Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-03

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 graphs represent 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 and the table depicts results of a survey on people's opinions on speed cameras.

Overall, it is crystral clear that there was a increase in the fine of speed cameras year by year, whereas the number of road accident fatalities were remained same as compared to first year. The tables depict that there must be raise revenue for the installation of speed cameras and speed cameras are more in number on roads.

At a fleeting glance, in the first year there was 2 lakh fine which was detected by speed cameras and it was inclining year by year and reached to 8 lakh in sixth year. After two years, there was a rise in fines which was given by drivers with 16 lakh.

Moving to accident fatalities, approximately 3,000 accidents was occured during first year, before declining to less than 3,000 in fourth year. After this year, there was increased in number of accidents till 8 year and reached to 3,500.

60% of the people disagree that speed cameras reduce the number of accidents on roads, whereas 32% are agree that there are decrease in number of accidents on the roads. 8% people do not know about the decline in accidents.

The main reason for the installation of speed cameras is to raise revenue and it is followed by 26% of people said that to improve road safety.

56% people are thinking for more cameras on roads, whereas people are thinking that there are fewer cameras and sufficient cameras ranges from 16% to 19% respectively. 8% people do not know about it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response addresses the main parts of the task by outlining the trends in the line graphs and summarizing the survey tables, though 49 words were copied directly from the prompt. However, some of the data points are misread or inaccurately reported, such as stating that fines reached "8 lakh in sixth year" and later citing "16 lakh", which misinterprets the scale of up to 2,000,000. The overview provided in the second paragraph is somewhat unclear and contains expression errors ("fine of speed cameras"). While the response attempts to cover all visual data, the lack of precision in reading figures and the limited development of key trends mean the task is only partially addressed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The text is organized into paragraphs, attempting to group the line graph data and the survey tables separately. However, there is a lack of clear overall progression, and the logical flow between sentences is occasionally hindered by awkward phrasing and mechanical transitions like "At a fleeting glance" or "Moving to accident fatalities". Referencing is sometimes imprecise, and cohesive devices are overused or used inaccurately, such as repetitive sentence openings. Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion is weak, resulting in an arrangement that feels disjointed rather than logically structured throughout.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and barely adequate for the task. There are noticeable lexical errors and inappropriate word choices, such as using "fine of speed cameras" instead of the number of fines or penalties issued, and using the Indian numbering term "lakh" instead of standard units. Spelling and word-formation errors are also present, including "crystral" and "occured". While the writer attempts to use some less common terms like "fatalities" and "revenue", frequent inaccuracies in collocation and word choice cause some difficulty for the reader and restrict the lexical score to this level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writing shows a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple and flawed complex sentences. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ("number of road accident fatalities were remained same", "accidents was occured"), tense inconsistencies, and incorrect verb forms ("there was increased in number"). Prepositional and article errors also occur regularly. These frequent errors persist across most sentences and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader in parsing the intended meaning, keeping the grammatical control at a basic level.

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