Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table below gives information about the five small companies in Britain that came top in a survey of staff conducted by a national newspaper to find out which companies are the best to work for.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

THE FIVE BEST SMALL COMPANIES TO WORK FOR

Student answer (Band 4.5)

The given tables provides the details of five small British companies that toped the survey of staff taken by the national newspaper to search for a job in good company.

Overall it is clear that, there is the extreme quantity of staff numbers in 5th company contrast to his income which is very low (only 2%).Furthermore mostly companies allowed the jobs for the ages group of 35s.

By exploring the table, 1st company have staff numbers only 56 as compared to 2nd which have 79 numbers of staff

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AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

The response identifies the table’s subject and makes a relevant overall observation about the fifth-ranked company having the largest workforce and a low proportion of high earners. It also gives two staff totals accurately. However, coverage is very limited: it omits most comparisons, including the high turnover at fifth place, the third company’s highest high-income share, and the differences in age and gender profiles. The statement that most companies employed people in the “ages group of 35s” is unclear and does not accurately describe the under-35 data. The response is also substantially below the required 150 words, leaving the summary incomplete. To improve, select several key contrasts and report them accurately in a fuller overview and supporting details.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence introduces the table, an overview begins with “Overall,” and a detail sentence starts with “By exploring the table.” This gives the reader some sense of the intended structure. However, the response ends before a clear progression of comparisons can develop, and the final sentence is incomplete in effect, with a stray full stop on a separate line. Linking is limited and sometimes awkward; “Furthermore” introduces a vague claim rather than a clearly connected feature. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and selected details, then group related comparisons and connect them with clear references such as “By contrast” or “Meanwhile.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant task vocabulary, including “staff numbers,” “income,” “survey,” and “companies,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is narrow and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unclear. “Toped the survey” does not naturally express ranking, while “to search for a job in good company” changes the meaning of the task. “Extreme quantity” and “allowed the jobs” are also unsuitable for describing the figures. Spelling errors such as “toped” further reduce precision. Build a small set of accurate terms for reporting rankings and proportions, such as “ranked first,” “accounted for,” and “the proportion of staff,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a few sentence forms, including an overview introduced by “Overall” and a comparison using “as compared to.” However, control is inconsistent: “The given tables provides” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “1st company have” and “2nd which have” also use incorrect verb forms. Articles and sentence boundaries are problematic in phrases such as “the 5th company” and the isolated full stop at the end. The sentence beginning “Furthermore” is difficult to follow because its structure does not clearly connect the subject, verb, and intended meaning. Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add subordinate clauses while checking agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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