Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-17
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The charts below show the number of French adults whose parents spoke a French regional language to them when they were children and the number who speak a French regional language to their own children.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.
Number of adults (in thousands) whose parents spoke a regional language to them in childhood
Student answer (Band 5.0)
The two bar graphs, depicit the proportion of french people using french language occasionally or habitually with their parents in their own childhood and even with their next generation.
Overall, it is evident that Alsatian have most links with regional language in both the generations. Whereas, Corsican favour french least as a means of communication.
Primilary, both Alsatian and Occitan parents approximately equally favoured the usage of french language on daily basis. However, more then 1 million Occitan parents spoken the language
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 150 words, coming in at only 82 words, which severely restricts the development of the task. While the student attempts an overview and mentions some data points (such as Alsatian and Occitan), the description is incomplete and abruptly cuts off mid-sentence ('more then 1 million Occitan parents spoken the language'). Because the response is significantly under-length and incomplete, it cannot fully address all parts of the prompt, resulting in a low band score.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text is organized into short paragraphs and attempts an overall statement ('Overall, it is evident that...'). However, due to the extreme brevity of the text, cohesive devices are minimal, and the logical progression breaks down entirely as the writing halts abruptly in the third paragraph ('Primilary, both Alsatian...'). Paragraphing is initiated but not sustained effectively across a complete response.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses some task-relevant vocabulary such as 'proportion', 'regional language', and 'habitually'. However, there are noticeable lexical and spelling errors, such as 'depicit' instead of 'depict', 'french' with a lowercase letter, and 'Primilary' instead of 'Primarily'. The limited volume of text restricts the range of vocabulary displayed, resulting in a constrained lexical score.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The text demonstrates an attempt at complex structures, such as in the introductory sentence. However, control is inconsistent, and there are glaring grammatical errors, such as 'Alsatian have most links' (subject-verb agreement and article usage), 'Corsican favour french least', and the incomplete, grammatically flawed final sentence ('more then 1 million Occitan parents spoken the language'). Punctuation and spelling errors also detract from the overall quality.
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