Band 4.0 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

Great Britain - Gun and Knife Crime statistics - 1998-2007

Student answer (Band 4.0)

The counter illustrate the number of deadly serious and slight wounds resulting from gun and knifee crime in great britain from 1998 to 2007 and the proportion growing for each degree of injury over the period.

Frist i talk about the year the 1998 to 1999 this years rate is low its a total injurs is 864 to the year 2006 to 2007 this is the pack time of injurys of gun and knife total 3821 and the increace of 2005 and 6 and 7 they was increce to 98 to 99 percentage.The fatal in 1998 to 1999 fatal is 49 and serius is 162 and the slight is 653 the total is 864 and 1999 to 2000 is 62 and 2000 and 933 total iis 1195 and the 2000 to 2001 is 72,244,1066,total is 1382 and the 2001 to 2002 is 95,392,1390, total is 1877 and the 2002 to 2003 is 80,[redacted phone] total is 2179 next is 2003 to 2004 is 68,437,1862 the total is 2367.

That is the all data of the tabal and i explane this essyle in the end of the task

Thankyou.

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response4.0
Coherence and Cohesion3.5
Lexical Resource4.5
Grammatical Range and Accuracy4.0
Overall4.0

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the subject and give several figures from the early years, including the 1998–99 total and the fatal, serious and slight counts for that year. However, the response only minimally summarises the table: it has no clear overview of the main trends, and it stops reporting detailed figures after 2003–04, omitting the sharp rise in slight injuries and the overall totals for 2004–05 and 2005–06. The claim that 2006–07 was the peak, with a total of 3,821, misreads the table: that total belongs to 2005–06, while later total data are not provided. The percentage increases are also not accurately explained. Focus on the overall pattern and compare the key categories rather than listing figures year by year.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is a basic attempt to move from an introduction to figures, and the years are presented in chronological order. However, the response is not arranged into clear paragraphs or a logical summary of the table’s main features. The long middle section strings many figures together with repeated “and” and “is,” making comparisons difficult to follow. Phrases such as “Frist i talk about” and “That is the all data” do not guide the reader through the information, and the final sentence does not provide a meaningful conclusion. Group the data into paragraphs—for example, an overview followed by comparisons of injury categories—and use clear links such as “overall,” “by contrast” and “while.”

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, including “fatal,” “serious,” “slight,” “total” and “percentage,” so the reader can recognise the subject. However, the range is basic and often repetitive, and frequent spelling errors make the wording difficult to process: examples include “deadly,” “knifee,” “Frist,” “injurs,” “increace” and “tabal.” Some choices are also inaccurate or unnatural, such as “the proportion growing” for percentage increase and “pack time” for the peak. Use the table’s terms consistently, and learn accurate forms such as “injuries,” “increase” and “percentage.” More precise trend vocabulary, such as “rose,” “reached a peak” and “declined,” would help you describe the data clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The response attempts to communicate information using simple statements and some longer sequences, but grammatical control is very limited. Errors occur frequently in sentence structure, verb forms and agreement, and they sometimes obscure the intended meaning. For example, “this years rate is low its a total injurs is 864” joins several clauses without correct structure, while “they was increce” has faulty agreement and an unclear verb form. The repeated pattern “the total is” also limits sentence variety. Practise writing complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use accurate past-tense forms to describe the figures. Full stops and commas should separate each comparison rather than leaving long strings of numbers.

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