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 following illustration provides the data of British drivers who drives their vehicles too fast. Due to several people have been dead by the accidents, in this regard it has been less than a decade that speed cameras are being installed on the roads to monitor their speed. Here the table provides the figures of survey and the result of people's point of views. Speed cameras fines rose significantly while Road accident fatalities remained plateaued with marginal difference over the period of time.

Initially, Speed cameras fines rose significantly over the period of time from 2000,000 to 1,600,00 from first year till 8 years of period. Road accident fatalities experienced a marginally constant but slightly fluctuated over less than a decade.

Speed cameras failed to reduced the accidents on roads approximately 60% even though, the main reason of installation of speed monitor cameras were to improve safety and the cameras were about in right amount almost 17%, but all in a vein.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to cover the main visual data provided, noting the trends in speed camera fines and road accident fatalities over an eight-year period, as well as incorporating survey data from the tables. However, there are significant factual inaccuracies in reading the data. For instance, the student states that fines rose 'from 2000,000 to 1,600,00', which reverses or confuses the numbers, as the actual starting point was 200,000 rising to 1,600,000. Furthermore, the final paragraph misinterprets the survey percentages, stating that 60% of people felt cameras failed to reduce accidents, whereas the chart shows 60% answered 'No' to whether they reduce accidents, which is mixed up with other survey statistics in a confusing manner. Due to these data misreadings and a lack of a clear overall summary, the task is only partially addressed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The text is divided into short paragraphs attempting an introduction, body, and conclusion/survey summary. However, the logical progression is weak and disjointed. The opening paragraph mixes background information with an immediate attempt at reporting trends. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or inaccurately, such as starting the final sentence with 'but all in a vein' (a misspelling of 'in vain'). Referencing between sentences is frequently unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the flow of ideas. Paragraphing is present, but the internal organisation of each paragraph lacks clear structure.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, with several lexical errors and inappropriate word choices. Examples include 'drives their vehicles' (instead of driving), 'have been dead by the accidents' (instead of killed in accidents), and the idiom 'all in a vein' instead of 'all in vain'. Words related to data description are misused or contain typographical errors, such as 'plateaued with marginal difference' and 'marginally constant'. While there is an attempt to use topic-specific vocabulary like 'fatalities', 'survey', and 'installation', the high frequency of word-choice errors restricts the score to a Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response displays a limited range of grammatical structures with frequent errors. There are issues with subject-verb agreement and tense consistency, such as 'several people have been dead by the accidents' and 'speed cameras are being installed... to monitor their speed' (where 'their' ambiguously refers back to cameras or drivers). Complex sentences are frequently faulty, for example: 'Road accident fatalities experienced a marginally constant but slightly fluctuated over less than a decade.' Punctuation and word forms also show persistent errors that occasionally cause difficulty for the reader.

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