Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-09-27

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 illustrates the number of avarage, serious, and mild injuries due to gun and knife violance in Great Britain from 1998 to 2007 and the increase of percentage of injury throughout the time frame.

There are four categories reprasents this graph. Total crime rate increased with the time. The serious and slight violance rates also increased with the time. But the fatal rate has no significant constant increase or decrease.

Firstly, from [redacted phone] to [redacted phone], serious crime rates were increased from 162 to 476, and slight rates increased from 653 to 3296. Furthermore, with the time, the total crima rate was increase from 864 to 3821. But in [redacted phone] period serious and slight crime rates dropped to zero amount.

Additionally, the highest increasement of injuries have seen in slight violance rate while lowest was fetal. According to this table, the serious crime rates shows just 194%, while total crime rate reprasents 342%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response covers parts of the task, such as identifying general trends (total crime rate increasing) and mentioning specific categories (serious and slight injuries). However, there is a major misinterpretation of the data in the third paragraph, where the student claims that 'in 2006-2007 period serious and slight crime rates dropped to zero amount,' whereas the table simply lacked data for that year (marked with dashes). Furthermore, the percentage increases are incorrectly stated or misquoted in places. The overview is also very brief and lacks full development of all key features. This performance aligns with Band 5.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The essay is divided into short paragraphs, attempting an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs. However, the logical progression is hindered by poor referencing and weak transitions. For example, the phrase 'There are four categories reprasents this graph' is ungrammatical and awkward, and the transition 'Firstly' is followed by a confusing mix of data. Cohesive devices are used mechanically ('Furthermore', 'Additionally', 'According to this table'), and paragraphing is underdeveloped, giving the text a disjointed feel. This corresponds to Band 5.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and contains numerous spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'avarage' (average), 'violance' (violence), 'reprasents' (represents), 'crima' (crime), 'increasement' (increase), and 'fetal' instead of fatal. The range is limited and inadequate for a higher band score. The constant recurrence of basic spelling mistakes and inaccurate lexical choices impedes communication at times and restricts the score to Band 4.5, rounded to 4.5 or 5.0. Given the basic attempt, a Band 5 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is consistently poor. There are frequent errors in verb forms and passive/active voice usage, such as 'serious crime rates were increased', 'total crima rate was increase', and 'highest increasement of injuries have seen'. Articles and prepositions are also misused ('throughout the time frame', 'with the time'). These errors are frequent and cause some difficulty for the reader, fitting the Band 5 descriptors.

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