Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-29

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 table represent the data top five rising companies of britain because of a staff survey conducted by a national newspaper of britain finding the prefect compaines foe workers for work.

Overall, The company ranked at fifth has the most workforce amoung all five companys and its the same company with almost equal ratio of male and female workers Furthermore, the comapny ranked at third give high salary to its staff amoung all five.

To begain with workforce the company at fifth rank has the most workfores means the company has hired more worker that any five comapnys and the first rank comapny has the lowest number of workers and fifth ranked company have almost equal workers of both genders compaied with the forth rank company with huge different in workers gender hiring almost 90% women in the company.

Now coming to salarys of staff company ranked at third has the most workers in high income bracket aboutr 75% and comapring salary the comapy ranked at fifth has the lowest number of workers in the high income bracket only sitting at 2% . Furthermore, the fifth ranked company has the most staff turnover about 33% compare with first ranked company are sitting on only 5% staff turnover.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to cover several main features from the table, such as staff numbers, gender ratios, income brackets, and staff turnover. However, there are significant omissions and inaccuracies in reporting the data. For instance, the student states that the 1st ranked company has the lowest number of workers (56), but the table shows the 4th rank has 76 and others vary, while missing several comparative points. Furthermore, the analysis of data lacks precision, and the selection of features is somewhat random. The response meets the minimum length requirement, but overall the task is only partially addressed due to inaccuracies and under-developed comparisons. This corresponds to a band 5.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The text is divided into four paragraphs, including an introduction and an overall summary. However, the logical progression is hindered by frequent structural issues and poor cohesion. Transition phrases such as 'To begain with' and 'Now coming to salarys' are rather mechanical and awkward. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and punctuation errors disrupt the flow. While there is a discernible organizational structure attempting to group data points, the overall cohesion requires tighter control and more natural linking devices to reach a higher band. This performance aligns with band 5.0 descriptors.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently relying on simple terms like 'company', 'workers', and 'staff'. There are numerous spelling errors throughout the text, including 'represent' instead of 'represents', 'britain' (capitalization issues), 'prefect', 'compaines', 'amoung', 'comapny', 'begain', 'workfores', 'worker', 'comapnys', 'compaied', 'forth', 'different', 'salarys', and 'aboutr'. Less common lexical items are attempted but usually misspelled or used incorrectly. The lexical range is limited and frequently strains the reader, fitting the band 4 criteria.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is very low. There are persistent errors in subject-verb agreement ('The table represent', 'fifth ranked company have'), article usage, prepositions, and sentence boundary punctuation (run-on sentences without commas or conjunctions). For example, 'Furthermore, the comapny ranked at third give high salary to its staff amoung all five' demonstrates plural/singular mismatch and tense confusion. Because errors are frequent and often impede communication, this falls squarely into band 4.0.

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