentage as compared to 2015. While taxtiles show a remarkable percentage in 2016 as compared to 2015.

Overall, every product show increase in export earnings, except gems and jewellery. While taxtiles indicates significant rise respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main categories and note the broad pattern that most export values rose while gems and jewellery fell. The overview also highlights textiles as the strongest increase, which is a relevant feature. However, several comparisons are vague or inaccurate: the chart shows petroleum and engineered goods at about $61bn and $57bn in 2015, rising to $63bn and $62bn, rather than simply having “almost equal distribution.” The statement that agricultural products had “almost equal percentage” in both years misses that their value was approximately $31bn in each year, despite the table reporting a small percentage change. The response also focuses heavily on percentage changes without clearly reporting the export values. Select key figures and explain the largest and smallest earnings more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has separate introductory, overview and year-by-year paragraphs, so there is some attempt to organise the information. However, progression is weak: the overview is repeated in the final paragraph, and the two year-specific paragraphs mostly restate general comparisons rather than developing a clear sequence of data. Connectors such as “However,” “Whereas,” and “While” are sometimes used awkwardly or leave relationships unclear. For example, “Whereas textiles show least proportion and agricultural products show almost equal percentage” does not clearly link the two comparisons. Group the categories by trend, use a concise overview once, and then compare the relevant values in a logical order with clear referencing.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “export earnings,” “decline,” “proportion,” and “remarkable rise,” and the reader can generally identify the categories being discussed. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which makes parts of the report unclear. “Engine goods” is not the chart’s category name, and “distributed low percentage” does not naturally describe export earnings. There are also repeated spelling errors, including “taxtiles,” “prducts,” and “comapred.” Use the exact category labels and prefer precise reporting language such as “value,” “accounted for,” and “rose by.” Proofreading spelling would also improve clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including contrasts introduced by “However” and “Whereas.” Nevertheless, errors occur frequently in verb agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “the proportions … has also been increased” has an agreement problem, while “Gems and jewellery related products has show” combines an incorrect verb form with faulty agreement. “Overall, every product show increase” also needs a correctly formed verb and article. Some clauses beginning with “Whereas” or “While” are not integrated into complete, clear sentences. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and past-tense reporting, and build comparisons as complete sentences before adding more complex structures.

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