Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-06
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)
Table shows that crime result from gun and knife which cause fatal, serious and slightly injuries among the people between 1998 and 2007.
Numbers of victims from gun and knife have gradually increase from 1998 to 2007. Slight injuries cases rapidly increases during 1998 to 2007, while fatal cases gradually increase but in the between 2005 to 2007 they decline and buttom out with 58 cases.
Serious and slight injuries cases both increase over the period 1998 to 2007. Highest number of serios cases was in between [redacted phone], while slight injuries cases peak in between [redacted phone] and button out in 3296 cases in [redacted phone]. Serious cases and slight injuries data not available in between [redacted phone] there previous data already high.
Percentage of these data shows that highest percentage over the period of 1998 to 2007 is in slight injuries cases. Serious cases are also not leess and record percentage increase of 194 while lowest percentage is in fata cases.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the task only partially, presenting an attempt to summarise the data from the table, but the selection of main features is disjointed. Some information is misreported or mechanically lifted from the source without clear contextual understanding, such as referring to 'button out' and misinterpreting data availability notes. The overview is weak and lacks a clear, cohesive summary of the primary trends shown across the ten-year period. To move up, the response needs to more accurately and fully select, report, and compare the key trends and figures, ensuring the overview highlights the overall direction of the data clearly.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some basic organisation in the response, but it lacks a clear overall progression. Paragraphing is fragmented, and sentences often follow one another without adequate logical links or transitions. Cohesive devices are either missing, inadequate, or mechanical, which makes the progression jumpy and sometimes difficult to follow. For instance, moving between injury types and years lacks smooth signposting. To achieve a higher band, the writer must ensure ideas are logically sequenced with clear transitions between sentences and paragraphs, establishing a more coherent and easy-to-follow narrative throughout the report.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary range is limited and minimally adequate for the task. The writer attempts some topic-specific terms like 'fatal', 'serious', and 'slight injuries', but struggles with accurate word choice and word formation, leading to noticeable errors such as 'crime result', 'slightly injuries', 'serios', and 'fata cases'. These lexical slips sometimes cause strain and confusion for the reader. To improve, the writer should build a stronger repertoire of academic vocabulary, focus on correct word forms and parts of speech, and practice precise collocations for describing data trends accurately.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response demonstrates a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple or faulty complex attempts. There are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation that can cause difficulty for the reader, including missing articles ('Table shows', 'Percentage of these data'), incorrect verb forms ('have gradually increase', 'cases rapidly increases'), and subject-verb agreement issues. To progress, the writer needs to increase control over basic grammatical structures, ensure consistent tense usage when reporting past data, and reduce errors in plurals, prepositions, and clause formation.
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