Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-29

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 5.5)

The line graph illustrates the fines collected by using speed cameras and road accidents over 8 years. The table represents the the results of people's opinion on the speed cameras.

Overall, a constant increase was seen over the 8 years period, moreover, the ratio of accidents showed steady figures. The reviews of people on speed cameras were mostly unpleasent.

First of all, a dramatic increase was seen in the number of fines from year 1, about [redacted phone] to year 8, about[redacted phone]. However, in road accidents no variations were seen. In 1st year, 3200 road accident fatalities were their which most remained the same over the years to 3400 in 8th year. However, no changes were seen after the installation of speed cameras.

Consequently, the people who believed that there was no reduction in accidents after speed cameras accounted for the highest proportion of 60%, meanwhile, some said yes about 32% and the rest did not no. Those who reviwed that the main reason was to raise revenue were the most about 71%, while others who thought that it was for saftey were about 26%, only 3% of people don not know. similarly, the opinion about the number of speed cameras were the most 56%, while only a few believe that they don not k

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response covers all parts of the task by reporting key data from both the graphs and the tables, although some data points are inaccurate or poorly expressed. For example, the student writes that the number of fines rose from 'about 200000 to year 8, about1600000', which is accurate, but the description of road accident fatalities contains inconsistencies, claiming '3200 road accident fatalities were their which most remained the same over the years to 3400 in 8th year'. The overview mentions a constant increase in fines and steady figures for accidents, and summarises the survey results broadly. However, the data selection could be more precise, and the incomplete final sentence ('...while only a few believe that they don not k') leaves the response slightly unfinished. This performance fits the Band 6 descriptor well.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The report has a logical overall arrangement, dividing the description between the line graph trends and the survey results. Paragraphing is attempted, with a separate paragraph for the graph details and another for the survey data. However, the use of cohesive devices is sometimes mechanical or repetitive, such as the repeated use of 'First of all,' 'However,' and 'Consequently.' Referencing is occasionally unclear, and logical progression is disrupted by sentence-level errors and the abrupt ending of the essay. Nonetheless, the reader can follow the overall structure of information presented.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, allowing the student to describe trends and percentages such as 'constant increase', 'dramatic increase', and 'proportion of 60%'. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'unpleasent' instead of unpleasant, 'their' instead of there, 'reviwed' instead of reviewed, and 'saftey' instead of safety. Attempts to use less common vocabulary are evident, but these inaccuracies and occasional awkward collocations limit the score to a Band 5.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'The table represents the the results of people's opinion on the speed cameras' and 'the people who believed that there was no reduction in accidents after speed cameras accounted for the highest proportion of 60%'. However, grammatical errors are frequent, including article misuse ('the the results'), subject-verb agreement issues, and spelling-related grammatical confusion ('don not no', 'don not k'). Punctuation is also faulty in places, such as comma splices and double spacing. These errors occasionally cause difficulty for the reader.

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