Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-16

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 5.0)

The two pie chart give the details about the result of a survey who live in london and think of the city over a three-year.

These given data prvide the details about the worst thing,best thing,and major problem in london. The best thing about the london was range of shops.The range of shops stood at 45% in the first year.The range of shops was higher than other five things.The transport was lower than the other five things throughout the period.

The cost of living,traffic congestion, and crime were worst throughout the period than other two things.These three things were worst with the slightly differences.These three things stood at 57%.There are many major problems in london such as litter,noise,air quality.The litter is higher than other two problems over a three-year.It reached on 70% in the first year.Then the litter gradually increased and reach on 75% in the seconed year.Then it decresed steadily and reach on 65%.The noise pollution is lower than other two problems throughout the period.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5

The student attempts to address the task by describing parts of the provided charts, noting details such as the range of shops being the best thing at 45% in the first year, and mentioning trends for litter and other problems. However, the response misidentifies the chart types, calling them pie charts when they are bar charts and a line graph. Furthermore, the selection of data is somewhat disjointed and fails to provide a comprehensive overview or clear comparisons across the three years for all the categories presented in the visual data. The descriptions are often fragmented, leading to an under-developed summary of the overall information provided in the task.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is structured into short paragraphs, but the overall progression of ideas lacks logical flow and coherence. Sentences are frequently disjointed, relying heavily on repetitive subject-verb patterns (e.g., repeating 'The range of shops' or 'Then the litter'). Cohesive devices are minimal and mechanical, often limited to repetitive temporal markers such as 'Then'. Paragraphing is attempted, but ideas within paragraphs are not smoothly connected, making the overall organization difficult to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently reusing the exact words and phrases from the prompt (e.g., 'range of shops', 'worst things', 'major problems'). There are noticeable lexical and spelling inaccuracies, such as 'seconed' instead of 'second' and 'decresed' instead of 'decreased'. The range is limited and barely adequate to convey the data, restricting the student's ability to express ideas with precision or flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The text contains a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting mostly of simple sentences with frequent structural errors. There are issues with articles and prepositions, such as 'live in london' instead of 'who live in London', and missing articles like 'The two pie chart give' instead of 'charts'. Verb tense consistency is occasionally flawed, and frequent errors in basic sentence construction cause some difficulty for the reader, although communication is not completely obscured.

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