Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-23

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 4.0)

The chart illustrates the diffeent age groups of women with cetain level of education devote the average amount of hours on primary acitivites each week during 2009.

Overall, every age groups with the different level of qualification recorded significant number of average hours in leisure & sports. Whereas, hosehold activites were the lowest most time.

Looking into the details,

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the chart’s general subject and attempts an overview, but it does not adequately summarise the data. The claim that leisure and sports recorded substantial hours is broadly supported, yet saying household activities were “the lowest” is inaccurate across the chart: for older women and those with lower education, working hours are lower. No figures or meaningful comparisons are reported, and the response stops before describing the age or education patterns. It is also substantially below the required 150 words, leaving the task minimally addressed. To improve, provide a clear overview of the contrasting trends, then select key figures—for example, leisure rises to 51.7 hours among women aged 75 and over, while work peaks around 27 hours in middle age.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an introductory sentence is followed by an overview, and “Overall” and “Looking into the details” signal stages of the report. However, the final phrase, “Looking into the details,” is left unfinished, so the response has no developed body or logical progression through the chart. The contrast introduced by “Whereas” is also not connected to a complete sentence, making the relationship between the ideas unclear. Build separate paragraphs for the overview and selected comparisons, and use linking expressions to show how age-group and education figures relate. Complete each sentence and ensure the report progresses from the main patterns to supporting details.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a few relevant terms, including “age groups,” “level of education,” “average hours,” and “leisure & sports,” so the topic is recognisable. However, the range is very limited and several spelling errors—“diffeent,” “cetain,” “acitivites,” and “hosehold”—reduce accuracy and polish. Some phrasing is also unnatural, such as “recorded significant number of average hours” and “the lowest most time”; these expressions do not clearly describe the chart. Use precise chart language such as “spent,” “accounted for,” “highest,” and “lowest,” and check spelling carefully. More varied vocabulary for trends and comparisons would help convey the data accurately without relying on repeated general terms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts more than one sentence type, but grammatical control is inconsistent. In the opening, “The chart illustrates the different age groups of women with certain level of education devote…” lacks a clear grammatical structure; a construction such as “The chart shows how many hours women in different age and education groups devoted…” would be clearer. “Every age groups” has an agreement error, and “Whereas household activities were…” is a dependent clause presented as a sentence fragment. The unfinished “Looking into the details,” also leaves the sentence incomplete. Use complete subject–verb structures, check singular and plural agreement, and connect contrast clauses to a main clause. A wider range of accurate sentence patterns is needed to explain comparisons.

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