Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-14

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 4.0)

The Pie chart illustrates that INDIA and CHINA got exported items from EUROPE in between 2000 and 2011.

Overall, UNITED KINGDOM and BELGIUM are most demanded factors from India, while others are least noticeable. In contrast Germany had the highest demanded country at the end of the year.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the broad subject and gives a brief overview: the UK and Belgium are prominent in exports to India, while Germany leads for China. However, it does not summarise the charts sufficiently: there are no figures, no comparison between 2000 and 2011, and almost none of the changes across the two destinations are reported. The claim that the UK and Belgium are the “most demanded” for India is also imprecise, since the UK led in 2000 but Germany was the largest share in 2011. The response is substantially below the required 150 words, leaving the task only minimally addressed. To improve, include a clear overview and select key figures and changes for both countries and both years.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The two sentences have a basic, understandable order: the first introduces the charts and the second attempts an overall comparison. This gives the response a simple beginning-to-overview structure. However, there is too little development to show a clear progression through the information, and the comparison is compressed into a single sentence. The contrast marker “In contrast” is relevant, but the relationship between the claims is not fully clear, particularly because the first sentence groups the UK and Belgium together while the next shifts to Germany. Organise the response into an introduction, an overview, and detail paragraphs comparing India and China across the years, using clear references such as “in 2000” and “by 2011”.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some task-related vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “exported,” “Overall,” and “In contrast,” so the topic is recognisable. However, the range is very limited, and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing chart data. “Got exported items” is not an appropriate collocation, while “most demanded factors” confuses countries’ shares of exports with demand. “Least noticeable” is also vague and does not identify the smallest shares. Use precise chart language such as “accounted for,” “share,” “largest proportion,” and “declined/increased.” Avoid unnecessary capitalisation of “INDIA,” “CHINA,” and “EUROPE”; standard sentence case is more appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Both sentences are understandable, and the response attempts a compound structure with “while” and a contrastive sentence beginning “In contrast.” However, the grammatical range is narrow, with no developed comparisons or varied sentence patterns. There are also errors in sentence construction: “The Pie chart illustrates that INDIA and CHINA got exported items from EUROPE” uses an awkward clause structure, and “Germany had the highest demanded country” lacks a grammatical relationship between “highest” and “country.” The time phrase “at the end of the year” is also unclear for data comparing two separate years. Practise accurate comparative structures, for example, “Germany’s share rose from 38% in 2000 to 48% in 2011,” and check articles, modifiers, and tense.

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