Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-09-17

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar chart below shows the average number of hours that women in various age groups and women with varying levels of education spend on primary activities each week.

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

Average hours per week women spent in selected primary activities, by age and educational attainment, 2009

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The bar chart display the average amount of hours that women in different age groups and levels of education spare on main activities every week in year of 2009.

overall, among the three activities women at the age of 75 an above prefer leisure and sports the most, while working and work related activities are least considered, whereas women with less then a highschool diploma also top in leisure and sports and being lowest in working and work related activities.

The women with leisure and sports as a choice of activity shows highets at the age of 75 and above with 51.7 hours a week, though this stats decline furture till the age of 35 to 44 at 27.4 hours per week, which climbes to 36.8 hours a week at the age of 15 t

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the task by summarizing some information from the bar chart, such as identifying extremes like leisure and sports for those aged 75 and above. However, the response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 150 words, stopping abruptly at 135 words mid-sentence. Furthermore, the overview is overly wordy and blends details that should belong in the body paragraphs, and the coverage of the data categories remains incomplete. Because the task is truncated and fails to fully report the main features and comparisons, it falls into Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay attempts a logical structure by starting with an introduction and an overall statement, followed by the beginning of body paragraphs. However, because the text cuts off mid-sentence ('at the age of 15 t'), the overall progression is incomplete and unresolved. Cohesive devices like 'overall' and 'whereas' are attempted, but referencing and paragraphing are disrupted by the abrupt ending. While there is some organizational awareness, the severe truncation prevents a higher score, placing it at a Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses a sufficient range of vocabulary adequate for the task, incorporating topic-related terms like 'leisure and sports', 'working and work related activities', and 'educational attainment'. However, there are numerous lexical and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'display' instead of 'displays', 'spare' instead of 'spend', 'highets' instead of 'highest', 'stats' instead of 'stats/statistics', 'furture' instead of 'further', and 'climbes' instead of 'climbs'. These errors indicate limited control over word choice and spelling, justifying a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts some complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is quite low. There are frequent basic errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('The bar chart display...'), incorrect prepositions ('at the age of 75 an above' and 'in year of 2009'), and spelling/word formation errors. The text also ends abruptly in an incomplete sentence structure. Although simple sentences are generally understandable, the frequency of errors and the lack of a finished response restrict the score to a Band 5.0.

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