Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table shows the number of fatal, serious and slight injuries resulting from gun and knife crime in Great Britain from 1998 to 2007 and the percentage increase for each degree of injury over the period.

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

Great Britain - Gun and Knife Crime statistics - 1998-2007

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The given table illustrates the number of fatal, serious and slight injuries resulting from gun and knife crime in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007 and the proportion extened for each degree of injury over the timeframes.

Overall, three injuries are shown in the table, while fatal injuries is increase over the period. In addition, the serious injuries are higher injuries than the fatal and slight injuries is increased both of the injuries, but least common injuries in fatal.

In the table, the first injury is fatal and higher is 95 with the timeframe of 2001 to 2002and lower injuries is 49 in the period of 1998 to 1999, in contrast the serious injurie is second physical harm and it's peak injurie is 476 in the period of 2005 to 2006 and the lower physical harm is with the timeframe of 1998 to 1999.

Then the other physical harm is slight and it's peak value is 3296 and lower value is 653 in the period of 1998 to 1999 and the last feature is total and starting from 864 to 3821 in the period of 2004 and 2005.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the subject and report several relevant figures, including the fatal-injury peak of 95 in 2001–02, the serious-injury peak of 476 in 2005–06, and the slight-injury low of 653 in 1998–99. However, the overview is unclear and includes inaccurate comparisons: serious injuries were not higher than slight injuries, which were the largest category, and fatal injuries did not rise steadily. The table’s main pattern is a substantial increase in total injuries through 2004–05, followed by a small decline, while fatal figures fluctuated. Some details are also misreported: 3,296 is not the slight-injury peak (3,424 in 2004–05 is), and the total rose from 864 to 3,912 by 2004–05, then fell to 3,821. Select and summarise these key trends more accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure: an introduction, an attempted overview, and paragraphs describing injury categories. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is organised. However, the progression is not consistently clear, and the categories are listed one by one without a strong comparison of the main trends. Linking phrases such as “In addition,” “In contrast,” and “Then” are used, but some do not express the relationship between the ideas accurately. The overview also combines several claims in a confusing sentence, making the main message difficult to identify. Grouping the figures into an overview of overall trends followed by focused comparisons would improve the logical flow and cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “fatal,” “serious,” “slight,” “peak,” and “value,” and the reader can generally identify which categories you mean. However, the range is limited and several phrases are repetitive or unnatural, such as “physical harm,” “higher injuries,” and “least common injuries in fatal.” There are also word-form and spelling problems, including “extened” and “injurie,” which reduce precision. Aim to use standard statistical language consistently, for example “number of injuries,” “highest figure,” “lowest figure,” and “accounted for.” More accurate collocations would make the comparisons clearer and help avoid repeating “injury” in awkward constructions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, and the response includes time references and comparisons. However, complex sentences are often difficult to follow because of frequent errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “fatal injuries is increase” should be “fatal injuries increased,” while “the serious injuries are higher injuries” does not form a clear grammatical comparison. The sentence beginning “In the table, the first injury is fatal” also runs several ideas together, and “2001 to 2002and” shows missing spacing and punctuation. Use shorter, complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check singular/plural agreement and past-tense forms when describing the historical data.

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