Band 6.0 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 6.0)

As far as this graphic description is concerned, the given table graph shows information about harmful, critical and minor injuries resulted from gun and knife crime in Great Britain from 1998 to 2007 and their respective percentage increase over the period.

Overall, the slight injuries showed the highest percentage increase whereas fatal injuries showed the lowest percentage increase. Slight injuries encountered many victims from the start of the period and these numbers increased significantly over the time.

Fatal injuries experienced low cases in the start of the period whereas these numbers increased slightly till [redacted phone]. After that period, the number of cases faced an incline and decline till the end of period resulting in only 18% of increase over the period. The cases of serious injuries increased marginally over the time starting from 162 number of cases to 476 in the end with a total of 194% of increase.

The number of slight injuries cases increased significantly from 653 cases to 3296 at the end of period resulting in 405% of increase which was the highest increase among all the categories. The total number of cases increased substantially over the period starting from 864 to 3821 till the end of the period with a percentage increase of 342%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main overall patterns: slight injuries had the largest percentage rise (405%), while fatal injuries had the smallest (18%). You also report several key figures accurately, including the starting and ending counts for serious and slight injuries and the total rising from 864 to 3,821 by 2005–06. This covers the task well, with a clear overview and relevant comparisons. However, some details are less fully developed: the fatal-injury account says the figures rose and fell but does not give the peak of 95 in 2001–02 or clarify the later fluctuations. Also, the table has no serious, slight or total figures for 2006–07, so “at the end” should be specified as 2005–06. The overview and selection are strong, but more precise time references would improve completeness.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate discussion of fatal, serious, slight and total injuries. This makes the main comparisons easy to locate, and phrases such as “Overall” and “After that period” help signal progression. However, the linking is sometimes mechanical, with repeated use of “over the period” and “resulting in,” and the fatal-injury paragraph’s sequence of “incline and decline” is not sufficiently specific to make the trend easy to follow. Some references are also imprecise: “at the end” could mean 2006–07, although the final available figures for most categories are from 2005–06. Use clearer time markers and vary the links between figures and trends to make the progression more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the data, including “percentage increase,” “cases,” “significantly” and “substantially.” There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “experienced” and “resulting in.” However, several choices are unnatural or imprecise for describing a table: “table graph,” “harmful, critical and minor injuries,” “encountered many victims,” and “faced an incline and decline.” “Marginally” also understates the rise in serious injuries from 162 to 476. These collocation and word-choice issues do not prevent understanding, but they make the report less natural and precise. Prefer standard terms such as “fatal, serious and slight injuries,” and use verbs like “rose,” “fluctuated” and “accounted for” to describe the figures.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mixture of simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses with “whereas,” “after that period” and “resulting in.” Most of the meaning remains clear, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions reduce accuracy. For example, “injuries resulted from gun and knife crime” needs a form such as “injuries resulting from,” while “starting from 162 number of cases” has an incorrect noun construction. In “the number of slight injuries cases,” the noun phrase is not formed correctly, and “till the end of period” is missing an article. There is also inconsistent phrasing around time periods. Check articles, possessive or compound noun forms, and sentence construction; these corrections would make the range you attempt more controlled.

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