Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-11-01

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 6.0)

The line graphs give information about the number of drivers in Britain who have been caught by the security cameras when they were driving off the limits on the roads, and the number of people killed in road accidents since eight years when the cameras were intrduced. Some tables are also given showing the results of a survey on people's thinking about speed cameras.Overall, the number of accidents didn't change much by increasing the fines.

After 1 year, the total fines were about 200,000 with road accidents a little more than 3,000. After 4 years, fines increased to 500,000 but the accidents decreased gradually to 3,000. As the fines were increasing, the number of accidents were fluctuating and reached to a little less than 3,500 after 8 years while the fines increased sharply to 1.6 million.

In the results of different surveys, 32% of participants believed that the cameras reduced the counting of accidents while 60% opposed them. 26% of people thought that the cameras were installed to improve road safety whereas, 71% of individuals believed that they were introduced to raise revenue. 56% of participants voted that the number of cameras are too many while 19% thought that they are too few and 17% voted that they are the right amount.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both the graphs and the survey, and your overview correctly identifies that fatalities changed little while fines rose substantially. Several figures are also reported accurately, including 200,000 fines in year 1, 500,000 in year 4, and 1.6 million in year 8. However, the description of fatalities is not consistently precise: they rose slightly from about 3,150 to 3,300 in the first years, then fluctuated, ending at roughly 3,350 rather than simply being described as “a little less than 3,500.” The claim that accidents “decreased gradually” to 3,000 by year 4 also misses the small rise before the decline. The survey coverage is relevant, but the final “don’t know” responses are omitted. Select and compare the key movements more accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a brief overview, a paragraph on the graphs, and a final paragraph on the survey. This makes the different sources of information easy to follow, and linking phrases such as “After 1 year,” “After 4 years,” and “whereas” help signal comparisons. The overview is also placed appropriately before the details. To make the progression more consistently smooth, group the graph information around the contrasting trends rather than moving through selected years without explaining the intervening fluctuations. The transition from the graphs to “the results of different surveys” is understandable but could be more direct. Some references, such as “them” in the survey paragraph, are not fully clear; name the cameras or the respondents’ views instead.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “fluctuating,” “increased sharply,” “participants,” and “raise revenue.” These choices help communicate the main trends and survey findings. However, several expressions are imprecise or unnatural for a formal data report: “security cameras” is less accurate than “speed cameras,” “driving off the limits” is awkward, and “reduced the counting of accidents” does not express the intended meaning naturally. “Total fines” may also suggest money collected rather than the number of drivers caught. Spelling errors such as “intrduced” detract from accuracy. Aim for precise chart language and natural collocations, for example “the number of speeding drivers caught” and “reduce road accidents.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including a comparison with “whereas” and a time clause beginning “After 4 years.” Most of the meaning remains clear, but some grammatical errors recur. In “the number of accidents didn't change much by increasing the fines,” the relationship between the two trends is not expressed accurately; a clearer structure would be “fatalities changed little as fines increased.” There is also a subject–verb agreement error in “the number of accidents were fluctuating,” and “reached to” uses an unnecessary preposition. In the survey paragraph, “the number of cameras are too many” has an agreement problem, while “the right amount” does not match the plural noun. Review agreement with singular “number” and plural nouns, and check prepositions and punctuation around clauses.

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