Band 5.5 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 5.5)

The following chart illustrates the average hours that diierent age groups women spent on different level of education and spend on primary activities per week in 2009. The grapth contains Age and educational attainment.

Overall, the graph shows that, they spend most of its time leisure and sports followed by the working and work realted activities and spend less time in household activities.

In age section, they spend most of its in leisure and sports it is at the peek for 75 and over, which is 51.7 percent per week and spend less time on working 1.3 percent only, followed by the age group of 65 to 75 which is 44.0 percent. The age group of 25 to 34 spend much time in working which is 27 percent. Furthermore, the age group of 15 to 19 spend less time overall in household activities which is only 6.0 percent.

In education sector, less than a high school diplome spend most of its time on leisure and sports and contains a ratio of 43.1 percent and spend less time in working overall. The bachelor degree and higher also spend most of the time in leisure 28.6 percent but approximately spend same time in working 27.4 percent.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s two groupings and give a relevant overall summary: leisure is generally the largest activity, while household activities are usually the smallest. Several selected figures are accurate, including 51.7 hours of leisure for women aged 75 and over and 27.4 hours of work for those with a bachelor’s degree or higher. However, the overview is too broad and the report covers only a few comparisons. It also misstates the ranking of activities: work is not consistently second, since household activities exceed work for some age and education groups. Calling the figures “percent” is inaccurate; they represent hours per week. To strengthen the response, compare the main trends across both groupings and report more accurately how work and household time vary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to separate paragraphs on age and educational attainment. This makes the two chart sections easy to locate, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Furthermore,” and “In education sector” help signal progression. However, the comparisons within each paragraph are not consistently organised, and some sentences combine several points without making their relationship clear. For example, the age paragraph moves from leisure among older women to work among 25–34-year-olds and then household activities among teenagers, without a clear pattern of comparison. The repeated “spend” also makes the flow mechanical. Grouping figures by activity or by a clear trend would create more logical progression and clearer connections.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “average hours,” “age group,” “educational attainment,” and “household activities,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “spend most of its time,” “at the peek,” and “contains a ratio.” Repetition of “spend” and “time” also reduces precision. There are noticeable spelling errors, including “diierent,” “grapth,” “realted,” and “diplome,” which detract from the report’s clarity and accuracy. Use standard terms such as “hours per week” rather than “percent,” and practise precise reporting verbs and comparison phrases to describe the data more naturally.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, and the reader can usually understand the main points. However, control is inconsistent, particularly when clauses are joined. For example, “Overall, the graph shows that, they spend…” has an unnecessary comma and an unclear pronoun, while “The age group of 25 to 34 spend” has a subject–verb agreement error. Several sentences omit or misuse articles and grammatical forms, as in “bachelor degree and higher also spend most of the time in leisure.” The repeated pattern of subject plus “spend” also limits structural variety. Build accuracy first with clear comparative sentences, checking agreement and articles, then add subordinate clauses only where they make the relationship between figures clearer.

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