Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar charts and line graph below show the results of a survey conducted over a three-year period to discover what people who live in London think of the city.

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

What are the best things about living in London?

Student answer (Band 4.0)

The bar charts and line graph illustrate results of a survey conduducted over three years period to discover what peple who live in london think of the city. in the things about the shopping, job opportunities and trasportation in three years.

overall, people in three years survey is very nice. threee years survey have seen the high amount of shops is required in london city. first years 43%, second years 41% and third years 45% of shoes are required in the city. other hand the people use the minimum use trasportation in the city first, second and third like wise 22%, 21% and 25% of the people use the traspotation is use.

In line graph shows ae these thing a major problem in london is air quality, noise and litter is the main problem of the london city people phase in three years. mainly big problem is litter the first 70% and second years rapiddly grow in 75% and third years is down in 65% and other twos are firstly to comapre to the sevond and third years is the dreacsing modes.

In conclusion bar charts and line graph show the results of a survey conduted over a three year period to discover what people who live in london yhink of the city.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response attempts to describe the provided visual data, touching upon the key elements such as shopping, transportation, and problems like air quality and litter. However, the data interpretation is frequently inaccurate, confused, or misread (e.g., confusing percentages of shops with percentages of shoes, and misstating line graph trends). While the main features are mentioned, the lack of accurate data representation prevents a fully clear overview. Consequently, the response aligns best with Band 4.0 descriptors as the information is conveyed minimally and contains significant misinterpretations of the source charts.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text shows an attempt at basic organisation with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, paragraphing is poorly handled, and sentences lack logical progression or clear connections. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or incorrectly, such as 'other hand the people use', 'like wise', and 'other twos are firstly to comapre'. Pronoun referencing and linking between ideas are frequently faulty, making the overall structure difficult to follow and resulting in a cohesive score at Band 4.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary is very basic, repetitive, and heavily flawed by spelling mistakes throughout the text, such as 'conduducted', 'peple', 'london', 'traspotation', 'rapiddly', and 'dreacsing'. The writer struggles with basic word choice, substituting 'shops' with 'shoes' and using incorrect lexical chunks. The range is extremely limited and errors frequently cause strain for the reader, placing the response firmly at Band 4.0 for Lexical Resource.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammar is characterized by frequent, severe errors that often distort meaning and impede communication. There is an absence of control over complex sentence structures, and even simple sentences suffer from basic structural flaws, missing verbs, and incorrect tense usage, such as 'threee years survey have seen the high amount of shops is required' and 'In line graph shows ae these thing a major problem'. Punctuation and capitalization are also widely neglected. These persistent errors reflect Band 4.0 descriptors.

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