Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-23

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 former bar graph depicts the number of youngster whose guardians spoke a french native anguage to them when they were kids and the latter bar garph illustrates the amount who communicate with french first language to their own children.

Overall, the biggest number of parents spoke occitan language in both habitually and occasionally among other languages. Creole and corsican languages represented the least

Regarding the first graph, around 600 thousand parents spoke an alsatian language in their daily routine. Occitan language constituted more than 600 thousand adults spoke habitually, making it the most popular language. Creole and corsican represented the least popular compared to others. However, the higher number of individuals spoke occitan language in occasionally, which was almost 1million. The same number of adults spoken creole and corsican languages, that was less than 200 thousand people. 400 thousand mother and father spoke breton in specific occasion.

Turning to the second chart, the highest number of children spoke alsatian, which was 400 thousand, while occitan language ranked the second highest number. Whereas, less than 100 adults communicated in breton language. Creole and corsican languages comprised nearby 70 and 90 individuals, respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by describing the two charts regarding French regional languages. However, there are significant factual inaccuracies and misinterpretations of the data. For instance, the student states in the second paragraph that Occitan had the biggest number of parents 'both habitually and occasionally among other languages', but Alsatian actually had a higher figure for habitual speakers (600 thousand vs 620 thousand for Occitan, though close, and Alsatian is higher in the second chart at 400 thousand compared to Occitan's 250 thousand, which the student misreports as Occitan ranking second highest). Furthermore, the data points in the final paragraph for Creole and Corsican ('nearby 70 and 90 individuals') completely ignore the 'in thousands' scale, misreading 80 and 60 thousand as individuals. Due to these data errors and incomplete coverage of key features, the response achieves a Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The essay is divided into an introduction, an overview, and two body paragraphs, showing a basic attempt at paragraphing. However, the logical progression is frequently hindered by awkward transitions and confusing referencing. Phrases like 'The former bar graph' and 'the latter bar garph' are clumsy. Cohesive devices are used mechanically or inaccurately (e.g., 'Whereas, less than 100 adults...'). There are also formatting typos such as 'garph'. While an overall structure is visible, the mechanical cohesion and lack of clear progression between ideas place this criterion at a Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is repetitive and basic, with several lexical errors and misspelling issues. Words like 'youngster', 'guardians', 'kids', and 'amount' are either inappropriate for an academic report or used inaccurately (e.g., 'amount' instead of 'number'). There are spelling mistakes such as 'anguage', 'garph', and awkward phrasing like 'french native anguage' and 'mother and father'. The student attempts some less common vocabulary such as 'habitually' and 'occasionally', but overall control is weak, restricting the score to a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response displays a limited range of sentence structures, with frequent grammatical errors that impede clarity. Examples of errors include subject-verb agreement issues ('adults spoken', 'breton mother and father spoke'), incorrect prepositions ('in occasionally'), and fragment sentences ('Creole and corsican languages represented the least'). Complex sentences are attempted but often faulty or incomplete. Due to the high frequency of basic grammatical errors and limited structural variety, this criterion is awarded a Band 5.0.

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