Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-18

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graphs below show the number of drivers in Britain who have been caught driving too fast by speed cameras placed on roads, and the number of people killed in road accidents, over an eight-year period since the introduction of speed cameras. The tables show the results of a survey on people's opinions on speed cameras.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

SPEED CAMERA FINES and ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIES

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The above line graph illustrate the speed camera fines and road facilities fines over 8 years.

This graph show speed camera fines which significantly increase over ther year and road accident remain face over 8 years.

First we dicuss speed camera fines which increase year by year when the speed camera was introduce 1st year there are almost 200,000 which significantly increase year by year and reach 600,000 fines in 5th year.In 6th year about 700,000 fines are taken for overspeed and this also increase by 1600,000 in 8th year.Secondly we dicuss about road accident which approximately remain same overall the year about 3000 to 3500 over all 8th year.

The below table show the result of people survey on speed camera fines about 60 percent peole disagree with that speed camera reduce road accident and rest of 32 percent agree and 8 percent don't know.About 71 percent People think main reason of speed camera are to raise revenue and rest of 26 percent think to improve road safety and lastly many people think number of speed camera on road are very much and rest of 19 percent think too few

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by describing the main features of the line graphs and the tables, mentioning overall trends such as the increase in speed camera fines and the stability of road accident fatalities, alongside survey results. However, there are notable inaccuracies and omissions. For instance, the text misinterprets the second graph label as 'road facilities fines' instead of fatalities, and several data points are inaccurate or poorly described (e.g., stating fines reached 600,000 in year 5 when the chart shows roughly 580,000, and quoting 1,600,000 for year 8 rather clearly, though the final figure is correct). Furthermore, the survey data is partially summarised with some percentage omissions. Overall, the response covers the main parts of the visual data but lacks precision and a fully developed overview, fitting the Band 5 descriptor.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is divided into four paragraphs, which provides a basic structural framework for the introduction, line graphs, and survey tables. However, progression is weak and often hindered by colloquial, spoken-style transitions such as 'First we dicuss' and 'Secondly we dicuss about'. Cohesive devices are minimal, repetitive, and occasionally inaccurate ('rest of 32 percent', 'rest of 26 percent'). Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within sentences is frequently disrupted by run-on structures and lack of punctuation. There is no clear, overarching overview statement connecting the visual data. This level of organisation aligns closely with Band 5 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, with frequent misuses and spelling errors (e.g., 'illustrate' instead of 'illustrates', 'dicuss' instead of 'discuss', 'introduce' instead of 'introduced', 'peole' instead of 'people'). The student attempts some topic-specific vocabulary such as 'speed camera fines', 'road accident', and 'raise revenue', but overall lexical control is limited. There are noticeable word-choice errors, such as referring to accident deaths as 'road facilities fines', which causes some difficulty for the reader. The lexical range is minimally adequate for the task, placing it firmly at Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

Grammatically, the response relies on a very limited range of sentence structures, mostly simple or poorly linked compound sentences. There are frequent, intrusive errors in tense agreement, verb forms, and articles (e.g., 'The above line graph illustrate', 'This graph show', 'when the speed camera was introduce 1st year there are almost 200,000', 'road accident remain face'). Punctuation is largely neglected, with run-on sentences and missing full stops (e.g., between sentences in the final paragraph). Complex sentence structures are rarely attempted, and when they are, they contain noticeable grammatical errors that frequently impede smooth reading. This corresponds to Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0.

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