Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-11-05

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 compare the proportions of exports from various EU countries to India and China in 2000 and 2011.

Overall, Germany was the top exporter throughout the period and it became the largest among all of the countries in 2011. Australia was the least trader throughout the period, either it is India or China. The exportations of goods in Spain and Sweden remained almost same.

With respect to India, in 2000, United Kingdom was the greatest trader accounted for 29% Which was declined in 2011 to 13%. There was a gradual increase in the proportion of exportation Germany as it stood at 15% in 2000 and 25 in 2011 following with the Belgium whose percentage fall to 20% from 25% within the year. The percentages of the countries like Australia, Sweden, Spain and some others fluctuated between 1 to 2 percentage in a year.

Following the exports to china, Germany was also the dominant country accounted for 38% in 2000 that steadily rose to 48% in 2011. The proportion of Finland fell from 6% to 2% within a year following with United Kingdom whose proportion declined to 7% which stood at 9% in 2000. France also experienced a sudden decline of 3% in a year. There were also ups and downs in the exportations of the other counties like Spain, Sweden and Netherland.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You provide a clear introduction and an overview identifying Germany’s growing importance, and you support the account with several relevant figures, including the UK’s fall in India and Germany’s rise in China. However, the overview contains a major factual error: Austria, not “Australia,” was the smallest exporter, and it was not consistently the least in every market and year. The claim that Spain and Sweden “remained almost same” is also too broad, as their shares changed in China. Some comparisons are omitted or unclear, and the India paragraph misreports the small-country figures as fluctuating between 1% and 2%, although several were higher. More accurate selection and clearer coverage of the main changes would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for India and China. This makes the two destinations easy to follow, and phrases such as “With respect to India” and “Following the exports to China” signal the shift in focus. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes weakened by unclear links, particularly “following with the Belgium” and “following with United Kingdom.” The final sentence groups several countries together without explaining their individual changes, so the comparison is not fully developed. Use more precise transitions and organise each paragraph around the largest changes before adding smaller details; this would make the cohesion less mechanical and the comparisons easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related terms, including “proportions,” “dominant,” “declined,” and “rose,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “greatest trader,” “exportations,” “least trader,” and “ups and downs in the exportations” do not describe the chart figures precisely. “Australia” is also used instead of “Austria,” changing the country name, while “counties” is a spelling error for “countries.” Repeated use of “proportion” and “percentage” limits flexibility. Choose standard chart language such as “share of exports,” “accounted for,” and “smallest share,” and check country names and spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons with “as” and clauses introduced by “which.” However, errors are frequent enough to make some sentences awkward or difficult to interpret. For example, “United Kingdom was the greatest trader accounted for 29% Which was declined” lacks an appropriate clause structure and has an incorrect passive form; “Germany was also the dominant country accounted for 38%” has the same structural problem. There are also missing articles and inconsistent sentence punctuation, such as the capitalised “Which” mid-sentence. Practise forming accurate comparison sentences with a clear subject and verb—for example, “The UK’s share fell from 29% to 13%”—before attempting longer structures.

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