Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-02

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 5.5)

The pie charts demonstrate the exports from multiple European countries to India and China from 2000 to 2011.

Overall, It shows that the Belgium exports more goods to India, whereas, the Germany transports more goods to china.

In first year, Europe has three prominent countries which have highest export to India that includes Belgium (25%), Germany (15%) and United Kingdom (29%). In same year, two more countries who are exporting but at low scale including France (8%) and Itlay (7%). Few countries which transports at very low scale of around less than 5%. Compare to China in same year, Germany is only country who has largest export shares to China of about 38%,13% is exported by France. All other countries stands below 10% for China export.

In second year 2011, a slightly change happens in export to India, Germany takes first rank of about 25% of its export. Belgium has reduced 5% from last rank and still exports by 20%. United Kingdom has dropped its export by half of total from last year. On the other hand, export to china, Germany expands by 10% more in total of 48% and france slightly declined by 10%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by reporting on the exports from EU countries to India and China in 2000 and 2011, and makes some relevant comparisons. However, some areas are under-developed or contain inaccuracies. For instance, the overview contains a factual error stating that Belgium exports more goods to India overall, whereas the United Kingdom had the highest percentage in 2000 (29%). Furthermore, the body paragraphs tend to list individual percentages without fully synthesizing the broader trends or effectively highlighting the most significant features, such as Germany's dominance in China. The ideas are relevant, but the lack of precise data interpretation across the four charts keeps this criterion at the current level.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response demonstrates a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a concluding overview of sorts, though the paragraphing structure is slightly compressed. There is a logical attempt to move between countries and years, but cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or faulty. For instance, transitional phrases like 'In first year' and 'Compare to China in same year' lack natural flow and precision. Additionally, referencing is occasionally unclear, such as the ambiguous pronoun use in sentences like 'In second year 2011, a slightly change happens'. While the text holds together reasonably well, these mechanical cohesive ties and somewhat loose paragraph organization prevent it from reaching a higher level.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, allowing the student to communicate basic data such as percentages and country names. There are attempts to use less common vocabulary and task-specific verbs, such as 'demonstrate', 'transports', and 'declined'. However, there are noticeable word choice, collocation, and word form errors throughout the text, such as writing 'Belgium exports' instead of 'Belgian exports', 'transports at very low scale' instead of 'accounted for a minor proportion', and spelling 'Itlay'. Words like 'expands' and 'slightly change happens' show limited lexical flexibility. These inaccuracies do not entirely impede communication, but they restrict the lexical score to this level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is inconsistent. There are frequent errors in article usage, prepositions, and subject-verb agreement, such as 'In first year, Europe has three prominent countries which have highest export', 'Germany takes first rank of about 25% of its export', and 'a slightly change happens'. Punctuation is also weak, with run-on phrasing and commas separating clauses incorrectly. Although the reader can generally follow the intended meaning, the persistence of these basic structural and grammatical errors means that error-free sentences are insufficiently frequent to achieve a higher band.

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