Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The pie charts below show exports from various EU countries to India and China in 2000 and 2011.

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

EU Exports of Goods to India and China in 2000 and 2011

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The pie charts illustrates the proprotion of Eu experts of gouods in India and China between 2000 and 2011.

Overall, It's clear that Germany was consistently the highest share in export in the two countries conversly,Austria regarded as the lowest one throughout the period,similar proprotion with spain .

In 2000,United kingdom increased substantially to roughly 29% and became the largest one , while in 2011 Belgium and Germany regusted a substantial rise of 20%and 25% ,returning back to China in 2000 some countries remained stable exept athor countries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response identifies a broad comparison between the destinations and attempts an overview, noting Germany’s importance and changes in the shares. However, the overview is inaccurate: Germany was not the largest exporter to India in 2000, and Austria was not consistently the smallest share; for example, Finland, Spain and Sweden also had very low figures. The body gives only a few figures and misreports the trend, saying the UK “increased” to 29% when it fell from 29% to 13%. It also does not clearly compare both years across India and China or report the major China pattern, where Germany rose from 38% to 48%. The response is below the required 150 words, leaving the task minimally addressed and key information undeveloped.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response with an opening sentence, an overview beginning “Overall,” and a final paragraph about figures. This gives the reader some sense of the intended structure. However, the progression is difficult to follow, especially in the final sentence: “returning back to China in 2000 some countries remained stable exept athor countries” does not make the comparison clear. Connections such as “conversly” and “while” are attempted, but they do not reliably show the relationships between the data. Separate the overview from clearly organised comparisons of India and China, and use accurate linking phrases to guide the reader through changes between 2000 and 2011.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response attempts some task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “share,” “export,” “substantially” and “stable.” These choices show an effort to describe data rather than rely entirely on everyday language. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make the meaning harder to understand: “proprotion,” “experts,” “gouods,” “regusted” and “athor.” Phrases such as “highest share in export” and “the lowest one” are also imprecise or unnatural for describing chart categories. Use accurate terms such as “share of exports,” “accounted for,” and “the smallest proportion,” and check spelling carefully. More precise vocabulary would help distinguish increases, decreases and unchanged figures.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response includes a few attempts at complex sentences, for example, “Overall, it’s clear that Germany was consistently the highest share … conversly, Austria regarded as the lowest one.” However, sentence structures are limited, and frequent errors affect clarity. The opening has subject–verb disagreement (“charts illustrates”), while “Austria regarded” is missing a verb such as “was.” Punctuation and spacing are also problematic, with commas joined directly to following words and several clauses run together. The final sentence lacks a clear grammatical structure, making its meaning difficult to recover. Practise writing short, complete comparison sentences first, then combine them using accurate clauses and punctuation; check agreement, verb forms and sentence boundaries.

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