Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-11-13

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 table display the number of three degree of injury outcome from gun and knife crime in Great Britain during 1998 to 2007 and total the total proportion for death, serious injury and normal injury in 9 years.

overall, highest reported normal injury over the period due to gun and knife crime while, fatal cases reported least over the period and serious injury was moderate.

total case reported by gun and knife with degree of injury slight 864 cases in [redacted phone] but it increased dramatically over the period upto 8 years 3912 cases recorded highest among all in [redacted phone] then it decline to 3821 in [redacted phone] with 342% which highest percentage recorded.

however, degree of fatal injury in [redacted phone] is about 49 cases shows falctuted over the period with highest in [redacted phone] with 95 cases and least 18% meanwhile serious injury rose steadily from [redacted phone] before decline 411 and rose upto 472 in 2006-2

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad pattern that slight injuries were the most numerous and fatal injuries the least, and you include several figures, such as 49 fatal cases at the start and a peak of 95 in 2001–02. However, the response only partially covers the table: the overview is brief, and the account of serious injuries is incomplete. There are also important data errors: 864 is the total for 1998–99, not the number of slight injuries; 3,912 is the total in 2004–05, not a slight-injury figure; and the final serious-injury value is 476, not 472. The response is 146 words, four short of the 150-word minimum; eight words copied from the prompt were excluded. Report the categories and totals accurately and complete the comparison.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure: an opening, an overview, and paragraphs describing the figures. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is organised. However, progression is limited because several categories and years are compressed into long, unclear sentences, particularly the sentence beginning “total case reported” and the final sentence about fatal and serious injuries. Linking words such as “overall” and “however” are attempted, but the latter does not clearly signal the relationship between the information that follows. The response also ends abruptly at “2006-2,” leaving the final comparison unfinished. Use separate, logically ordered sentences for the overall trend, slight injuries, and the other categories, with clear references to the relevant years.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary, including “fatal,” “serious injury,” “rose steadily,” and “decline,” so the reader can recognise the topic and some trends. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the data difficult to interpret. For example, “normal injury” is not an appropriate label for slight injuries, and “total proportion” confuses counts with percentages. “Fluctuated” is relevant to the fatal figures, but the spelling “falctuted” reduces clarity; “342% which highest percentage” is also awkwardly expressed. Use the table’s category labels consistently and distinguish “number,” “total,” and “percentage increase.” More precise trend language, such as “reached a peak” and “fell slightly,” would make comparisons clearer.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to combine information in longer sentences, but the range of sentence structures is limited and complex sentences are often faulty. The opening has agreement and article problems (“The table display” and “three degree”), while “while fatal cases reported least” lacks a clear grammatical subject and verb construction. Tense and clause structure are also inconsistent in “in 1998-1999 is about 49 cases shows falctuted,” making the relationship between the starting figure and the trend hard to follow. The final sentence is incomplete, ending with “2006-2.” These errors recur and sometimes impede understanding. Practise accurate simple comparisons first, then connect them with controlled clauses, checking subject–verb agreement, articles, and complete sentence endings.

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