Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-07

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 three bar charts provides information of numerous French adults whose parents spoke a regional language of France to them when they wrere children and their is another group who spoke french regional language to their own children and the number of adutls are measured (in thousands).

Overall, If we look at the number of adults whose parents spoke regional languge to them in when they were child majority of habitual speakers spoke in two regional language occitan and Alstian and Corsican being the lowest. And for occasional speaker the highest is occpied by occitan language while in the number of Adults whose parents spoke in a regional lanugage to their own children spoke most Alstaian and least was Corsican.

Now if we look at the amount of adults whose parents spoke a regional language to them in childhood major amount is occupie by two language groups such as Occitan and Alsatian at just over 600 thousands and approximately 600 thousand. Breton language is spoke by around almost 280 thousands individuals and the least spoken language is Creole and Corsican at only 100 thousand and just over 90 thousand in numbers

For occasional speakers, Most used languge is speaking is Occitand at followed by Breton and Alsatian at around aporoximately 900 thousand, 400,000 and 250,000 approximately. And the least spoken language is Creole and Corsican at the amount of only 120,000 and 100,000 proportionately.

Now in the number of audlts who speak a regional lagu

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the two chart topics and give an overview that correctly notes Occitan’s prominence and Corsican’s low figures. However, the report only partially covers the data: the final section about adults speaking a language to their own children is cut off after “Now in the number of audlts who speak a regional lagu,” so its figures and comparisons are not reported. Some figures are also inaccurate: occasional Occitan is about 1,065 thousand, not 900 thousand, and Alsatian is about 240 thousand, not 250 thousand; habitual Breton is about 260 thousand rather than 280 thousand. Develop the overview across all three series and select the main comparisons accurately to make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has an identifiable sequence: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs about habitual and occasional speakers. Phrases such as “Overall” and “For occasional speakers” help signal the topic. However, progression is weakened by repeated openings such as “Now if we look,” and the overview and detail paragraphs repeat similar points without clearly separating the chart’s three series. The final sentence is unfinished, leaving the report without a complete ending or a transition to the figures for parents speaking to their own children. Organise the report into a concise overview followed by clearly grouped comparisons, and use linking expressions to show contrasts rather than repeatedly announcing a new section.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “habitual speakers,” “occasional speakers,” “approximately,” and “measured (in thousands),” so the reader can generally identify the subject of each comparison. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are awkward, such as “the highest is occupied by,” “most used language is speaking,” and “the amount of only.” Frequent spelling errors—including “languge,” “Occitand,” and “Alstaian”—also reduce clarity and make the report less precise. Choose standard data-reporting verbs and phrases, and proofread language names carefully. For example, use “recorded the highest figure” and “stood at” rather than constructions that do not fit numerical comparisons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

There are attempts to combine ideas in longer sentences, but control is inconsistent and errors sometimes make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. The opening has subject–verb disagreement in “The three bar charts provides,” while “their is another group” uses the wrong verb form and an unclear reference. In “whose parents spoke … to them in when they were child,” the time phrase and singular noun are not correctly formed. Sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention: several long sentences join multiple comparisons, and the final sentence is incomplete. Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add subordinate clauses; check agreement, articles, plurals, and sentence completion during proofreading.

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