Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-18

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 6.5)

The table illustrate, the number of casualities resulting from gun and knife crime in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007, categorized by the hardness of the injury (fatal, serious, and slight).

Overall, gun and knife crime injuries experienced as a major increase over the period. This big jump happened because minor injuries increased a lot, while the number of deaths stayed low and stable.

Whereas, minor injuries were the most common and saw the biggest change started at 653 in 1998 and went up to over 3296 by 2006, which was a massive 405% increase. Similarly, serious injuries also went up a lot, from 162 to 476 which is a 194% rise.

On the other hand, deaths were rare and changed the least. The number of deaths started at 49, and went up to its peak at 95 in 2002, and then dropped to 58 in 2007. This was only an 18% increase. Because of the minor injuries, the total number of victims jumping from 864 in the first year to nearly 3821 neat the end.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You provide a clear overview of the main pattern: injuries rose overall, slight injuries drove much of the increase, and fatal cases remained comparatively low. You also select relevant figures, including the starting and ending totals and the peak in fatalities. This addresses the task well, although a few details are over-generalised or imprecise. The table records slight injuries rising from 653 to 3,296 in 2005–06, not “over 3296”; 3,424 is the peak in 2004–05. Also, the 405% increase applies to slight injuries, while 194% applies to serious injuries, but the response reverses these percentages. Clarifying the comparison period and reporting the table’s figures accurately would make the account more fully supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable progression from an introduction and overview to comparisons of slight, serious and fatal injuries, followed by the total. Paragraphing helps the reader follow these categories, and linking expressions such as “Similarly” and “On the other hand” signal relationships. This is a coherent overall arrangement, but some connections are mechanical or unclear. Beginning a paragraph with “Whereas” leaves the comparison incomplete, and “Because of the minor injuries” does not clearly explain the relationship between slight injuries and the total. The final sentence also combines two points without a clear structure. Use complete comparison clauses and make the link between the rise in injuries and the total explicit to strengthen cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main categories and trends, including “fatal,” “serious,” “slight,” “peak,” and “increase.” However, several choices are imprecise or too informal for an academic data summary. “Hardness of the injury” is not a natural way to describe severity, while “big jump,” “a lot,” and “massive” are vague and conversational. “Casualities” is also misspelled, and “deaths” is less precise than “fatal injuries” when describing the table’s category. These choices make the report less controlled even though its general meaning is clear. Prefer accurate, neutral terms and vary verbs such as “rose,” “increased,” and “reached” to describe the figures.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex structures, including the contrast introduced by “Whereas” and the sentence describing the fatal-injury trend. Most of the meaning remains understandable, but some grammatical errors reduce accuracy. The opening should be “The table illustrates the number,” without a comma after “illustrate”; the singular subject also requires “illustrates.” In “injuries experienced as a major increase,” the verb pattern is incomplete, and “the biggest change started at 653” does not form a clear comparison. The final sentence, “the total number of victims jumping,” lacks a finite verb. Work on subject–verb agreement, complete clauses, and verb patterns, while retaining your attempts at complex comparisons.

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