Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-01

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

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

1968 and 2018: average weekly spending by families

Student answer (Band 4.0)

The Chart Below gives information about how families in our country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.The chart shows the comparesion between the families of our country that how much weekly income is spent.

In our life food is very important thing to alive. And their are not only food but many other things like clothes, house, family, and money without this humans are not alive.

At the top of the chart their are food the people in 1968 and 2018 both generation are higher but the 1968 generation spend there money on food and generation of 2018 they are maintaining there budget. At the second position there housing at that time people are so energetic so both the generation are not waste there money on housing. At the third there are fuel and power this is so less because at that time they were using cows, hours etc. so , people are not waste their money and time .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 3.0

The response fails to adequately address the task. Instead of summarizing the data provided in the chart, the writer includes irrelevant personal opinions about the importance of food and housing. The description of the data is inaccurate and lacks a clear overview of the trends. For instance, the claim that people in 1968 used 'cows and horses' is not supported by the chart and is factually irrelevant to the task. The main features, such as the significant shift in spending on food versus leisure, are not identified or compared effectively. The response does not meet the requirements of an Academic Task 1 report.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The response lacks logical organization and progression. While there is an attempt at paragraphing, the ideas within the paragraphs are disjointed and do not follow a clear structure. Cohesive devices are largely absent or misused, making the text difficult to follow. For example, the transition 'At the top of the chart their are food' is grammatically incorrect and fails to link the data to the analysis. The referencing is unclear, and the overall flow is hindered by the inclusion of irrelevant information that disrupts the logical development of the report.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary is very limited and repetitive, often relying on basic words that do not accurately describe the data. There are frequent errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'comparesion' instead of 'comparison' and 'their' instead of 'there'. The writer struggles to use appropriate terminology for describing trends or statistical data, such as 'maintaining there budget' or 'not waste there money'. The range of vocabulary is insufficient to convey the information clearly, and the errors occasionally impede the reader's understanding of the intended meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The response contains frequent grammatical errors that significantly affect clarity. There are persistent issues with subject-verb agreement, such as 'their are not only food' and 'both generation are higher'. Sentence structures are simple and often fragmented or incorrectly constructed. Punctuation is also problematic, with missing or misplaced commas and periods. The lack of control over basic grammatical structures, combined with frequent errors in tense and word form, makes the text difficult to read and understand. There is no evidence of complex sentence structures being used accurately.

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