Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-14

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 4.0)

overall, the country export grew in four out of the five categories, with petroleum products and engineered goods the divers both years.

while, textiles recorded the lowest value . tyhe most rate growth over the period gemsan jewellery was the only category too see a decline.

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AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

You identify a broad pattern—that four categories rose and gems and jewellery fell—and note that petroleum products and engineered goods had the highest export values. These are relevant features, but the response is only a fragment and does not adequately summarise the chart and table. The claim that textiles had the lowest value is inaccurate: textiles were lowest in 2015, but agricultural products were lowest in 2016, while textiles rose to about $31 billion. You also describe textiles as having the “most rate growth,” although the table shows this category had the largest percentage increase, at 15.24%. The response is 48 words, below the required 150. Include a clear overview and support it with accurate comparisons and key figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is a basic attempt to group the main trends, beginning with “overall” and then mentioning the decline in gems and jewellery. However, the ideas do not form a complete or clearly progressing summary: the response stops at “the export” and provides no developed comparison or concluding information. The opening sentence also combines several points without explaining how they relate, and “while” does not introduce a complete contrasting clause. Use separate, complete paragraphs for an overview and the key details, and connect comparisons explicitly—for example, contrast the rise in textiles with the fall in gems and jewellery. This would make the organisation easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “export,” “categories,” “value,” “growth,” and “decline,” and the contrast between growth and decline is appropriate for describing data. However, several choices are inaccurate or unclear: “the divers” does not express that these categories were the leading earners, and “most rate growth” is not a natural way to describe the largest percentage increase. Spelling and word-form slips such as “tyhe” and “gemsan” also reduce clarity. Aim for precise chart language such as “highest export earnings,” “percentage increase,” and “fell slightly.” Check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response shows an attempt to use more than one sentence pattern, including a contrast introduced by “while,” but control is inconsistent. In “the country export grew,” the singular subject needs an appropriate article and possessive form; “with petroleum products and engineered goods the divers” also lacks a clear grammatical construction. The clause beginning “while” is incomplete, and the final words, “the export,” form a sentence fragment. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, including the lower-case sentence openings and the space before the full stop after “value.” Build complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and proofread sentence boundaries and punctuation.

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