Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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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 chart compares a survey where women's activities recorded in 2009 by age and educational attainment. Women with different age numbers and educational parameters permormed tasks in there major categories including working & work related activities, leisure & sports and household activities.

The chart demonstrates that Leisure & sports activity is the most popular activity among all the other one's. First of all we are going to discuss about by age activies in which 75 & over aged women are on top in leisure & sports activities with 51.7 hours per week then on second 65 to 74 aged women with 44 hours per week. it goes down by 36.2 in 55 to 64 agd women. Although in aged 45 to 54, 35 to 44 and 25 to 34, the numbers shows 32.2, 27.4 and 28.6 respectively.

Further more in Educational attainment, less than a school diploma showed more interest in leisre & sports with 43.1 hours per week activity then high school graduates ranks on second with 38.9 hours per week. Associate degree holders spent much lower hours with 32.4 and bachelors degree & higher spent 28.6 hours per week.

Secondly, By age working & work related activies stands on second most doing activity. In 45 to 54 aged women they spent much more time among other all with 27.3 hours per week. Then 25 to 34 year women on second with 27 hours per week. Although,, 35 to 44 aged women spent 26.3 hours and others like 20 to 24, 55 to 64 and 15 to 19, the hours are 22.1, 20.9 and 6.9 respectively. On the last 75 to over spent least time with 1.3 hours per week.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify a genuine overall feature: leisure and sports take the most time across both age and education groups, and you give several relevant figures to support this. However, the report is only partial because it omits household activities entirely, despite their clear age-related rise and their comparatively high figures among less-educated women. Some details are also inaccurate: women aged 45–54 worked 27.0 hours, not 27.3, and the age-group leisure figures are described as “going down” without noting the later increase among older groups. Include an overview covering all three activities and compare the main patterns across both sets of categories; this would make the key features clearer and more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure, with an opening, a paragraph on leisure and sports, and a later paragraph on work-related activities. The reader can generally follow the shift from age groups to educational attainment, and phrases such as “First of all” and “Secondly” signal sequencing. However, progression is not consistently clear: the opening paragraph does not establish a concise overview, and the report moves between categories without a complete, balanced plan. Some linking is mechanical or awkward, as in “Although in aged 45 to 54…” and “On the last…”. Group the information into clear comparisons, use transitions that express the actual relationship between figures, and give household activities a logical place in the structure.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “leisure & sports,” “educational attainment,” “hours per week,” and “spent,” so the topic is usually identifiable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or spellings make the report less precise, such as “age numbers,” “educational parameters,” “on top,” and “more interest” for time spent. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “permormed,” “activies,” “leisre,” and “agd.” Prefer neutral, accurate reporting language and check spelling carefully. For example, describe groups as “women aged 75 and over” and say they “recorded the highest figure,” rather than using informal ranking expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentences and comparisons, but the range is limited and complex constructions are often faulty. Examples include “The chart compares a survey where women's activities recorded in 2009,” which lacks a clear grammatical structure, and “Although in aged 45 to 54, 35 to 44 and 25 to 34, the numbers shows…,” where the clause is incomplete and the subject–verb agreement is incorrect. Other problems include “75 & over aged women” and inconsistent sentence punctuation, including the comma sequence “Although,,”. Use straightforward, complete sentences as a foundation, check that each clause has a subject and verb, and maintain consistent past-tense reporting. Then add more varied comparisons once these forms are controlled.

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