Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-19

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)

This chart shows the number of adults whose parents spoke a regional language to them in childhood, and a number of adults who speak regional language to their own kids.

Overall, the trend of numbers shown are almost same in adults whose parents spoe diiferent languages with them, as compared to adults a who speak regional language to their own children. The different types of regional languages are Alsatian, Occitan, Breton, Creole and Corsican. With the highest number of Occitan spoken to their children.

Looking at the number of adults, whose parents spoke a regional language to them. The most spoken language to them habitually is Occitan with the numbers of almost 620,000. Whle Alsatian is at second with 600,000 numbers of speakers.However, Breaton is at third, while Crelo at fourth and Corsican at fifth. Meanwhile, these languages are also spoken occasionally. In it, the trend is almost same but Occitan get a huge spike, and it's numbers went upto around 1.5 million. And, Breaton numbers are increased as compared to Alsatian.

Respective t the number of adults, who speak regional languages to their children. Languages are the same but the trend changed a little bit, with Alsatian dominating them all with the numbers of 400,000. Meanwhile, Occitan at second with 150,000 numbers less then Alsatian. Breton at third, with 90,000, while Crelo at fourth and Corsian at fifth.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify both charts and cover all five languages, with useful comparisons such as Occitan leading habitual parental speech and Alsatian leading transmission to children. However, the overview is unclear and partly inaccurate: saying the trends are “almost same” overlooks the major change in ranking, and the claim that Occitan is highest among languages spoken to children contradicts your later statement that Alsatian leads. Some figures are also misreported: occasional Occitan is about 1.065 million, not 1.5 million, and child-directed Occitan is about 250,000, not 150,000. The response therefore addresses the task only partially, with key features and comparisons under-developed. Make the overview precise and check each figure against the chart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate sections for the two chart topics. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Looking at” and “Meanwhile” signal movement between details. However, progression is not consistently clear. The overview repeats the language list but does not establish the main contrast, and the later paragraphs move through rankings without consistently linking the figures to a clear comparison. Connectors such as “However” and “And” are sometimes used mechanically or do not express the relationship accurately. Improve cohesion by grouping the parental figures together, then the child-directed figures, and using explicit comparisons such as “by contrast” to highlight the change in ranking.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “habitually,” “occasionally,” “dominating,” and “spike,” and the reader can generally identify the categories being compared. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive. Phrases such as “with the numbers of,” “at second,” and “the trend is almost same” are not natural ways to describe chart data; “spike” also suggests a change over time, which this chart does not show. Spelling errors, including “Breaton,” “Crelo,” and “Corsian,” make language names less clear. Use precise reporting expressions such as “stood at,” “ranked second,” and “was the largest figure,” and check the spelling of all category labels.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentences and use comparison structures, for example, “Meanwhile, Occitan at second with 150,000 numbers less then Alsatian.” However, many sentences are incomplete or contain frequent errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction. “The trend of numbers shown are almost same” has faulty agreement and is missing an article, while “With the highest number of Occitan spoken to their children” is a fragment rather than a complete sentence. There are also punctuation problems, such as the missing space after “speakers.” and the comma after “adults” in “Looking at the number of adults, whose parents…”. Practise writing complete subject–verb sentences and use a consistent pattern: “Occitan stood at approximately 620,000.”

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