Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-14

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 5.0)

The bar chart describes the information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

Overall, there are eight types of products ( food, housing, fuel and power, cloths, household goods, personal goods, transports and leisure). The food cost and the housing rent or bills are tking the considerable income in both these years and the fuel and personal goods can take few part of income.

First, we see the high income taking things. The food can take 35% of income in 1968 which was reduced in 2018 and accounting as 17%. Leisure was taking litlle income in 1968 accounted to 10% but in 2018 it was increase very considerably and can take 22% of income and became the second most income taking in the thing in this chart. Finally, the housing can take only 10% in 1968 but in 2018 it consume 18% of income.

Now, the thing which take only few are fuel, households, transport and personal goods. The fuel can take around 5% in both 1968 and 2018. the cloths and footware can take 10% in 1968 and 5% in 2018. households can demand for only 75 in both the years. Moreover, IN transport they spend 7% in 1968

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the two years and report several important changes, including food falling from 35% to 17%, leisure rising to 22%, and housing increasing from about 10% to 18–19%. However, the overview is not fully accurate: food and housing do not both take the largest shares in both years, since leisure is highest in 2018. Some figures are also misreported or incomplete: fuel falls from about 6% to 4%, not roughly 5% in both years; household goods are about 8%, not 75%; and the transport comparison is left unfinished. The response therefore covers the task only partially, with relevant but unevenly selected and reported details. Make the overview precise and compare all key categories accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure, with an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs that attempt to group the larger and smaller spending categories. Sequencing words such as “First,” “Finally,” and “Moreover” help signal movement between points. However, the progression is not consistently clear: the overview groups categories without a clear comparison, and the final paragraph ends abruptly after giving only the 1968 transport figure. Some linking is mechanical, while references such as “the thing which take only few” make it difficult to follow which categories are being discussed. Organise the details into clear comparisons between the two years, and ensure each paragraph develops a complete group of information.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “income,” “reduced,” “accounted,” and “considerably,” and the main topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “high income taking things,” “the second most income taking in the thing,” and “the food cost.” Spelling and word-form errors, including “cloths,” “litlle,” and “transports,” also reduce precision. Choose standard terms for describing proportions and categories, and avoid repeatedly using “take” to describe spending. More accurate collocations would make the comparisons clearer and more appropriate for an academic report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, and some comparisons are understandable, for example, “The food can take 35% of income in 1968 which was reduced in 2018.” However, sentence structures are often faulty, and errors sometimes make relationships between ideas unclear. Examples include “the fuel and personal goods can take few part” and “it was increase very considerably”; these show problems with articles, verb forms, and sentence construction. There are also inconsistent tense choices and missing or misplaced punctuation, as in the lowercase “the” after a full stop. Use past-tense reporting consistently and build shorter, complete sentences before attempting more complex comparisons.

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