Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-24

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 chart depicts the information of the number of adults whose guardians spoke french regional language to them in their childhood and the number who speak french regional language to their own children. The data has been calibrated in trhousands.

Overall, the number of adults who spoke occitan occasionally was the maximum. on the other side corsican spoken by adults was least.

Zooming into the details, alsatian and occitan both language spoken by apooximately 600 thousand adults habitually , breton spoken habitually drastically declind by 290 thousand . moreover creole and corsican was spoken habitually by around 100 thousand and 90 thousand . in addition to this, alsatian spoken occasionally dropped by only 220 thousand adults and occitan inclined by 1 million thousand with a slight increase of 400 thousand in breton spoken occasionally. however, creole and corsican spoken occasionally was 110 thousand and 100 thousand respectively.

moving ahead with number of people who speak regional language to their own children , 400 thousand adults who spoke alsatian language to their children then there was 250 thousand adults who spoke occitan to their kids. Also, breton, creole a nd corsican spoken by 100 , 90 and 80 thousand adults to their offsprings respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by describing the charts showing the number of adults whose parents spoke a regional language to them and the number who speak a regional language to their own children. However, there are notable misinterpretations of the data, such as claiming that Breton spoken habitually 'drastically declind by 290 thousand' (which confuses differences between categories with time-series change) and stating that Occitan inclined by '1 million thousand'. The overview is simplistic and focuses on isolated extremes rather than general trends. While the prompt is partially addressed, the misreading of comparative categories as chronological trends prevents the response from achieving a higher band. It satisfies the minimum word count.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response is divided into paragraphs, attempting an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs. However, the logical progression is weak due to disjointed sentence structures and poor paragraph transitions. Cohesive devices are minimal or misused (e.g., 'moving ahead with number of people...'). Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the lack of proper capitalization and punctuation at the beginning of sentences ('Overall, the number...', 'on the other side...', 'alsatian and occitan...') severely disrupts the flow and cohesion of the text.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is generally basic and repetitive, such as 'number', 'adults', 'spoken', and 'language'. There are noticeable spelling and lexical errors, including 'trhousands', 'apooximately', and 'declind'. Collocations are sometimes awkward or inaccurate, as seen in 'occitan inclined by 1 million thousand'. While the student attempts some less common terms related to the prompt, the frequent errors in word formation and spelling cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a limited lexical range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but many sentences contain serious grammatical errors or are incomplete/fragmented (e.g., 'alsatian and occitan both language spoken by apooximately 600 thousand adults habitually'). Punctuation and capitalization are poorly controlled, with numerous sentences starting with lowercase letters and missing terminal punctuation in places. Subject-verb agreement and tense usage are also problematic throughout the response ('corsican spoken by adults was least', 'creole and corsican was spoken'). These errors frequently impede communication.

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