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)

The charts illustrate the amount of French parents who talk in native language to their adults when they were child and also, it shows the amount of adults who communicate to their own children in French.

Overall, Occitan was highly used by parents in frequently on the other hand, Corsican was the least spoken language for habitual speaking. But in case of adults, they prefer to speak with their child in Alsatian rather than Corsican.

In Occitan, almost 1.1 million people talk with their adults in their childhood occasionally. But 100 thousand parents spoke with their child in Corsican which is the least occasionally spoken habit. In case of habit, Occitan and Alstian are very close to each other amount of about 600 thousand and Corsican is again the lowest with less than 100 thousand parents.

If we see the amount of adults who talk to their children in native language, we see Alsatian is the highest spoken language having 400 thousand people and Corsican is the lowest having less than 100 thousand people. Occitan, Breton, and Creole are placed in third, forth, and fifth position .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main categories and make some relevant comparisons, including Occitan’s high occasional figure and Corsican’s low figures. However, the overview is not fully accurate: Occitan, not Alsatian, has the highest occasional total, while Occitan and Alsatian are close in habitual use. The report also misstates the task in the opening, referring to parents speaking to “their adults” and to communication “in French,” rather than regional languages. Some rankings are incorrect: for adults speaking to their own children, the order after Alsatian is Occitan, Breton, Creole, then Corsican, not the order given. More precise coverage of both charts and a clear, accurate overview would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic report structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs discussing the two sets of figures. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Overall” and “If we see” signal transitions. However, progression is limited because comparisons are not consistently grouped or clearly linked, and the overview repeats points later without developing a systematic comparison. The phrase “In case of habit” is unclear, while “Occitan, Breton, and Creole are placed in third, forth, and fifth position” leaves the ranking difficult to follow and omits Corsican. Use a clearer sequence—overview first, then one paragraph for each chart—and connect comparisons with precise referencing.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant terms, including “habitual,” “occasionally,” “least,” and “highest,” so the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, the vocabulary range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural. “Amount of French parents” is unsuitable for people, and “talk in native language to their adults” does not express the chart’s meaning clearly. Repeated use of “talk,” “speak,” and “amount” also makes the report less precise. There are spelling errors in “Alstian” and “forth,” and “highly used by parents in frequently” is an awkward collocation. Choose standard chart-report language such as “number of adults,” “spoke to them,” and “ranked.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The report attempts some longer structures, for example, “Overall, Occitan was highly used by parents … on the other hand, Corsican was the least spoken,” but sentence control is inconsistent. The opening sentence has a faulty construction (“parents who talk … to their adults when they were child”), and “in case of adults, they prefer” shifts awkwardly between a general present and past chart data. Other problems include missing or incorrect articles and plurals, as in “in their childhood” and “in case of habit,” and the final sentence lacks clear punctuation. These errors sometimes make relationships between people and figures difficult to understand. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build shorter, complete comparison sentences before adding more complex clauses.

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